EDISON Alliance Impact Report 2024

FIGURE 4 Breakdown of lives impacted by problem solved 62%Access 13%Usability25%Affordability Key takeaways 1 Most people impacted by EDISON partners, 486 million, benefitted from increased access to connectivity and digital services, an 80% increase, representing 216 million additional people that have been reached in one year. 2 102 million lives were impacted through digital literacy and skills training, representing a 96% increase in lives reached and a significant increase in initiatives reported to the alliance in the last year, a plausible correlation with the increased efforts in education (see page Figure 3 key takeaways). 3 196 million benefitted from increased affordability of devices and/or digital services, including broadband, aligning with the alliance’s prioritization of affordability as a key enabler to connecting individuals to the digital world. The number of people reached increased by 68 million, a 53% increase in lives impacted compared to last year. Note: Circles are representative of their respective percentagesBy problem solved 3.2 EDISON Alliance Impact Report January 2024 10 Contents