Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the nexus between the digital divide and development and discusses attempts being made at continental, regional and country levels to bridge the digital divide in subSaharan Africa. Designmethodologyapproach An analytical and comparative approach of global ereadiness, digital opportunity, and information society indices is applied to infer the status of the digital divide in subSaharan Africa. Findings The paper finds that there is a link between bridging the digital divide and economic development. However, there is as yet no unanimity as to whether the digital divide is narrowing or widening in developing countries including those in subSaharan Africa. Nevertheless, countries in subSaharan Africa are making tremendous strides, especially in infrastructure development and mobile phone connectivity, to bridge the digital divide. Research limitationsimplications An empirical study is needed to determine the impact of the surge in infrastructure and policy development in subSaharan Africa with regard to bridging the digital divide. Practical implications Hitherto, attempts to measure the extent of the digital divide between and within countries have largely relied on ereadiness rankings and have rarely used other relevant indices that are available, such as egovernment, information society, and digital opportunity indices. The use of a wide range of indices to infer the breadth and depth of the digital divide between subSaharan Africa and the developed world would provide a clearer picture of the extent of the divide. Originalityvalue The paper demonstrates that several tools other than ereadiness ranking can be used to measure the breadth and depth of the digital divide. The paper brings to the fore the importance of addressing subSaharan Africa's digital divide peculiarities using extraordinary interventions.

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