Position Paper #2 - Digital Access
Digital Access in Ethiopia I cannot fathom living without my smartphone, laptop, or internet access as a college student. It is rare to find a student on any college campus that does not have a source to the internet; however, this is not the case in many countries. For this very reason, I wanted to choose a country that does not have the same digital access as we do. Living in a heavily internet-dependent country makes it interesting to learn about a country that lives in an entirely different way. T he country of Ethiopia is an excellent example of this. Ethiopia is located in the horn of Africa and is the continent's second most populated country. It has a population of 116.4 million, with 38.5% of the population owning a smartphone. Only 20.6% of the people use the internet, and 5.8% use social media. Although 38.5% of the population owns a smartphone, citizens of Ethiopia also access the internet on other devices. Datareportal created a slideshare that give...