This presentation is from the 2022 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Summit. Sophia Grifferty & Daniel Becerra present their team’s project, StreamSpot+, which is a content-as-a-service Hubs to remote areas and refugee camps in developing regions. Their solution was awarded the 2nd Place Community Enablement Proof of Concept prize To hear more from this team, visit […]
In this Q&A, Daniel Becerra talks about his team’s solution — StreamSpot+ — which won the 2nd Place Community Enablement Proof of Concept prize in the 2022 Connecting the Unconnected Challenge. 1.Please summarize your winning solution BuffaloGrid deploys StreamSpot+ content-as-a-service Hubs to remote areas and refugee camps in developing regions. These Hubs enable free access to […]
This presentation is from the 2022 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Summit. Mark Matovu presents his team’s project, Mobile-based food supply, which is bridging the gap between food and market security through a mobile-based food supply and logistics platform that connects rural smallholder farmers with urban food retailers. Their solution was awarded the BEST OVERALL Concept […]
In this Q&A, Mark Matovu talks about his team’s solution — Mobile-based food supply — which won the BEST OVERALL Concept Sponsored by Connecting the World from the Skies prize in the 2022 Connecting the Unconnected Challenge. 1.Please summarize your winning solution Nampya Farmers Market is bridging gaps between food and market security through a mobile-based […]
This presentation is from the 2022 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Summit. Vassilis Chryssos presents his team’s project, Sarantaporo.gr Non-Profit Organization, which provided internet connectivity to the village of Sarantaporo in Elassona, Greece, which did not have any in 2010 because it is an isolated rural area in mountainous Greece. Their solution was awarded the 2nd […]
In this Q&A, Vassilis Chryssos talks about his team’s solution — Sarantaporo.gr Non-Profit Organization — which won the 2nd Place, Business Models Proof of Concept prize in the 2022 Connecting the Unconnected Challenge. 1.Please summarize your winning solution The village of Sarantaporo in Elassona, Greece, had no internet connectivity in 2010 because it is an isolated […]
This presentation is from the 2021 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Summit. Ignacio Prieto-Egido presents his team’s project, Platforms to Increase Sustainability and Impact of Communications Services, which proposes a feasible and sustainable strategy to deploy mobile communications (voice and data) and public services (eHealth and tele-education) in isolated communities by combining appropriate low-cost wireless technologies […]
In this Q&A, Ignacio Prieto-Egido talks about his team’s solution — Platforms to Increase Sustainability and Impact of Communications Services — which won the 1st Place, Business Models Proof of Concept prize in the 2021 Connecting the Unconnected Challenge. 1.Please summarize your winning solution Many rural communities in developing countries do not have access to communications […]
This presentation is from the 2022 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Summit. Jésica Giudice presents her team’s project, Semilleros de Redes Comunitarias para Aplicantes al Programa Roberto Arias, which focuses on Community Network Seedbeds (CNs); a collective learning experience with special participation of groups with presence in the territory of “living forces.” Their solution was awarded […]
In this Q&A, Jésica Giudice talks about her team’s solution — Semilleros de Redes Comunitarias para Aplicantes al Programa Roberto Arias — which won the 1st Place, Community Enablement Proof of Concept prize in the 2022 Connecting the Unconnected Challenge. 1.Please summarize your winning solution The Community Network Seedbeds (CNs) are collective learning experiences with special […]
