The Digital divide

Lebogang Setsiba 16016039 HCEM

WHAT IS THE DIGITAL DIVIDE

Is the gap between demographics such as age, sex, level of education , income as well
as economic status and region which have access to modern information and
communication technology.
Those who dont have any access or are restricted to access any sort of technology
things such as the telephone, television, a personal computer and the internet.

ELEMENTS OF
DIGITAL DIVIDE

Social Capital

Is the networks of relationships

amongst people who live & work in a
certain societies which enables the
society to function well.

ACCESS

CONCLUSION

SUCCESS STORIES

KNOWLEDGE AND USAGE

Human Capital

Knowledge
Capital

Skills, knowledge and experience which

an individual or population has, this is
viewed in terms of their value or cost to
an organization or country

Is the intangible asset that represents valuable ideas, methods, processes &
other intuitive talents that belong to a company

CORRELATION BETWEEN DIVIDE &

SOCIAL CAPITAL

The digital divide has caused a social capital gap amongst people in society, the social
capital will improve when the digital divide amongst the group of people the digital
access needs to be improved for all systems to work well

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DIVIDE &

KNOWLEGDE CAPITAL

To have a relationship between the knowledge capital as well as the digital divide,
people have to be educated as they can be an asset for businesses.
All businesses need valuable ideas, methods & other intuitive talents & skills, to do
well in the knowledge area, people have to be educated and improve their digital
divide.

CORRELATION BETWEEN DIVIDE &

HUMAN CAPITAL

In our society uneducated people will not learn their own skills & knowledge if they are
not educated or have not been given a chance to be educated.
This will not help decrease the digital divide , so it is important for people to be
educated.

HOW TO ASSIST THE GOVERNMENT

TO SOLVE THESE ISSUES AROUND
ACCESS
The government could
start by encouraging
and educating the
society on using ICT,
by using egovernment tools to
encourage e-readiness
and support
development in ICT
skills and show no
discrimination

See other countries as a

way to motivate the
society and help our
society grow & have basic
ICT skills

Have workshops for those who dont know how to use

computers & the internet as well as those who dont have
access . Upgrading infrastructure to give our country a fair
chance to a new start and include affordable technology

Done by:
Lebogang Setsiba
160160

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