[1][2][3][4] The digital divide in Ethiopia has caused a massive lack of information for many poorer individuals, however, the greatest failure relates to education.
With such a gross lack of access to technology and the internet, education is stunted and children are forced to rely on archaic, biased, and often unreliable sources of information.
[5] In 2016, the Ethiopian government blocked all social media sites after an anonymous user posted copies of university entrance exams online.
In an interview with Reuters News Agency, Mohammed Seid at the Office for Government Communications Affairs, said only social media sites were blocked but BBC News received conflicting reports from Ethiopian citizens who claimed that they experienced problems with both mobile networks and fixed line Internet services.
SchoolNet Ethiopia is a joint initiative between Ministry of Education and the United Nations Development Programme that has equipped 181 schools with 15 networked computer labs.
[7] In a world almost completely reliant on technology and access to the internet, the digital divide in Ethiopia poses a major problem for its citizens and the effects are nearly detrimental in the current global economy.
With an essentially non-existent public education system in this poverty stricken country, the current lack of digital access does not help this matter.
Women's time and mobility are restricted by the expectation placed on them to bear the most household chores and management, keeping them too busy for educational or leisurely use of technology.