BasicInternet:I4PS SchoolConnectivity Nov2020
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BasicInternet:I4PS SchoolConnectivity Nov2020
Title | BasicInternet:I4PS_SchoolConnectivity_Nov2020 |
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Place | Zoom.us |
Date, Time | 2020/11/27, 1300-1345h Oslo time |
Contact Person | Nazar Nicholas |
Participants | Josef.Noll, Nazar Nicholas, Peter Mmbando, Catherine R. Kimambo, Kelvin Massawe, Bridget Ashery |
related to Project | BasicInternet |
Keywords | School Connectivity, I4PS |
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Purpose and action items
The purpose of the meeting was to get known to each other, and identify the topics for School Connectivity
Take away and action items:
- Create the MoU to describe our goals and expectations - Brenda has sent 1. draft
- Discuss Content on the InfoSpot - Nazar to get in contact with TZ Institute for education to get offline access to the online library
- We will send one InfoSpot som proof of concept now, and extend with another 4 sets, such that ISOC TZ can establish 5 schools with access to Internet - Nazar to send the plus.codes/map coordinates of the school to connect
- We need an assessment of the expected outcome of school connectivity. Criteria are e.g. access, costs, Quality of Experience (QoE)
- Involve the ISOC engineer to go through Solutions and the How To as a preparation for installation. Have a collaboration with Catherine R. Kimambo (African Child) on details of installation.
- Discuss how ISOC Tanzania & Basic Internet can work together on courses and online training
Next Meeting: Tues 1Dec2020 1500-1600h TZ time
Digital activities in Tanzania
TAPIS creating Public Internet Hubs
- for marginalized citizens
- aiming at 12.468 Public Internet spots, to reach 59.8 million with Internet access in 10 yrs
- Provide digital literacy to 5.98 million youth and women in 10 yrs
- provide Wananchi service to all citizens
- Outcome: create 140.000 jobs within 10 years, and reduce the vulnerability from being left alone
- The project is supported by the Internet Society with USD 30,000
- Upscaling of Public Internet Hubs: from kiosk to innovation centre
- including digital community library
- provide eAgriculture
I4PS to connect 1628 public secondary schools
- The TZ institute for education has established the online library for content til schools
Background information
Sustainable Business Models for Access and Content https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wm5YE_XLQfJsi_aJUpPoIsRwc7k5GVl4vv_c_pUSbfw/edit
InfoSpot provided by the Basic Internet Foundation: http://Solutions.BasicInternet.no
- how to establish the InfoSpot, see BasicInternet:How_To
- Further information about the infrastructure, as given during the DigI:TZ-Hackathon_Feb2020 and in Media:202002_BasicInternet_Infrastructure.pdf
- Location of the InfoSpots, please use http://plus.codes/map (select satellite view)
Courses and knowledge exchange:
- Course by Internet Society on "Building Community Networks" https://www.internetsociety.org/tutorials/wireless-community-networks - covering the first 4 lectures of the course.
- The Basis for courses on building InfoSpots