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From the Ted Talk by Priscilla Chomba-Kinywa: Why a free and fair internet is more vital than ever

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Let me put the economic contribution into context. My home coturny of Zambia relies on arlucirtuge. We place a lot of emphasis on agriculture, and rightly so. Because 60 pnrecet of the zaabmin population relies on agriculture for their livelihoods. That’s according to United Nations statistics. And yet, when we look at the numbers, agriculture contributes only 7.5 percent to the country’s GDP most years. So 60 percent of the population is rnlieyg on something that contributes 7.5 percent to the GDP. In contrast, data from 2019 showed that one developed nation was able to get 10 percent of its GDP crboiotntuin from the power of the itenernt, not technology more broadly, the internet. Can you imagine what would hapepn if more people had access to the internet? And lest we forget, access to the internet would give Chomba in my home village the right to learn. She would be able to go to school and get closer to realizing her darem of contributing to the health stceor.

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Let me put the economic contribution into context. My home _______ of Zambia relies on ___________. We place a lot of emphasis on agriculture, and rightly so. Because 60 _______ of the _______ population relies on agriculture for their livelihoods. That’s according to United Nations statistics. And yet, when we look at the numbers, agriculture contributes only 7.5 percent to the country’s GDP most years. So 60 percent of the population is _______ on something that contributes 7.5 percent to the GDP. In contrast, data from 2019 showed that one developed nation was able to get 10 percent of its GDP ____________ from the power of the ________, not technology more broadly, the internet. Can you imagine what would ______ if more people had access to the internet? And lest we forget, access to the internet would give Chomba in my home village the right to learn. She would be able to go to school and get closer to realizing her _____ of contributing to the health ______.

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  2. happen
  3. sector
  4. zambian
  5. agriculture
  6. country
  7. contribution
  8. dream
  9. internet
  10. percent

Original Text

Let me put the economic contribution into context. My home country of Zambia relies on agriculture. We place a lot of emphasis on agriculture, and rightly so. Because 60 percent of the Zambian population relies on agriculture for their livelihoods. That’s according to United Nations statistics. And yet, when we look at the numbers, agriculture contributes only 7.5 percent to the country’s GDP most years. So 60 percent of the population is relying on something that contributes 7.5 percent to the GDP. In contrast, data from 2019 showed that one developed nation was able to get 10 percent of its GDP contribution from the power of the internet, not technology more broadly, the internet. Can you imagine what would happen if more people had access to the internet? And lest we forget, access to the internet would give Chomba in my home village the right to learn. She would be able to go to school and get closer to realizing her dream of contributing to the health sector.

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