ITU-AHERI-BasicInternet Mar2022
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ITU-AHERI-BasicInternet Mar2022
Title | ITU-AHERI-BasicInternet_Mar2022 |
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Place | ITS@Kjeller |
Date, Time | 2022/03/24, 0900-1000 CET |
Contact Person | Josef.Noll |
Participants | Christine Sund, Robert Owino, Regina Kagwiria Nkonge, Josef Noll |
related to Project | BasicInternet, SchoolConnectivity KE 2021 |
Keywords | GIGAconnect, School Connectivity |
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Purpose
The purpose of the meeting was to exchange information about the activities on the ground in Kenya, starting with the School Connectivity activities in the country. With ITU having the direct entry to the governments and AHERI and Basic Internet focussing on the community approach to drive the demand, we have a perfect match to boost digital inclusion.
During the meeting, we experience various areas of common interest and agreed to both physical and virtual follow-up meetings to be able to dive into details.
The following Action Items have been agreed:
- Kagwiria and Robert to meet in Nairobi for an exchange of the School Connectivity projects
- Follow-up meeting on Friday 8Apr2022 at 09:00 CET (Brussels time) and 10:00 EAT.
Upcoming events
- Preparation for 3May stakeholder meeting Nairobi
- 4May2022 stakeholder meeting (Ministry of Education, Min of ICT (MCIT), UCSAF++ in Dodoma)
- 10/11 May 2022 - DTC in Addis
Agenda and Notes
Intro by ITU, BasicInternet and AHERI
- The intro presentation was used to discuss the topics of interest, e.g. the challenges experienced by AHERI:
- rural vs urban
- literacy
- costs of access (see point later)
- policy
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School Connectivity by Basic Internet Foundation Click to Open ITU-AHERI-BasicInternet Mar2022 |
School Connectivity | 24 March 2022 | Josef Noll |
Sustainable business model, mainly OPEX
- CAPEX vs OPEX of school connectivity
- BasicInternet InfoSpot using 10-20 GB/month
- white-listing/zero-rating
- SIM card with 5 Mbps for 58 USD/month
- co-sharing of costs with the local community
School server for local involvement and empowerment
- ITU works with the magic box(?) for pre-collecting content
- BasicInternet works with Raspberry Pi as school portal
- Community-driven content (to be developed further) at http://Yeboo.BasicInternet.org
Internet Lite as network layer for the free access to information
Reaching the unconnected students
- not yet discussed, addressing a.o. girls
National strategy for Kenya
- not yet discussed
Links to other programmes
- Link to the Digital Transformation Centres (DTCs), especially on connectivity and literacy content
- GIGAconnect.org
- GovStack.global with specific implementation for education (EduStack)
AI: multiplex - dump of data
Follow-up - magix box: content and information -
Me to Everyone (09:50) further scale: lessons learned Internet Lite = Freemium model of access AI: Robert and Regina to meet
8Apr 1000-1100 EAT
Me to Everyone (09:50) further scale: lessons learned Internet Lite = Freemium model of access AI: Robert and Regina to meet