Basic Internet Foundation

10 years of the Basic Internet Foundation, and what have we achieved? 1. We solved the challenge of access! Reaching out to base stations more than 20 km away, and establish local #InfoSpots with free access for local citizens 2. We achieved #AffordableAccess at the cost of 20 USD/month. Thanks to Vodacom Tanzania Foundation for connecting with us more than 200 schools in #Tanzania, we look forward to have more operators to adopt the "Affordable Access for Education and Health" #AA4EDU. 3. We established vibrant communities in more than 15 countries in Africa, who help connecting schools and communities. 4. We are in worldwide partnerships supporting the concept of decentralised #InfoSpots with #health information UiO - Sustainable Health Unit (SUSTAINIT) , #energy SESA Project and #education African Child Projects Exciting years ahead, with the goal of connecting all #Schools of the world Giga , establishing Community Learning and Living Labs #CL3 across #Africa

The three building blocks for empowerment: Energy, Access & Information This time we focus on collaborative energy and energy neighbourhoods - Seminar at ITS@UiO on 7 Nov 2024 PM

Our work in connecting schools and communities is even more important in adaptation to #ClimateChange #FoodSecurity #Disinformation. With 75% of people in #SSA not using #MobileInternet [GSMA - Mobile for Development 2024]. Join us to #ConnectTheFuture

May I ask for 7 min of your time? Please provide us your input on "Drivers for Mobile Internet" through this Google Form: https://lnkd.in/d_9zK5Aw Our team from Basic Internet Foundation with a.o. Josef Noll, Jonathan Muringani, Catherine R. Kimambo were asked by GSMA - Mobile for Development to create an evidence gap map (EGM) for the use of #MobileInternet and #Development.   The envisaged output is the map with evidences and gaps on the link between mobile internet and development. We will screen about 1000 academic articles, and deep dive into 100-150 of them to establish evidences and gaps. We use your inputs from this form as a quality control to see if we have missed out on topics that we need to explore. Thus, if you recognise what is missing, or if you'd like to discuss more with us, please opt-in for a personal follow-up. Some of the inputs so far: "afraid of costs", "Internet is perceived as technology". For background information, please visit the GSMA report: "The State of Mobile Internet Connectivity Report 2023", indicating a.o. the gap of mobile internet uptake in South of Sahara Africa (SSA).  https://lnkd.in/gCXqVWC Thanks to Caitlin Blaser Mapitsa Jamie Robertsen James Karanja for the collaboration with GSMa, Robert Owino, Barrack Otieno and her team at Aheri Basic Internet Limited (AHERINet) and Community Initiatives Support Services (CISS), as well as our team members Sudhir Dixit Wisam Mansour Danica Radovanović, Ph.D. for the support. Hope you can join and provide your input

What will be the industrial #5G and #6G deployment path in #SSA? and who cares to make it happen?

What a pleasure to be invited as contributor to the session Is Chasing “Sustainable 6G Technology” Realistic? and bring across our views on #ConnectTheFuture of the youth, women and every human in Africa. I hope I can convince the auditorium to adapt the mode of the road, to be applied for access to the #Internet: #FreeAccess for #DigitalPedestrians and #DigitalCyclists https://lnkd.in/dRUjMCk3 and see my slides at https://lnkd.in/d8WHB4_X

Our contribution to the #IWD2024 is to empower teenage mothers. If you are young and have a child, your choices are limited. Thanks to the Tumaini Open School, these #Women have the chance to finish their school education. Ingvild Oftedal decided to perform her Master at the Department of Technology Systems, UiO as a #MasterWithOpinion, and asked Ingeniører Uten Grenser Norge / Engineers Without Borders Norway for opportunities. That's how the journey started. Ingvild arrived in #Tabora, #Tanzania together with Trond Øines, thanks to the support by Trainor, Universitetet i Oslo, Ingeniører Uten Grenser Norge / Engineers Without Borders Norway, SESA Project and Basic Internet Foundation. She and Trond will: * Create an #InfoSpot for the access to information * Establish a local #SchoolServer with information material from the SESA Project * Install Energy Monitoring equipment to understand electricity usage * Build a sustainable energy supply, and * teach topics including #EnergyManagement, #DigitalSkills, #WorkOpportunities and help to #EmpowerWomen Thanks Ingvild Oftedal for working with us and bringing empowerment to the women of Tumaini. We are proud of your work. Are you ready to join us to empower more women? Please reshare/comment, or get involved through https://lnkd.in/dR9vNRss