In 2023 IEEE is partnering with USAID to bring more focus to the persistent gender-based inequalities in how women access, integrate with, and are empowered by digital technology. As countries continue to digitize, the ongoing exclusion of women from online spaces will widen economic and gender inequality, which will limit inclusive sustainable development. For women […]
This presentation is from the 2021 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Summit. Joann Canning, presents her team’s project, Deliverance: Portable Sonography for Pregnancy and Childbirth in Remote Areas, which describes the idea of placing a connected portable handheld sonogram/ultrasonography device in the hands of a nurse or a midwife. Their solution was awarded the Honorable mention: […]
This presentation is from the 2021 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Summit. Shiva Raj Pokhrel & Anwar Walid, present their team’s project, Intelligent and Cost-effective Multipath TCP (MPTCP)-based Framework for the Satellite Internet, which describes a cost-effective intelligent satellite communication system for the Internet based on Multipath TCP (MPTCP) for seamless handovers and minimal Doppler-effects (connecting […]
This presentation is from the 2021 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Summit. Sarbani Banerjee Belur, presents her team’s project, Bamboo Towers for Low Cost, Affordable Internet Connectivity to Remote Rural Areas, which explores the use of bamboo as the important material for building towers. Their solution was awarded the 1st Place, Technology Applications Concept prize. For […]
This presentation is from the 2021 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Summit. Eric Nitschke presents his team’s project, The Nimble – An Open Source, Portable, and Offline-first Wireless Mesh Network for and by Underserved Communities, which is an open source, portable, and offline-first wireless mesh network that communities can build and deploy locally to learn and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
