Category: CTU Winners

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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Winner Presentation: Barros Mweso

This presentation is from the 2022 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Summit. Barros Mweso presents his team’s project, Rural Malawi Connectivity — 2022 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Challenge, whose goal is to provide access to quality education through the combination of internet connectivity, capacity building, and ICT resources. Their solution was awarded the 1st Place Business […]

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Q&A with the Winners: Barros Mweso

In this Q&A, Barros Mweso talks about his team’s solution — Rural Malawi Connectivity — which won the 1st Place, Business Models Concept prize in the 2022 Connecting the Unconnected Challenge. 1.Please summarize your winning solution The Community Sponsored Digitalization-Model is led by Fast Networks, a wireless broadband internet service provider operating in the Northern region […]

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Winner Presentation: Jabera Matogoro

This presentation is from the 2021 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Summit. Jabera Matogoro presents his team’s project, TV White Space & Community Networks Cooperative Societies: Feasible Alternatives to Connect the Unconnected Rural Population — 2021 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Challenge, which uses community-owned bottom-up approach and low-cost television white space (TVWS) technology to connect the […]

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Q & A with the Winners: Jabera Matogoro

In this Q&A, Jabhera Matogoro talks about his team’s solution — TV White Space & Community Networks Cooperative Societies: Feasible Alternatives to Connect the Unconnected Rural Population — which won the 2nd Place, Community Enablement Proof of Concept prize in the 2021 Connecting the Unconnected Challenge. 1.Please summarize your winning solution The current digital divide is […]

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Winner Presentation: Arthur Tumwesigye

This presentation is from the 2022 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Summit. Arthur Tumwesigye presents his team’s project, eduroam on a go to extend service to the unconnected R&E community of Uganda — 2022 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Challenge, which is an international Wi-Fi internet access roaming service specially made for users in research, higher education, […]

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