Do you know that solely 42% of individuals in South East Asia have entry to the web? Or that solely 34% of these in Africa are in a position to repeatedly go surfing?

Whereas the web is a lifestyle in lots of areas, it’s nonetheless not broadly obtainable to all, which ends up in financial disparity, lowered literacy, restricted instructional alternatives, and extra.

That’s why Meta is working to connect the world, which isn’t solely to handle these parts, but in addition to maximise its personal enterprise alternatives, and why initiatives like Starlink are essential for world growth.

As a result of with out common web entry, as a base minimal, inequity will stay, which then branches into all method of different issues.

To offer some perspective on this, the crew from Visual Capitalist have put collectively this overview of internet access around the world.

Some attention-grabbing stats, price contemplating if you have a look at ongoing internet developments.