In least developed countries (LDCs), 85 per cent of households lack Internet access.7 The gender gap in Internet use has not narrowed globally between 2013 and 2017, and has, in fact, widened noticeably in Africa and in LDCs. Broadband connectivity in developing countries, when available, tends to be relatively slow and expensive, limiting the ability of businesses and people to use it productively. For example, research has recently found that machine learning algorithms acquire biases from text data reflected in day-to-day culture.