Poor nations urged to tap Web fast for growth (Reuters)

NAIROBI (Reuters) – With online business increasingly driving economic growth, developing nations' top priority should be the infrastructure their citizens need to get connected, delegates at an Internet conference in Nairobi said this week.The Internet's potential to raise living standards is under-exploited in the developing world, where just 21 percent of the population have access, compared with 69 percent in the developed world.In a study published earlier this year, consultancy Mckinsey

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