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Internet costs impede digital inclusion

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INTERNATIONAL

Internet costs have fallen across the 55 low and middle-income countries that are home to 6.4 billion people

Recession risks wider internet infrastructure gap

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INT

Development actors want governments to make the internet more affordable, accessible and reliable; progress is uneven

Infrastructure will shape African internet trends

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AFRICA

Internet use is expanding rapidly but infrastructure constraints will drive Africa along different paths to global peers

Internet shutdowns in Africa may become entrenched

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AFRICA

Authoritarian governments are increasingly blocking or restricting internet access to suppress domestic dissent

Internet shutdowns fuel digital authoritarianism

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INT

Internet shutdowns are returning to pre-pandemic levels across all major developing regions

Inflation slows growth in global mobile connectivity

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INT

Mobile internet connectivity continues to rise globally but inflation has slowed adoption rates

Internet shutdowns raise risks across Global South

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INT

Governments across the developing world are regularly shutting down online communication to restore political control

Africa's anticipated internet boom could disappoint

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AFRICA

Lacklustre investor interest, lack of electricity and poor network infrastructure could hamper mobile internet growth

Turkey to flirt with crisis despite its net trade boom

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TURKEY

Erdogan’s export-led GDP policy has supported five quarters of 6%+ GDP growth, but the lira has plunged since September

Economy will be top priority for Pakistan’s government

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PAKISTAN

Over a month after the general election, a new cabinet is in place