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HowTo: Extend your network
Extend your network The video in this post explains (i) the free access to information, and (ii) the extension of your InfoSpot to a local or a community network. (i) The sign-in at the router with the option of free access to the pages you define, or voucher access...
Video: What is an InfoSpot?
What is an InfoSpot? Have a look at our video (click on the image below) to learn more about the wireless information spot (InfoSpot) for schools, health stations and Community Learning and Living Labs (CL3) in rural areas. The InfoSpot connects to the mobile network...
Affordable Access for Education, Health and Empowerment (AA4EDU)
AA4EDU for launch partner Vodacom Tanzania On Friday, 27 Jun 2025, we launched "Affordable Access for Education, Health and Empowerment" (AA4EDU) as part of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2025. Vodacom Tanzania Foundation, by Mrs Farah Zuweina, received the...
Connecting another 140 schools
Our journey continues. Having connected 10 schools in phase I, another 50 schools in phase II, 45 schools in Kenya, we are now connecting another 140 schools in Tanzania. Bringing access to worldwide information and a local internet for sharing for more than 120.000...
Course: Create an InfoSpot
Create an InfoSpot Thanks to all your requests on how to establish an InfoSpot. Thanks to the SESA project, we have developed a course on rural Internet Access. The course starts with a Rural InfoSpots overview and has the following parts L1: Regional Competence...
Energy Information on the InfoSpots
Do you want to empower your community by establishing a wireless information spot (InfoSpot)? And you wonder what you'll get? Have a look at the page information on energy, which we copied from the InfoSpot. We added three courses, which you can extend and adapt to...
User Guide for the InfoSpots
With more than 200 schools connected in East Africa, we have made another step in "Connect the Future". And, our communities are growing, we have now collaborations in 15 countries in Africa. Our focus is on competence building through Regional Competence Centres...
Digital Cars vs Digital Pedestrians
Digital Cars vs Digital Pedestrians Wouldn't it be nice to have an Internet where digital pedestrians and cyclists can use the Internet for free, while digital cars ensure the profitability? Digital pedestrians use close to zero bandwidth, thus why don't we give them...
Your help is needed
We need your help "Knowledge is power" And collaboraton is key to achieve "Connecting The Future". The task looks overwhelming, stretching from technical work like configuring devices, teaching others, providing trainings, and contributing to knowledge. Equally...
40.000 students connected, Phase II Tanzania
School Connectivity TZ - phase II After our initial and successful pilot with African Child Projects (ACP) to connect 10 schools across Tanzania, the phase II addressed connectivity of 50 schools. We made it, and connect roughly 40.000 students across Tanzania....
27.501 Students connected
School Connectivity in Kenya Our school connectivity programme is a tremendous success. Thanks to DENT Wireless, who sponsored the activities, we connected 45 schools connected in Kisumu, HomaBay and Siaya in Kenya. Our local partner Africa Higher Education Research...
Internet Lite, the way for meaningful connectivity for all
Our promotion of "free access to information on the Internet" (Internet Lite) got huge attention at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF 2021), which took place in Katowice from 6-10. December 2021. The main take-away for our work were: Ensuring that all people...