Month: April 2023

Winner Presentation: Emiliano Mroue

This presentation is from the 2022 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Summit. Emiliano Mroue presents his team’s project, PAYGO FTTH in LatAm’s Barrios, which focuses on providing reliable high-speed internet at reduce costs to the urban poor in LatAm’s peripheries. Their solution was awarded the 1st Place Business Models Proof of Concept prize. To hear more […]

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Q&A with the Winners: Emiliano Mroue

In this Q&A, Emiliano Mroue talks about his team’s solution — PAYGO FTTH in LatAm’s Barrios — which won the 1st Place, Business Models Proof of Concept prize in the 2022 Connecting the Unconnected Challenge. 1.Please summarize your winning solution In Latin America there are over 40M households without access to residential broadband services, broadening the […]

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Winner Presentation: BASAbali Wiki

This presentation is from the 2022 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Summit. BASAbali Wiki present their team’s project, Inclusive Ethical and Equitable Community-developed Digital Town Square — 2022 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Challenge, which empowers young people in Indonesia to publicly discuss civic issues with policy makers on local language digital platforms. Their solution was awarded […]

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Q&A with the Winners: BASAbali Wiki

In this Q&A, BASAbali Wiki talk about their team’s solution — Inclusive Ethical and Equitable Community-developed Digital Town Square — which won the Honorable Mention Community Enablement Proof of Concept prize in the 2022 Connecting the Unconnected Challenge. 1.Please summarize your winning solution We empower young people in Indonesia to publicly discuss civic issues with policy […]

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Winner Presentation: Nawi Mabo

This presentation is from the 2022 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Summit. Nawi Mabo presents his team’s project, Swarm Network for Education and Learning in Papua New Guinea (SNEL PNG) — 2022 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Challenge, which proposes the use of existing urban infrastructure to extend and introduce WIFI hotspots to rural areas at affordable […]

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Q&A with the Winners: Ben Mansell

In this Q&A, Ben Mansell talks about his team’s solution — Swarm Network for Education and Learning in Papua New Guinea (SNEL PNG) — which won the 2nd Place, Business Models Concept prize in the 2022 Connecting the Unconnected Challenge. 1.Please summarize your winning solution Papua New Guinea is one of the least connected countries on […]

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Winner Presentation: Team Jangala

This presentation is from the 2022 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Summit. Team Jangala presents their team’s project, Power to Power Connectivity — 2022 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Challenge, which features ‘Big Box by Jangala’ – a portable, lightweight, and rugged briefcase-sized device that transforms any form of internet connectivity into Wi-Fi that is easy to […]

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Q&A with the Winners: Team Jangala

In this Q&A, Team Jangala talks about their team’s solution — Power to Power Connectivity — which won the 2nd Place, Technology Applications Proof of Concept prize in the 2022 Connecting the Unconnected Challenge. 1.Please summarize your winning solution Big Box by Jangala is a portable, lightweight, and rugged briefcase-sized device that transforms any form of […]

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Winner Presentation: Henri Nyakarundi

This presentation is from the 2022 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Summit. Henri Nyakarundi presents his team’s project, Solar Powered Distributed Cloud Infrastructure — 2022 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Challenge, which is a distributed IAAS and PAAS solution using edge gateways offering an all-in-one storage, computing, and network WIFI solution that is both easy to deploy […]

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Q&A with the Winners: Henri Nyakarundi

In this Q&A, Henri Nyakarundi talks about his team’s solution — Solar Powered Distributed Cloud Infrastructure — which won the 1st Place, Technology Applications Proof of Concept prize in the 2022 Connecting the Unconnected Challenge. 1.Please summarize your winning solution ARED is revolutionizing the way we think about infrastructure. As a distributed IAAS and PAAS solution […]

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