The Corona Virus crisis has accelerated the uptake of digital solutions, speeding the global transition towards a digitally operated economy. Digitisation is allowing tele-medicine, tele-work, online education to proliferate , amplifying the demand for online tools of collaboration like Skype, Zoom and others. This, though, has increased an already wide gap between the haves and have nots in digital uptake. The digitally enabled world is working for some but not others. Inequalities in digital readiness hamper the ability of large parts of the world to take advantage of technologies that help us cope with the Corona Virus pandemic by staying … Read More