digital divide Stories

African languages for AI: The project that’s gathering a huge new dataset
The Conversation  |  Oct 26, 2025

The challenge now is integration: making these pieces work together so that African languages are not just represented in isolated demos, but in real-...

Free Wi-Fi transforms Wajir’s Wagalla village as internet access reaches remote areas
Issa Hussein  |  Aug 01, 2025

Halima Bishar, the chairperson of the village’s rangeland management committee, said the initiative would lead to significant savings for households p...

Fiber-optic leap bridges African digital divide
DW News  |  Jun 10, 2024

Google committed $1 billion in 2022 to driving Africa's digital transformation, including undersea cables for faster internet connections.

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