Digital Divide
The digital divide is this century's civil rights front. Access to innovation is a fundamental right.
Nadia Okonkwo
Tech & Business Reporter
On March 7, 1965, the world watched in horror as civil rights activists were beaten on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. That βBloody Sundayβ became a turning point that proved the right to vote was the front line of human dignity. Sixty-one years later, the message remains the same: access to innovation is a fundamental right. Whether in the United States or Africa, this right is being fought for. The digital divide is this century's civil rights front.
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