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Right now there is an anomaly occurring in the world, the rich are becoming richer, and the poor are becoming poorer. This is caused, in part, by the digital divide. The digital divide represents the gap between the people with reliable access to technology and the people who do not. In the new and modernized world we live in if you lack a computer there is virtually no way to truly succeed in the world. In the higher paying jobs you need to be connected to your superiors via Internet or do research or even just type up a document. Nearly 1,000,000,000 people worldwide do not have access to a computer and even counting the lucky people who have computers a full third do not have Internet access. If we provided these people with computers and Internet access then they would be able to do very many things that they could not have done before. They could receive Internet degrees which would raise their chances of getting a better job. They could even start and Internet business and bring money into their family. Whats more by helping all these people to inch away from poverty we will stimulate the economy which will mean a better time for the whole country. So think about it. By donating a hundred quai or so you could help to give some people a second chance, enrich the life of a child, and even help the struggling economy of Africa. If those aren't enough reasons to help out then do some research of your own with the websites listed below and others throughout the web, you will be sure to find many more reasons then the few that are listed here. Back To Top

Statistics
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 * African had some 22 million Internet users in 2004, for an Internet penetration of just 3%. Europe’s Internet penetration is 11 times higher.
 * Africa has by far the world’s lowest penetration of fixed lines, with a continental average of around 3 main lines per 100 people.
 * Africa has its own digital divide. For example, Egypt has 17 times the fixed line penetration of Nigeria. While sub-Saharan Africa (excluding South Africa), has an average teledensity of one percent, North Africa (Algeria, Egypt, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia) has a comparable average of ten percent. Almost three quarters of all Africa’s fixed lines are found in just 6 of the continent’s 55 countries.
 * Of the estimated 800’000 villages without any kind of connection to ICTs, more than half are in Africa.
 * Africa has an average of 3 fixed lines per 100 people
 * There are more than 8 times as many Internet users in the US than on the entire African continent.
 * There are more than three times as many Internet users in Japan as on the entire African continent.
 * There are more than twice as many Internet users in Germany than on the entire African continent.
 * The entire African continent - home to over 50 countries - has fewer Internet users than France alone.
 * There are more Internet users in Seoul (Republic of Korea), than all of sub-Saharan Africa, excluding South Africa.
 * There are more Internet users in London than in the whole of Pakistan.

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Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_divide http://dgss.wsu.edu/di/ http://www.apc.org/en/pubs/manuals/gender/africa/gender-digital-divide-francophone-africa-harsh-reaitvibe.com/news/4431/ www.marketwire.com/press-release/Ncomputing-Inc-770193.html  http://www.techaccess.org/  http://www.computers4africa.org