Blog

Digital cooperation Digital divide Digital inclusion Mobile Networks

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 5G: «Designed to increase telecom operators' revenues», he says. Professor Josef Noll at UiO's Institute of…

Josef Noll24 June 2020

Digital inclusion Internet access Partners School connectivity

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 and professional leaders in order toprovide humanitarian service and to…

Brenda Jimris-Rekve22 June 2020

Digital inclusion Internet access Partners School connectivity

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 objectives is to promote and support networking among higher…

Brenda Jimris-Rekve20 June 2020

Digital inclusion Internet access Partners School connectivity

AHERI Community Connectivity project

Africa Higher Education Research Institute (AHERI) and Basic Internet Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate and collaborate in providing Infrastructure that guarantees affordable access to the Internet and information in unserved and underserved communities. AHERI is a project under Community Initiative Support Services…

Danica Radovanovic19 June 2020

Digital inclusion Internet access

MoU signed with HOPin Academy

The HOPin Academy and Basic Internet Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the 20th of November 2019. HOPin Academy focuses on technological entrepreneurship and innovation in the Northern Region of Ghana-Tamale. The Academy provides pragmatic and innovative approaches towards exploring the vast fields of…

Brenda Jimris-Rekve11 June 2020

Digital inclusion Internet access School connectivity

MoU signed with Siaya Community Library

The Siaya Community Library and Basic Internet Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the 11th of April 2020. The mandate of The Siaya Community Library is to provide access to information through availing books and information technology resources, serving students in primary and secondary…

Josef Noll11 June 2020

DigI project Digital cooperation Digital divide Digital inclusion Internet access Partners

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

DigI project Digital inclusion Internet access

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…

Josef Noll10 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…

Josef Noll6 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

« Previous 1 2 3 4 Next »

Digital cooperation Digital divide Digital inclusion Mobile Networks

Explore more about our work

5G is for the benefit of telecomm operators, not us as consumers

MoU signed with Rotary Club Rotario Distrito 4400 Ecuador