High-speed internet especially is increasingly becoming a tool for country branding. Every citizen has become dependent on it for greater productivity. Whether it is the passport you want from the Department of Immigration or it is taxes you want to file, the internet has become indispensable.
It is the oxygen that keeps us going in these tough times otherwise economies would have collapsed.
Unfortunately, half of the world has no access to the internet. But the strange thing is that some people who are fortunate enough to have access want to undermine its development by spreading speculative propaganda.