The next step is to resolve some of the hardware glitches holding back the software; so expanding electricity networks, boosting connectivity and training young people to be able to use and, ultimately, design apps made for Africa, in Africa.
An independent evaluation of the country programme in 2009 concluded that ADB's investment in physical assets and sector reforms boosted connectivity, lowered production costs, and encouraged foreign direct investment.
The UK is fast falling behind other international hub airports, such as Dubai and Schiphol near Amsterdam – but campaigners say that expansion will also boost connectivity with Britain's regional airports.
Its plans do not just include the AIIB, but also a New Development Bank launched with its "BRICS" partners Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa and a Silk Road development fund to boost "connectivity" with its neighbours.
It has proposed not just the AIIB, but a New Development Bank launched with its "BRICS" partners Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa and a Silk Road development fund to boost "connectivity" with its Central Asian neighbours.
At an event dedicated to boosting connectivity in India held today, the U.S. company also announced updates to Google Chrome for Android and Google Play which will help save on data, while it has expanded its public Wi-Fi scheme, with began with a rollout on India's railways, to include other partners beyond rails and potentially outside of India.
At the same time, another government program aimed at boosting connectivity is also being accused of waste.
Elon Musk's SpaceX has likewise been working on a yet-unnamed powerful network of space satellites that also aims to boost global connectivity.
The technology might prove useful, too, for boosting the connectivity of cellphone systems that must deal with next-generation bandwidth-consuming phones, or for backing up company networks damaged in catastrophes like the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Noninvasive stimulation of the brain can improve memories for episodes by boosting the connectivity between cortical regions.
