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    Feb 10

    🆕 Pushing the Boundaries: A4AI’s 2021 Annual Plan

    A4AI Four Strategic Focus Areas for 2021 in post it notes: Advocate for Affordable and Meaningful Connectivity, Bolster Country and Regional Engagements, Expand and Democratize Knowledge, and Deepen A4AI Engagements and Strategic Partnerships
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  2. 4 hours ago

    On , shares how libraries can help offer meaningful connectivity – where internet access can advance personal, professional, or educational development.

    Woman using a computer inside a library with text superimposed Five ways libraries offer meaningful connectivity, a blog by A4AI and IFLA.org on the lower right
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  3. Retweeted
    Feb 16

    is very close to meeting the "1 for 2" affordability target but more effort is needed to attain meaningful connectivity. Supportive policy and regulation will be critical.

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  4. 11 hours ago

    Cambodia’s national internet gateway threatens the rights of freedom of expression and information, and to privacy.

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  5. Retweeted
    Feb 19

    Indeed, join us and support our efforts! Thanks for your leadership as our Chair!

    COVID made it clear and we need to push the boundaries so we can connect the unconnected to affordable . Pls join us at team to make this happen!
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  6. Feb 20

    A major prerequisite to access opportunities in the digital era is access to good-quality, reliable, affordable, and safe internet connectivity. But for almost half of the world, it remains unaffordable and out of reach.

    “3.6 billion people are still offline — most of them in low-income countries — and therefore are excluded from the digital promises.” – Boutheina Guermazi, Director of Digital Development, World Bank
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    Feb 19

    With wise words from and on what should be done to close the (in case you are not aware, a term coined by during his time in government!)

    Millions of Americans, mostly in rural areas, still lack access to high-speed broadband service, a digital divide that the coronavirus lockdown has laid bare.
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  8. Feb 20

    A majority of women across the world have yet to connect to the internet. What does that mean for the world – in terms of economic opportunities, scientific innovations, and societal transformations lost?

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    Feb 19

    📣 ( ) brings a unique perspective to the dynamics affecting women, and other disadvantaged populations. Make sure you're there when she takes to the stage at the virtual , 11 - 12 May:

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    Feb 19

    Weekend reading! Get inspired and support your local library to provide affordable to the community at large.

    A man using his laptop inside a library
    . shares how libraries can be an essential part of the push for meaningful connectivity — the internet access required to advance personal, professional, or educational development.
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  11. Feb 19

    Cambodia's government will route all web traffic through a "national internet gateway" under plans that activists say will stifle freedom of expression and block content via a China-style firewall.

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    Feb 18

    Pleased to share this great news! New A4AI and Web Foundation study will measure the cost of digital exclusion of women

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  13. Feb 19

    . shares how libraries can be an essential part of the push for meaningful connectivity — the internet access required to advance personal, professional, or educational development.

    A man using his laptop inside a library
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    Feb 19

    Our work is urgent! Support our work & partner with us to achieve Affordable for everyone. Pushing the Boundaries: A4AI’s 2021 Annual Plan

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    Feb 19

    is here! Your rundown of the digital technology stories changing our world 🌐

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  16. Feb 19

    Millions of Americans, mostly in rural areas, still lack access to high-speed broadband service, a digital divide that the coronavirus lockdown has laid bare.

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  17. Feb 19

    Myanmar has endured several internet blackouts since a military coup earlier this month, with most social media sites blocked.

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    Feb 18

    COVID made it clear and we need to push the boundaries so we can connect the unconnected to affordable . Pls join us at team to make this happen!

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  19. Feb 18

    What is a national broadband plan? And how can it make the internet more accessible and affordable for more people? Find out in our latest Affordability Report.

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    Feb 18

    Chaired by the incredible of ! in Action!

    “Because of the consultations with the private sector and civil society, we’ve come up with a plan that is realistic, ambitious, but achievable. It ensured that we came up with the right plan for Nigeria.” – Funke Opeke, Chief Executive Officer of MainOne Cable Company
    Part of the reason why national broadband plans can be such effective relationship builders is through the interaction of various stakeholders in the drafting and consultation process. In Nigeria, it was led by a committee chaired by the private sector.
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  21. Feb 18

    Through this project, we aim to bring stark evidence of the macroscale impacts – economic & societal – that come from the legacy of decades of broadband policymaking that has ignored the digital gender gap and left women and girls behind.

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