Digital Infrastructure and the Digital Divide

Infrastructure drives effective and functioning economies, it contributes to the competitiveness of economies and aids trade and investment. Inadequate infrastructure is one of the largest constraints to economic development in the developing world and across the Commonwealth. The COVID-19 pandemic further highlights the digital infrastructure gap between the developed and developing world.

New e-learning course

To help educate members of the Commonwealth on ways to address this gap, the Commonwealth Connectivity Agenda Physical Connectivity Cluster (PCC) under the leadership of The Gambia, has developed its First-ever self-paced e-learning course on Digital Infrastructure and the Digital Divide.

This webinar on September 21 will offer an insight into the course and the wider issues around Digital Infrastructure and the Digital Divide in The Commonwealth.

The course is introductory level and  aims to enable participants to:

• Understand the important role of infrastructure, including digital infrastructure for economic development.
• Evaluate through analysis the impact of the digital infrastructure divide at national, regional and Commonwealth level.
• Identify relevant policy issues for post-COVID-19 recovery to implement digital infrastructure needs at the country level.