Encouraged by more tech activism, brands are using new technology to tackle the digital divide across a range of dimensions, including ability, education, and income. Emerging technologies are providing more ways for people with mental illnesses and physical disabilities to navigate the online world, creating opportunities that cut across myriad sectors.

Pharrell’s 'Your Voice is Power' initiative with Georgia Tech and Amazon illustrates how to get kids excited about learning social-mobility boosting skills – in this case, by empowering middle and high schoolers to tackle racial inequity and learn about computer science through music.

Although higher education in India is conducted in English, the country is home to hundreds of communities who speak different languages and have little exposure to English. To make education more inclusive to them, the government is extending education in native languages.

Lost memories and limited narratives are the driving forces behind many of the digital archives springing up across Africa. Led by filmmakers, artists, and activists, these projects have the capacity, if supported, to contribute to the continent’s creative, cultural, and economic growth.