A new #CommunityNetworks and #LocalAccess Newsletter invites you to reflect on the steps forward for community-centred connectivity 🌍
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This week's featured video, Authors: OpenCivics, 2025-08-15, from CASwiki's Community networks page: www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5iI... #communitynetworks
In 2025, organisations also celebrated the passage of the Konektadong Pinoy Act.
Civil society groups advocated for this bill, which is a game-changer in expanding connectivity and addressing the needs of underserved communities.
#Philippines #CommunityNetworks #Recap
REMINDER: Call for narratives on community-centred connectivity initiatives and environmental justice is still open. Share your proposal by 31 January.
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#CommunityNetworks #EnvironmentalJustice
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RECORDING - NYC Mesh 2025 Year End Review #NYCMesh #CommunityNetworks #DigitalEquity #InternetAccess #Broadband #WirelessNetworking #OpenInternet #CommunityConnectivity #NYCTech #InternetInfrastructure isoc.live/20033/
Open call for narratives on community-centred connectivity initiatives and environmental justice
Send your pitch by 31 January 2026:
www.apc.org/en/news/open...
#CCCI #CommunityNetworks #OpenCall
A new edition of the #CommunityNetworks Newsletter offers reflections on the progress made toward digital inclusion and the challenges that remain. Discover stories and insights that highlight these advances, along with resources to nurture the road ahead.
Find it here 👉 www.apc.org/.../communit...
🌍 Together, this partnership is proving what’s possible when innovation meets community-driven impact: a scalable, self-sustaining model for true digital inclusion in last-mile communities.
#InternetForEveryone #DigitalInclusion #CommunityNetworks
🇮🇳 @snjorge.bsky.social has been on a roll at the #DigitalCitizenSummit in Hyderabad!
Part of the #CNX track, she joined 5 sessions & supported more on #communitynetworks, #datagovernance & #digitalrights.
📸It was great to reconnect with partners across Asia & #ICTWatch 🇮🇩
Proud partner of #DEFindia
During the 10th anniversary of the first Indigenous concession for telecommunications, we looked back on the historic struggle waged by Mexican Indigenous communities for their right to communication.
www.apc.org/en/blog/grow...
#CommunityNetworks #IndigenousCommunications
A vibrant, colorful illustration of a tropical community at sunset. Cat-like figures are gathered on the grass by a river, with some sitting around a campfire, others on a boat, and children playing nearby. The scene is integrated with technology: a house has solar panels on the roof, a sign reads "AÇAÍ," and a communications tower and satellite transmit wireless signals, symbolizing community-centered digital inclusion and environmental justice.
Community-centred connectivity and environmental justice in the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference 👇
www.apc.org/en/project/c...
#COP30 #ClimateChange #CommunityNetworks
Panelists discuss themes of inclusion, sovereignty, and community-centred connectivity at the Global Gateway Forum
A call for inclusion, sovereignty and community-centred connectivity from the #globalgatewayforum 👇
www.apc.org/en/news/call...
#CommunityNetworks #DigitalInclusion
>>>> The latest edition of our #CommunityNetworks Newsletter explores how community-centred connectivity impacts on #environmentaljustice. It addresses this growing concern in the context of #COP30, taking place this year in Belém do Pará, Brazil.
-----> Find it here 👉️ www.apc.org/en/news/comm...
Stakeholders call for intentional approach in rural connectivity 👇
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#RuralConnectivity #CommunityNetworks #Nigeria
Over the past year, we built intersectional common agendas to continue promoting digital security, community-centred connectivity and more.
Watch this short video from our Annual Report 👇
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#APC2024 #IntersectionalAgendas #CommunityNetworks
Learn more about this initiative:
🔗 www.internetsociety.org/.../joseph-b...
🔗 zcni.org
#InternetForEveryone #ConnectingTheUnconnected #DigitalInclusion #CommunityNetworks #Zimbabwe #Connectivity
"Hackasertão": An initiative teaching community networks in Brazil's backlands 👇
www.apc.org/en/blog/hack...
#CommunityNetworks #RedesComunitarias #Hackasertão
In Bobong, Pulau Taliabu #Indonesia, local communities built their own internet through a village enterprise - BUMDes. A powerful step toward digital inclusion and self-reliance.
www.apc.org/en/blog/vill...
