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Khadija Alam
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investigative data reporter | prev: @restofworld.org, @opensecrets.org, etc | khadijaalam.com
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Space-based internet is fueling a gold rush that could eventually lead to millions of satellites in low Earth orbit.

Gaze into @khadijaalam.bsky.social's data visualization of the skyrocketing business of beaming internet from space:
restofworld.org/2025/satelli...
June 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Space-based internet is remaking Earth’s orbit — and fueling a gold rush, @khadijaalam.bsky.social reports for @restofworld.org in this cool visualisation.
restofworld.org/2025/satellites-space-based-internet
Out of space: Picturing the big, crowded business of satellite internet
Space-based internet is remaking Earth’s orbit — and fueling a gold rush.
restofworld.org
June 30, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Despite the billions in investment, and the thousands of satellites zipping around, it is still hard to really picture the satellite internet industry. @khadijaalam.bsky.social gathered data to help visualize this rapidly growing business for @restofworld.org.

restofworld.org/2025/satelli...
Out of space: Picturing the big, crowded business of satellite internet
Space-based internet is remaking Earth’s orbit — and fueling a gold rush.
restofworld.org
June 30, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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"Rest of World found that the top 10 non-Western countries by number of collaborative AI research papers published between 2014 and 2024 are China, India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Malaysia, Brazil, and Taiwan."

restofworld.org/2025/us-chin...
Despite tensions, US-China AI research collaborations are alive and well
Over the past 10 years, the U.S. and China have been the most frequent partners in AI research.
restofworld.org
January 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Despite all the cyber saber-rattling, US and Chinese AI researchers work with each other more than they work with anyone else: restofworld.org/2025/us-chin...

Great data-led reporting here from @khadijaalam.bsky.social for @restofworld.org
January 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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The field of AI has long been dominated by the U.S. and Europe. Recently, however, AI research has become more collaborative across countries outside of the West, according to a Rest of World analysis.

New from @khadijaalam.bsky.social:
restofworld.org/2025/us-chin...
Despite tensions, US-China AI research collaborations are alive and well
Over the past 10 years, the U.S. and China have been the most frequent partners in AI research.
restofworld.org
January 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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I made charts for this story by @khadijaalam.bsky.social published on @restofworld.org! A news graphic after a long time for me. #dataviz

restofworld.org/2025/us-chin...
January 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Starlink has disrupted Kenya's existing ISP industry since its launch in July 2023, forcing legacy providers to lower prices and increase internet speeds (Rest of World)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
January 13, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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in rural kenya, where safaricom services are either too expensive or unreliable, starlink is becoming a choice internet provider for households.

@khadijaalam.bsky.social and i reported on how starlink cost less than local isps in some african countries.
restofworld.org/2025/starlin...
Starlink is now cheaper than leading internet provider in some African countries
In Ghana, Starlink is half the price of the local ISP.
restofworld.org
January 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Elon Musk's Starlink is now cheaper than the leading internet provider in some African countries

Reporting by @khadijaalam.bsky.social & @tarykuh.bsky.social

restofworld.org/2025/starlin...
January 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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GSMA: 4.6B people are now connected to mobile internet, or 57% of the world; mobile subscriber growth fell to 160M in 2024, down from 200M per year in 2015-2021 (Rest of World)

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November 20, 2024 at 3:30 PM
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It's still underappreciated how one company, Reliance Jio, made smartphone data dirt cheap, and turbocharged internet use in India.

That was a shot in the arm to every international internet company, including Meta, Google, Netflix.

restofworld.org/2024/mobile-...
November 20, 2024 at 12:59 PM
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"From 2015 to 2021, the survey consistently found over 200 million coming online through mobile devices around the world each year. But in the last two years, that number has dropped to 160 million." We're at the top of the S-curve. #Technology https://restofworld.org/2024/mobile-internet-users-gro…
New data shows the number of new mobile internet users is stalling
What happened to the “next billion” internet users? They’re already online.
restofworld.org
November 20, 2024 at 2:21 PM