What leads to being on the wrong side of the divide?

- Economic Prosperity
More economically developed countries such as America and England, have more disposable income and can therefore afford advancements in things such as technology- causing the lesser economically developed countries (such as Chad, Mali, Niger etc) to fall even further behind as they do not have the money to begin or develop their technology.
- Political
Some countries have political leaders that invest more into developing other areas such as weaponary etc rather than technology.
- Educational
Educational factors play a huge part in the digital divide - countries that do not have the advancement in education services that other countries have cannot educate people on how to use technology. This therefore leads to less people in that country using it.
- Geographical
Issues regarding geographical locations can cause a further divide for countries - places in the desert, in the mountains etc. Furthermore, some countries lack the power and distribution factors that are needed to set up a computer network. In addition, the demand for computer related jobs in some countries is much less and therefore computer systems are less likely to be implemented and education for computing is not neccessarily needed.