Despite global growth, the digital divide between rich and poor countries around the world is growing

             
 The Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) published a report this month that made startling revelations. The report says that in the wake of the global Code 19 epidemic, the Internet has played a key role in making it a "necessity, not a luxury" and should be included in basic human rights. Be it employment, education, business or everyday information, the internet has become a necessity for everyone. The new report includes 57 poor and middle-income countries that have been measured in terms of Internet Affordability Drivers Index (EDI). The ranking of the infrastructure and other facilities of these countries is also included in this report. Asia Pacific is the fastest growing region in broadband, the report said. Here the ADI score is the highest and the cost of internet is the lowest. That is, one and a half percent of the average monthly income is spent on the Internet, under which one gigabyte of data can be obtained. In this regard, Africa has made rapid progress, but there is still a long way to go. In this regard, Africa's ADI and monthly internet spending in 2019 was 6.7% of the total average income, which has not changed much. While one billion people in the survey are still without internet. However, to end this situation, these poor countries need 428 billion in infrastructure, otherwise one billion people in the world could be without internet. However, some organizations insist that access to the Internet should be absolutely free.