Addressing the Digital Divide
Overview
Although the world is more connected than ever before, not everyone currently benefits. This course focuses on both expanding mobile broadband coverage (especially in rural areas) and on accelerating mobile internet adoption, which is the biggest challenge we face in addressing the digital divide. Packed with the latest GSMA insights into the barriers to digital inclusion, the course also details concrete policy actions that can be used to address them.
Course Objectives
- Gain a better understanding of the factors impacting the digital divide
- Understand the policy levers that can help bridge the digital divide
- Create an action plan to address the digital divide in your country
With Thanks To Our Partners
This training has been developed by the GSMA Connected Society programme, which is funded by UK International Development from the UK government* and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). It is also supported by the GSMA and its members.
*The views expressed do not necessarily reflect the UK government’s official policies.
Course Enrolment Criteria
This course is open to:
- Regulators
- Policymakers
- Representatives from academia and international organisations working on regulatory or policy issues
We cannot accept applications from individuals working in the private sector or those not involved in policy or regulation.
Course Completion Certificates
All of our courses are certified by the United Kingdom Telecoms Academy (UKTA) and can be used as evidence of professional development.
To qualify for a course completion certificate, you must view all the course sessions and answer correctly all the quiz questions you will find as you progress through the sessions. You will also need to fill out the course survey.
You do not have to complete a final project to earn a course completion certificate but we strongly encourage you to create one. Putting together a final project will give you an opportunity to reflect on the principles covered during the course and help you discover how they could be applied to your own country. If you submit a final project the course trainer will provide you with valuable feedback that you may find useful in your day-to-day work.
Course Structure and Study Time
The course consists of five sessions and you will gain access to all of them on the course start date. You will have the opportunity to ask questions about the content of the course during a live chat session as well as on the course forum.
It should not take you more than two to three hours of study time per week to complete the course in four weeks. You will have, however, seven weeks to complete it. If after six weeks you have not completed the course, you will have to start it again the next time it is offered.
If you decide to submit a final project, it will probably take you four to six hours to put it together. You will have six weeks to submit your final project.
If you have any special needs regarding this training course, please us let us know via our contact form so we can get in touch to discuss how your needs can be met.
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