Endnotes 1 “Mobile Internet’s ‘Usage Gap’ is Almost Eight Times the Size of the ‘Coverage Gap’ , GSMA Research Reveals” , GSMA , 19 October 2023, https://www.gsma.com/newsroom/press- release/mobile-internets-usage-gap-is-almost-eight-times-the-size-of-the-coverage- gap-gsma-research-reveals/. 2 “Population of global offline continues steady decline to 2.6 billion people in 2023”, International Telecommunications Union (ITU), 12 September 2023, https://www.itu.int/en/ mediacentre/Pages/PR-2023-09-12-universal-and-meaningful-connectivity-by-2030.aspx. 3 “Widening Digital Gap between Developed, Developing States Threatening to Exclude World’s Poorest from Next Industrial Revolution, Speakers Tell Second Committee” , United Nations, 6 October 2023, https://press.un.org/en/2023/gaef3587.doc.htm. 4 “250 million children out-of-school: What you need to know about UNESCO’s latest education data” , UNESCO, 18 September 2023, https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/250- million-children-out-school-what-you-need-know-about-unescos-latest-education-data. 5 Broom, Douglas “These are the places in the world where internet access is still an issue – and why” , World Economic Forum, 5 September 2023, https://www.weforum. org/agenda/2023/09/broadband-no-luxury-basic-necessity/#:~:text=It%20also%20 develops%20communities%2C%20both,nations%20still%20don%E2%80%99t%20have . 6 GSMA, The State of Mobile Internet Connectivity Report 2023, 2023, https://www.gsma. com/r/somic/. 7 “Digital technologies directly benefit 70 percent of SDG targets, say ITU, UNDP and partners” , United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 17 September 2023, https://www.undp.org/press-releases/digital-technologies-directly-benefit-70-percent- sdg-targets-say-itu-undp-and-partners . 8 ITU and UNDP , SDG Digital Acceleration Agenda, 2023, https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/ zskgke326/files/2023-09/SDG%20Digital%20Acceleration%20Agenda_2.pdf . EDISON Alliance Impact Report January 2024 32 Contents

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