The Digital Literacy Issue
With much of the world trying to balance their technology immersed lives; it may be difficult to imagine that there is a widening global digital divide. The digital divide is a worldwide social inequality with only 19% of internet users in the African region. For Togo the digital divide is a major obstacle for development only 5.7% of individuals use internet; among the lowest internet penetration in West Africa. In developing countries like Togo, women and girls are the most at risk of being left behind. According to Graduate Women International, a Geneva based women’s advocacy organization, “women (are) commonly less able to benefit from access to devices or the internet…for a variety of reasons including lack of control over finances and decision making”.
