The Importance of Strong Technical Communities and Partnerships in Africa
The recent outage in West Africa caused by submarine cable damage could have been a lot worse. A strong community ensured it wasn’t.
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Community Networks Can Bridge the Digital Divide, But Some Still Need to Be Convinced
Community networks can help bring connectivity to many of world’s population still without it, but some governments, ISPs, and some potential users need to be convinced of their benefits, connectivity ...
Sovereignty Is More Than a Designation, It Is a Responsibility
The Internet can provide access to healthcare, education, and economic opportunity, but many indigenous communities face challenges to Internet access and inclusion. Brian Tagaban, Director of Government Policy at Sacred ...
We are proud to stand together with Access Now in our belief that a globally connected, secure and trusted Internet is the foundation for exercising our online rights ...
In the Republic of Georgia, high in the mountains of the Tusheti region, a community network has been built to bring faster Internet connectivity to those that did not have ...
The State of Broadband Connectivity in Canada’s Rural and Remote Regions
In April, the Canadian Standing Committee on Industry, Science, and Technology presented the “Broadband Connectivity in Rural Canada: Overcoming the Digital Divide” to the House of Commons in order to ...
Piloting “White Space” to connect the underserved of rural Tanzania
As economies develop in Tanzania, rural residents have growing needs for communication and broadband access ...
How the Lenca Are Restoring the Past to Build Their Future
The Internet has the potential to enable Indigenous communities to continue living on remote traditional lands without diminishing their access to services and information ...
Construcción de Infraestructura Comunitaria
Cuando Internet no llega a lugares remotos, un modelo que funciona muy bien es aquel en el que la comunidad construye la red para llegar a Internet (no esperar que ...
