6 of the 10 fastest growing economies in the world are in Africa. Big business has noticed, and understands that getting online will drive product and service sales.
Worth reviewing this weekend…
News about Internet.org creating free network access for users:
PCWorld.com News Article July 31, 2014
The position http://internet.org develops comes from the basic statistic:
Only 1 out of every 3 people can go online.
Why aren’t more people connected?
- Devices are too expensive.
- Service plans are too expensive.
- There’s no mobile network to connect to.
- Content isn’t available in the local language.
- Awareness of the value of internet is limited.
- Availability of power sources is limited.
- Networks can’t support large amounts of data.
Internet.org urges:
“Together we can remove these barriers and give billions of people the power to connect.”
[…] in this blog I’ve noted with interest that some of the biggest companies on the planet are taking aim at supplying emerging markets where extreme growth is due to literally explode in coming […]
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