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Internet Lite to the Migoli High School

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...

It only takes 90 min to connect Izazi

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 heard: "we can't...

Internet as a human right for connecting the UNconnected

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...

East African council is going for Digital Health

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...

Empowering Rural Tanzania

Empowering Rural Tanzania

The Basic Internet Foundation, together with it’s international DigI project team, brings free Internet access and envisages Digital Inclusion for everyone. This time, the destination was Tanzania connecting yet another unconnected villages. On the 4th of March 2019,...

As inequality grows, the UN fights for a fairer world

As inequality grows, the UN fights for a fairer world

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – the UN’s blueprint for a better and more sustainable future for all – calls for a reduction in inequality between and within countries. Nevertheless, global inequality is increasing. So what can be done? Inequality is an...

Information Spot for Entrepreneurship

Information Spot for Entrepreneurship

With the highest portion of entrepreneurial women in Africa of 18%, surpassing all the other continents, women are forming the major force for empowering the development wheel. In the Global South, female entrepreneurship is concentrated on two aspects a) health and...