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6 years ago Project NATIVE CLUB
In Colombia we still have communities that speak indigenous languages, and for many these are their mother tongue, however, these are underrepresented on the Internet (Spanish is one of them).- Andrea Bonilla. Bogotá Colombia.
Population: 48,593,405 Internet users (june 2016): 28,475,560 - 58.6 % % users in Region: 7.5 %
Source: http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats10.htm#spanish
Based on the last Great Survey piloted by MINTIC, the two main issues that affect the Health of the Internet in Colombia are Web Literacy and Decentralization.
Even when the 67% of households in Colombia have internet access, the is still a remaining 33% which can not access the service because it is very expensive, have no coverage in the area or do not have electronic devices.
There is another barrier regarding the languages. In Colombia we still have communities that speak indigenous languages, and for many these are their mother tongue, however, these are underrepresented on the Internet (Spanish is one of them). Colombians speak the Spanish. The number of individual languages listed for Colombia is 89. Of these, 82 are living and 7 are extinct. Of the living languages, 78 are indigenous and 4 are non-indigenous.
Thanks to Colombia’s peace process, deploying telecommunications’ infrastructure is now feasible, as well as Wi-Fi hotspots, connectivity and computers have been delivered to people in areas of former conflict, thus contributing to a greater social inclusion with health services, education, access to justice and to e-government. He was clear on stating that 30 billion dollars are still needed to close the digital gap.