Exploitation
Digital divide
The definition of digital divide is “[t]he gulf between those who have ready access to computers and the Internet, and those who do not.” (oxforddictionaries.com). This puts these countries at a competitive and economic disadvantage. The typical type of digital divide is between global north and south, by a country not having internet access, it means that schools are unable to teach IT skills and take advantage of the vast amount of information available on the web. With a lack of IT skills people from these countries are unable to compete at an international level.
And there is the tendency that global south countries tend to lack large numbers of programmers and developers of software. Software products are made in the global north and sold to citizens of the global south – irrespective of whether they are appropriate to them or even required. In essence the rich are getting richer with the advantage of access to the internet information and reaping the rewards of e-commerce and e-business, while the poorer members of society aren’t able to keep up.