Measures being take to bridge the gap:
- Local impact:
It is important to bridge the digital divide, as it is needed in the workplace, education, etc.
In a speech this week at Telecom 99 in Geneva, Switzerland, UN Secretary General Kofi Anan warned of the danger of excluding the world's poor from the information revolution.
"People lack many things: jobs, shelter, food, health care and drinkable water. Today, being cut off from basic telecommunications services is a hardship almost as acute as these other deprivations, and may indeed reduce the chances of finding remedies to them," he said.
- Global impact:
A software known as: Safaricom allows free Wi-Fi access to workers in Kenya and offers services such as an electronic cash service – mobile banking. It also offers updates to market prices and also entertainment updates.
Organisations such as: ‘Close the gap’, is a charity that helps donate high-quality pre-owned computers.
Ways like this help bridge the gap of the digital divide.