OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT The project seeks to leverage the aspirations and capacities of local entrepreneurial youths as ‘Soochnapreneurs’ (Information Entrepreneurs), by upgrading the mobile data networks in their garden setups, running Internet access points in the Community Internet Libraries (CILs), and serving local needs for access, information, linkages, opportunities, Internet skills and more. WHY…
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OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT The project aims to train grantees and co-create with them to craft soundscapes which share and amplify their story of bringing Internet access and connectivity to their community: collages of stories, thoughts, and environmental sounds to articulate the impact of the Building Opportunities/Leveraging Technology (BOLT) grant on them and their community.…
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OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT The project focuses on testing wireless technologies to enhance connectivity for sparse, low-density communities, especially in the Northern region of Brazil, with applicability to other regions as well. It aims to accumulate expertise for deploying various forms of connectivity to achieve quality, affordable, permanent access in these communities. This project aims…
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OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT To address the digital divide, this project implements a state-of-the-art, fibre-optic deployment to deliver secure home Internet service to Baltimore residents, providing free Internet service to approximately 132 households. Using fiber-to-the-premise connectivity paired with a Gigabit Access Multiplexer (GAM) device, gigabit-speed services are provided to low-income housing tenants using existing coaxial…
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OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT The goal of the project is to ensure that communities with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and their surrounding communities have access to high-speed affordable Internet, and the skills and devices to use it. This project creates a 5G network to support WiFi access points to the end users. The…
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OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT The project leverages on the existing KENET broadband network to extend affordable and high-speed Internet connectivity to 20 selected rural-based institutions (schools, hospitals and a public library). The project proposes to use low-cost last-mile radio operating in the unlicensed bands and/or short fibre links from four anchor rural universities in the…
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