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Mar 2021
27m 27s

Creating Digital Equity with Mike Dawson...

Pulse 95 Radio
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59% of the people in low income countries don’t have access to the internet. How can we make digital content more accessible without needing internet access? In this episode, founder of Ustad Mobile application, an application that has won many competitions to provide children that are not online in Afghanistan, Jordan and Kenya who have limited access to th ... Show More
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