Winner Presentation: Edwin Mugume

.This presentation is from the 2022 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Summit. Edwin Mugume presents his team’s project, Affordable Internet Access Devices Through E-Waste Recycling, which proposes to exploit e-waste from desktop computers, laptops, and related devices by harvesting useful components and reusing them to create computers in good working condition. These computers are then repackaged […]

Q&A with the Winners: Edwin Mugume

In this Q&A, Edwin Mugume talks about his team’s solution — “Affordable Internet Access Devices Through E-Waste Recycling” — which won 1st PLACE Community Enablement Concept, in the 2022 Connecting the Unconnected Challenge. Our winning solution focuses on recycling e-waste from desktop and laptop computers for reuse in rural schools to enhance ICT education and access in […]

Winner Presentation: Dr Subrat Rout

This presentation is from the 2021 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Summit. Dr Subrat Rout presents his team’s project, InterGram: Advanced Digital Development Centers for Delivering Essential Community Services over High-speed Broadband in Rural India, which addresses the issue of the growing rural-urban digital divide which prevents the rural population from fully participating in the digital […]

Q&A with the Winners: Sarat Pradhan

In this Q&A, Sarat Pradhan talks about his team’s solution — “InterGram: Advanced Digital Development Centers for Delivering Essential Community Services over High-speed Broadband in Rural India” — which won 1st Place Technology Applications Proof of Concept prize, sponsored by Intelsat, in the 2021 Connecting the Unconnected Challenge. 1. Please summarize your winning solution Since the outbreak of […]

Q&A with the Winners: Tecnología de Raíz

In this Q&A, the TDR Team talks about their team’s solution — “Antenna MiMo 5Ghz” — which won Honorable Mention Technology Applications Proof of Concept in the 2022 Connecting the Unconnected Challenge. Our project is motivated by the desire of spreading a community internet network over our territory, born from the need for access to communication, which […]

Winner Presentation: Rahma Utami & Noor Muhammad

This presentation is from the 2021 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Summit Rahma Utami & Noor Muhammad present their team’s project, Ba11y, Crowdsource a11y reporting platform, which is a crowdsource digital accessibility reporting tool. It allows PwD to report a website, an app, or a specific page on a website and app with an accessibility issue. […]

Q&A with the Winners: Rahma Utami & Noor Muhammad

In this Q&A, Rahma Utami & Noor Muhammad talk about their team’s solution — “Ba11y, Crowdsource a11y reporting platform” — which won Best Overall Concept, sponsored by Microsoft in the 2021 Connecting the Unconnected Challenge. BA11Y is an accessibility reporting platform designed to enable people with disabilities to report accessibility issues they face while using websites, web […]

Winner Presentation: David Johnson

This presentation is from the 2021 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Summit. David Johnson presents his team’s project, Empowering Digital Participation and Affordable Access through the iNethi Platform, which offers a flexible and powerful interface to empower communities to leverage wireless communications to share content and services. iNethi empowers wider digital participation, fosters recognition of local […]

Q&A with the Winners: David Johnson

In this Q&A, David Johnson talks about his team’s solution — “Empowering Digital Participation and Affordable Access Through the iNethi Platform” — which won 1st Place, Community Enablement Proof of Concept in the 2021 Connecting the Unconnected Challenge. iNethi (ʻnethiʼ translates to ʻnetworkʼ in isiXhosa) provides an open source community-based services and content sharing platform to take […]