#CommunityNetworks #DigitalIncusion
🛜The BOLT project aims to enhance digital inclusion in Oyam district by providing internet access for education, economic development, and health care.
🤝Together, we are working to bridge the digital divide and create a more connected Northern Uganda!
#CommunityNetworks
The team met with potential partners in Oyam, including district officials, farmer groups, schools and market vendors to ensure effective adaptability to the usage of the broadband network to better serve the needs of the local communities.
#CommunityNetworks
#DigitalInclusion
👏 Exciting progress!
With support from the Internet Society Foundation, our partners under the Building Opportunities Leveraging Technologies(BOLT) project, netLabsUg!recently conducted a technical site survey in Oyam district to establish a community network.
#DigitalInclusion #CommunityNetworks
Colorful illustrated graphic on a yellow background with abstract shapes and designs. Three main text bubbles pose questions: "What do CCCIs need to become stronger and thrive?" "What are the main barriers they face?" "What impedes them from growing?" There is also a large question mark above the right bubble and a rainbow with abstract mountains at the bottom center. Decorative lines resembling roots or threads extend from the top left corner.
A new edition of our #CommunityNetworks focuses on the barriers that community-centred connectivity initiatives are facing, as well as the stories, policies, resources, and events that highlight their impact on the digital inclusion of communities. Find it here 👉 www.apc.org/en/news/comm....
A great overview of the technical & regulatory landscape facing #CommunityNetworks in #SouthAfrica. The networks themselves recently formed an umbrella body; let's hope it rises to the challenges. drdeejay.substack.com/p/why-cellular-spectrum-...
A panel of six speakers, wearing headsets, sits at a long blue table with "IGF 2025 Norway" and the United Nations logo displayed on the front. The backdrop reads "IGF 2025 NORWAY." On the right side of the image is a text block that explains the session titled “Financing Self-Sustaining Community Connectivity Solutions,” held during the UN Internet Governance Forum. The text describes how the panel gathered representatives from key institutions focused on funding and digital inclusion. Below the image are logos of supporting organizations: British High Commission Pretoria, APC (Association for Progressive Communications), UNESCO, and T20 South Africa 2025. A multicolored abstract design appears in the lower-right corner.
How to finance community connectivity? This question gained prominence at this year's IGF - Internet Governance Forum.
- More here about this session, relevance, background: www.apc.org/.../financin....
#SustainableConnectivity #InnovativeFinancing
#CommunityNetworks
@unesco.org
Graphic for the "Think 20 Summit Dialogue" event. The main title reads: "Breaking barriers: Innovative financing for community-centred digital inclusion." The event takes place on 1 October in Cape Town, South Africa. The background is yellow, featuring a green tree with sprawling roots in the upper right and colorful abstract shapes, plants, and a rainbow at the bottom left. Logos of the British High Commission Pretoria, UNESCO, Association for Progressive Communications (APC), and T20 South Africa 2025 are displayed at the bottom right.
Our #Think20 Summit Dialogue side event will explore solutions for breaking the barriers that prevent community-centred connectivity initiatives from growing and thriving.
Find out more: www.apc.org/.../breaking....
#CommunityNetworks #DigitalInclusion #SustainableConnectivity #InnovativeFinancing
Graphic with three colorful shapes on a green background, each containing a question about community connectivity initiatives: 'What do CCCIs need to become stronger and thrive?', 'What are the main barriers faced by initiatives that address the digital inclusion of unserved or underserved communities?', and 'What is that impedes them from growing and being sustainable in an affordable and appropriate way for communities?'. Decorative lines and a question mark are also included.
What do community-centred connectivity initiatives need to become stronger and thrive? What are the main barriers they face?
Drop your thoughts and tag others who should be part of this conversation.
#CommunityNetworks
#SustainableConnectivity #financingconnectivity
Gomer Padong, from the Institute for Social Entrepreneurship in Asia (ISEA), highlights community-centred connectivity innovative models that combine social impacts with sustainable business practices.
#Communitynetworks #SustainableConnectivity
#InnovativeFinancing
Gomer Padong, from the Institute for Social Entrepreneurship in Asia (ISEA) highlights innovative models for community connectivity that combine social impacts with sustainable business practices.
#CommunityNetworks #SustainableConnectivity #InnovativeFinancing
