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Organisations and Initiatives that Push for Internet for All

Internet for AllThe ChallengeThe internet is a pervasive, fundamental part of daily life that continues to deliver massive economic and social benefits around the world. Yet some 3.9 billion people – more than 52% of the world’s population – are still not online.Although much progress has been made in closing the digital divide, the challenge remains huge, complex and multidimensional. It requires a collaborative, multistakeholder approach to overcome four key barriers to internet inclusion: infrastructure; affordability; skills, awareness and cultural acceptance; and relevant content.Importantly, the internet is also the fundamental enabler of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The industries enabled by the Fourth Industrial Revolution are likely to reshape the global economy, creating immense opportunities for those able to develop them.The Internet for All InitiativeInternet for All establishes and facilitates physical and digital platforms at the global, regional and national level, that will create millions of new internet users, with a focus on the hardest to reach. It brings together stakeholders from the public and private sectors, non-profits, academia, international organizations, donors and civil society to create multistakeholder partnerships. Accomplishments to DateSince its launch, the Internet for All project made significant strides in establishing country-level platforms and global working groups, and achieving on-the-ground results.Launched four operational country programmes in Rwanda, South Africa, Argentina and Jordan.Attracted significant financial and human resources to support these country-level efforts.Refined the country model and made arrangements for it to scale.Launched impactful country level projects that are already bringing people online, such as Rwanda's Digital Ambassadors Program and the South Africa Imbizo CampaignDeveloped a model for applying blended finance to connectivity investments

World Economic Forum's Internet for All

Sign to demand Internet for AllInternet access is *critical* for achieving humanity's potential, yet 3.9 billion people aren’t online.

One.Org's Demand Internet for All

Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL)DIAL (formerly Mobile Hub) advances an inclusive digital economy for the underserved in emerging markets. Hosted at the UN Foundation.

The Digital Impact Alliance

LoonLoon is a network of stratospheric balloons designed to bring Internet connectivity to rural and remote communities worldwide.

X's Project Loon

Connecting the Next Four BillionAs the global community approaches the third decade of the 21st century, the importance of the Internet in our social, economic, and political lives will only continue to grow. The prospect of billions of the most vulnerable people left without access and, therefore, unable to participate fully in our increasingly digitally intermediated world ought to be cause for alarm for policymakers, industry, and civil society alike.

Connecting the Next Four Million by USAID

Powering & Connecting Communities Globally - Microsoft Airband InitiativeOffering broadband and energy sources to underserved communities globally, the Microsoft Airband Initiative provides grants for internet and energy access

Microsoft's Affordable Access Initiative

Internet for All NowCalifornia Needs Internet for All Now! Now that the Internet for All Now Act AB1665 has passed we are closer to supporting 98% deployment of broadband into unserved and underserved areas. It is a 21st-Century Civil Right for Californians in rural and low-income areas to have digital access and opportunity.

Internet for All Now in Califonia

Internet for AllAccess to Internet for All enabled by mobile broadband, 3G, 4G, connecting the unconnected

Ericsson's Internet for All

GCI 2018: Tap into New Growth with Intelligent ConnectivityMapping your transformation into a digital economy with GCI 2018

Huawei's Global Connectivity Index

References

Internet for All: An Investment Framework for Digital AdoptionThis White Paper is the end result of a year-long effort that began with a raised hand and simple question. At an Internet for All workshop during the World Economic Forum on Africa in Kigali, Rwanda from 11-13 May 2016, participants were listening to a presentation on the project’s “barriers framework”.

How to achieve internet for all: What we learned in 2017At the end of a year of conferences and reports taking on the challenge of how to extend affordable internet access to the 60 percent of the world's population who remain unconnected, Devex rounds up some of the key ideas that emerged.

How to fill the gaps in the response to the digital divide The benefits of connectivity are being recognized across the global development agenda, yet more than half of the world's population has never been online. Building on a new report out today, Devex asks what can be done to accelerate universal internet access.

USAID's Business Models for the Last Billion

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