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Premium Partnership with DENT Wireless
DENT Wireless, the blockchain-based mobile operator, has joined the Basic Internet Foundation as a Premium Partner. The common goal is to provide access to information on the Internet for every human being, and to connect the unconnected. The partnership between DENT...
Collaboration with PRIO on the NORM: New Project on the Digital Silk Road
I am happy and excited to announce that Basic Internet Foundation, and yours truly, is collaborating with the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) on the NORM project. NORM is the new project on the Digital Silk Road and has been funded by Norwegian Research Council...
MoU signed with Internet Society Tanzania Chapter
Internet Society Tanzania Chapter and Basic Internet Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the 17th of December 2020 Internet Society Tanzania Chapter (ISOC-Tz Chapter) is a Tanzania local non-profit organization registered in Tanzania under the Ministry...
MoU signed with Tanzania Community Network Alliance
Tanzania Community Networks Alliance and Basic Internet Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the 22nd of July 2020. The Tanzania Community Networks Alliance (tzCNA) is registered in Tanzania under the Non- governmental Organisation. tzCNA advocates for...
MoU signed with Core23Lab Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Core23Lab and Basic Internet Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the 22nd of September 2020. The Core23Lab is a non-governmental organization registered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Core23Lab’s mission is to empower communities with...
MoU signed with Sustainable Beekeeping and Human Development Tanzania
Sustainable Beekeeping Tanzania and Human Development and Basic Internet Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the 20th of August 2020. The Sustainable Beekeeping and Human Development (SuBeHuDe); is a national non- governmental, non-profit-making and...
MoU signed with Partners in Education Ethiopia
Partners in Education Ethiopia and Basic Internet Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the 17th of July 2020. Partners is a non-profit charitable organization re-registered under the revised proclamation (No. 1113/2019) of the Ethiopian Civil Society...
MoU signed with Makerere University
The Makerere University, Uganda and Basic Internet Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the 4th of November 2020. Makerere University is a Public University established under the Makerere University Act, 1970 which was repealed by the Universities and...
IEEE “Connect the Unconnected”
IEEE has launched the International Network Generations Roadmap (INGR) on the topic "Connecting the Unconnected (CTU) with 5G and B5G". Sudhir Dixit and Ashutosh Dutta, the Co-chairs of the working group, have invited 12 co-authors for contribution to the roadmap...
5G is for the benefit of telecomm operators, not us as consumers
this article is a translation from https://titan.uio.no/teknologi/2020/5g-nettet-er-til-fordel-teleoperatorene-ikke-forbrukerne, created by Bjarne Røsjø, 29Apr2020 in Norwegian Professor Josef Noll, who helped develop the 3G network, is very critical with respect to...
MoU signed with Rotary Club Rotario Distrito 4400 Ecuador
The Rotary Club Rotario Distrito 4400 and Basic Internet Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the 3rd of June 2020. The Rotary International Distrito 4400 is part of an international service organization whose stated purpose is to bring together business...
MoU signed with Africa Higher Education Research Institute(AHERI)
The Africa Higher Education Research Institute (AHERI) and Basic Internet Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the 13th of December 2019. AHERI is a non-governmental organisation an affiliate of Community Initiative Support Services (CISS) whose...