1.3 The Digital Divide - The wrong side of the digital divide

The least digitally-developed countries according to the ITU are Guinea Biseau, Chad, Mali, Burkino Fasso and Niger.
These countries are on the wrong side of the digital divide because of many factors; they don't have enough money to catch up with the technology the rest of the world now have, they have a world debt with some MEDCs (More Economically Developed Countries) and this debt will keep on growing as the MEDCs charge interest on them. More important things are invested in before technology such as housing and food as these countries are poverty-stricken. I'm sure that the natives to these countries would much rather get out of poverty than own a computer for example. The fact that most of these countries are poverty-stricken means that there will be little electricity supply available. Digital technology such as computers, phones etc need an ample supply of electricity to work. I think that the residents don't care that they are on the wrong side of the digital divide and even if an effort was made to input lots of digital communications etc, they would still be nowhere near the likes of the U.S.A and the U.K. Although they could say they are on the right side of the digital divide, they would still be lagging the MEDCs considerably.