Digital Educational Empowerment

4 January 2024
Project beneficiaries

OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT  The project seeks to address the challenges of Internet connectivity, access to online resources for schools and communities, and utilization of ICTs in the provinces of Matabeleland North and Matabeleland South in Zimbabwe. The project goal is to provide Internet connectivity and train and empower teachers and communities through Internet technologies…

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Dunia Moja Network (DMN)

4 January 2024
Project team members and beneficiaries

OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT  The overall goal of the project is to connect underserved communities in coastal Kenya, to enable them access to government services, educational resources, and opportunities for business engagement. The target beneficiaries include learners and teachers in public primary schools, youth living in the community, and other institutions within the respective jurisdictions.…

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Understanding Internet Usage and Needs of Farmworkers in San Mateo County

4 January 2024
Male farm worker holding palett of strawberries while standing in a field

OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT  This project focuses on establishing Internet connectivity and growing local Internet-related knowledge and skills in a deeply underserved, rural and agricultural area of Northern California. This project facilitates understanding the gaps and experiences of Internet usage and local needs in a farm and essential worker Latinx community, as well as increases…

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Digital Sovereignty: For What and For Whom? An Analysis from the Brazilian context

4 January 2024
Project members making a presentation at a conference

OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT  The project seeks to qualify the academic and public policy debate on digital sovereignty, starting with an analysis from the Brazilian context, exploring its socio-technical dimensions and technological and legal challenges. To this end, it seeks to conceptually and empirically identify the contours of sovereignty imaginaries constructed from stakeholders’ narratives from…

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Initiation to IoT: Privacy and Personal Data Protection 2022 (Phase 3)

4 January 2024
Project beneficiaries

OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT  The project aims to promote a greater understanding of the Internet of Things (IoT) in Madagascar. The project will teach IoT basics through training workshops organized with the support of experts, for people interested in deepening their knowledge on this subject. The trainings were piloted and refined in three regions in…

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Kibungo Internet Access Center (KIAC)

4 January 2024
Project team members

OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT  The Kibungo Internet Access Center (KIAC) project aims to bridge the digital divide in the Kibungo Community in Rwanda. The project will establish an Internet Access Center equipped with satellite Internet connectivity and a digital library, and provide localized educational and communication opportunities to the community members. Furthermore, the project intends…

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Turning rural libraries in the Lori Region of Armenia into Community Internet Centers

4 January 2024
Project beneficiaries in the library

OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT  The project aims to turn rural libraries in Armenia into community Internet centers by providing them with broadband Internet, Internet terminals, WiFi access points, video conferencing devices, computers with pre-installed digitized library software, and digital skills training for the community.    WHY IS THIS PROJECT IMPORTANT?  There are digital inequalities between…

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Community Network for the Promotion and Preservation of the Emberá Culture of Tusipono

4 January 2024
Panama - 2022: Young woman dressed in Paruma cloth brings a tray of food wrapped in banana leaves.

OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT  The Emberá Indigenous Community of Tusipono is located on the shores of Lake Alajuela in Panama and consists of 28 families who have expressed their need and aspiration for Internet connectivity.   The project’s main objective is to improve the economic sustainability of the community through the promotion of ethno-tourism and handicraft…

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Providing Internet Connectivity and Strengthening Digital Skills for Rural communities in the Tumaco Municipality of Colombia

4 January 2024
Child beneficiary of the project

OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT  The project aims to provide Internet access to seven rural communities in the Tumaco region in Colombia, which currently have digital centers that are currently offline. The project will also implement seven community Wi-Fi areas around the centers and strengthen basic digital skills in those vulnerable communities.  As a result of…

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