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The adoption of contactless digital payment for transport in Nigeria is facing challenges.
When it comes to equitable and sustainable infrastructure, we can learn a lot from beaver dams — according to both traditional Indigenous oral history as well as NASA researchers.
The internet is increasingly necessary to participate in everyday life. Empowering communities to build and maintain their own broadband networks can provide much-needed access.
Digital technologies can help more people to participate in building their countries’ democracies.
Australia’s NBN Co wants to offer services up to five times as fast at no extra cost. What’s the catch?
In sub-Saharan Africa, most governments welcome China’s investment in digital infrastructure.
New research reveals the digital divide that was exposed by the COVID pandemic.
Every state is poised to receive a large amount of federal money to expand broadband access, but they have a lot of work to do to meet the government’s requirements for distributing it.
A new report shows how remote First Nations community face obstacles to digital inclusion – and what can be done to remove them.
It’s hard to remember life before Google, when the closest thing to it was your local librarian. Soon the search engine will be offering AI-based summaries in its search results.
If the Coalition wins the election, Aussies can expect to continue to lag behind the rest of the world in terms of internet speeds and access.
The Kremlin is pushing for a quick migration of all Russian websites and services to be hosted within the country. It could be the first stage of a larger disconnection effort.
Claims the digital divide has been ‘closed’ don’t include the full picture of internet inequality in the United States.
Technology has infiltrated education, but how do we choose what is best for teaching and learning?
States have widely different track records on expanding broadband internet access. Here are the ones that could struggle to handle the federal funds coming their way.
Smart cities’ focus on technology has made the digital divide worse, not better. The new infrastructure law could change that.
Nigeria can pull off its newly introduced digital currency but there are concerns that must be addressed for its smooth operations.
Technology has played a key role for both sides engaged in the conflict. So what would happen if Myanmar’s military shut down all communication to the outside?
Humour is a way for Congolese internet users to prod at cultural traits and political developments – despite censorship being rife.
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