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DTCs’ digital skills as the basis for sustainable development

Last week, our General Secretary Josef Noll and Digital Inclusion advisor Danica Radovanovic, participated and presented at the ITU in Geneva, Switzerland. From 11 to 13 February, 2020, the ITU organized meetings for the Digital Transformation Centers (DTC) project - Phase 1.

Danica Radovanovic20 February 2020

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Information base on Digital Inclusion

Our aim is that all information related to digital inclusion and the free access to information is publicly available. Thus, we put together a variety of tools addressing the topics, including a Wiki, FAQ, and documentation on how to establish the information spot in your…

josef10 September 2019

Digital inclusion Internet access

Digital Inclusion through Municipal Networks

"Free access to Information" should be a human right in the digital age. Does sound right, does it? We know that our children are digital, we know that we have to have digital skills if we want to have decent work. So, why don't we…

josef6 July 2019

Digital cooperation Digital inclusion Internet access

The “Age of Digital Interdependence” report and our contribution

On 10/6/2019, the UN High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation launched its report “Age of Digital Interdependence"with recommendations where the Basic Internet Foundation, with its DigI project efforts around the word was an ideal epitome for Global Digital Inclusion and building Internet access around community needs.…

Danica Radovanovic21 June 2019

DigI project Digital cooperation Digital divide Digital inclusion Internet access

“Let me google this for you” – redefining digital literacy

With a very rapid development of Internet technologies, new digital divides on the Internet are emerging. The rapid pace of new forms of communication and new access points to the Internet, such as mobile, demand solutions beyond those exclusively concerned with Internet access and technological…

Danica Radovanovic13 May 2019

DigI project Digital health Internet access School connectivity

Internet Lite to the Migoli High School

The Migoli High School has 1271 pupils (Apr2019) and 35 full-time teachers. The high school is located about 3 km outside of Migoli in the Iringa district in Tanzania. Entering the Nyerere High School in Migoli Despite the near-by mobile towers, providing 3G from several…

josef4 May 2019

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It only takes 90 min to connect Izazi

We selected Izazi, one of the villages in the Iringa district in Tanzania, as a pilot site for providing Internet Lite for All. Izazi is located at the Mtera dam, and it's only about 11 km to the towers providing Mobile Broadband. Though, we had…

josef4 May 2019

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Financial Inclusion Beyond Payments: Policy Considerations for Digital Savings

the potential to advance an important element of digital financial inclusion Across the developing world, financial institutions have leveraged digital technologies and innovative business models to expand access to digital financial services (DFS), such as digital transaction accounts and payment services, which serve as the…

josef3 May 2019

Digital divide Digital health Digital inclusion Human Rights Internet access

Internet as a human right for connecting the UNconnected

The internet is not a static set of tools or affordances for a specific set of user-defined purposes. Rather, it represents a rapidly evolving set of ways to configure social life. The situation is problematic with regards to the notion of a digital divide being…

Danica Radovanovic30 April 2019

Digital cooperation Digital health Digital inclusion Internet access

East African council is going for Digital Health

Through it’s 7th EAC Health & Scientific Conference (EACHSC) took place on 27-29Mar2019 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Basic Internet Foundation was strongly participating with Bernard and Felix as part of the organising committee, Flora as participant, and Christine and Josef as presenters. Technology for…

josef17 April 2019

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DTCs’ digital skills as the basis for sustainable development

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“Let me google this for you” – redefining digital literacy

Internet Lite to the Migoli High School

It only takes 90 min to connect Izazi

Financial Inclusion Beyond Payments: Policy Considerations for Digital Savings

Internet as a human right for connecting the UNconnected

East African council is going for Digital Health

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