BasicInternet:AfricaUniversity-BasicInternet Jun2020
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BasicInternet:AfricaUniversity-BasicInternet Jun2020
| Title | BasicInternet:AfricaUniversity-BasicInternet_June2020 |
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| Place | Zoom.us |
| Date, Time | 2020/05/26, 1000-1100h |
| Contact Person | Sanjay Maharaj |
| Participants | Josef.Noll, Brenda Jimris-Rekve, Munashe Furusa, Pius I T Muzariri, Sanjay Maharaj, K P Dzvimbo, Gilford Hapanyengwi |
| related to Project | BasicInternet |
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Notes from the meeting
The second meeting is for identifying areas of common interest
Follow up topics
The topics to be followed-up are:
- How to empower everyone to engage in the digital Journey
- Discussing the different models of connectivity to pursue
- Additional university partners i.e university societies in Zimbabwe
- Concept Note/One pager as a point of departure
From Me to Everyone: (11:10 AM) tried to share my screen with the minutes (please enable screen sharing - blocked) https://its-wiki.no/wiki/BasicInternet:Meetings - see a.o. meeting with Vodacom on School connectivity https://its-wiki.no/wiki/BasicInternet:AfricaUniversity-BasicInternet_May2020 From Me to Everyone: (11:24 AM) https://its-wiki.no/wiki/DigI:School_connectivity_Tanzania_Vodacom_Jun2020 From Prof K.P. Dzvimbo to Everyone: (11:24 AM) We are in support of the development of Open Education Resources or a MOOCs in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. From Me to Everyone: (11:26 AM) https://its-wiki.no/wiki/BasicInternet:Connecting_Liceo_Naval_9Jun2020 From Me to Everyone: (11:39 AM) https://docs.google.com/document/d/18aln9OlCN-HvjlgaDXWfZeQvKogR_XbTNrNprfNwqBc/edit
Through the Solution provided by BasicInternet, the mobile network is used to provide a local Wifi information spot. Through a local network control centre (LNCC), we avoid bandwidth demanding traffic. The goal of the Foundation is to provide Internet Lite for all through a Freemium model. The current implementation focusses on a health portal https://izazi.yeboo.com/health_info_dashboard.php , being the basis for scientific studies by Sokoine University (SUA) and University of Oslo (UiO).
Link to full GoogleDocs (please comment) https://docs.google.com/document/d/18aln9OlCN-HvjlgaDXWfZeQvKogR_XbTNrNprfNwqBc/edit?usp=sharing
GDocs: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ySsYHX7dBSEsWjGyUpoXUQrFXRSsZNlyQ1UxSuyRwE8/edit?usp=sharing
Our goal is that the solution that work in Africa need to be known to the society developing/deploying future networks. See 6G for Digital Inclusion and Sustainable Development contribution by Josef Noll (UiO) presented as invited talk at the 6G Summit in 2020 http://www.6gsummit.com/invitedtalks/
Digitisation of Zimbabwe through the National Knowledge Portal
A National Knowledge Portal combines three aspects (see Figure 1), all being central for the digitisation of Zimbabwe, including the government, entrepreneurs, and every single inhabitant:
- Knowledge distribution for education, health, governmental information, as well as digital public goods. As an example, the portal may hold courses to acquire digital skills, and handle certificates for the educational sector.
- Data governance and innovation of national data is the core for value creation within the country. “Data is the new oil”, this statement of Telenor’s CEO Sigve Brekke demonstrates the value of data, and the need for building the economy around these national data.
- Inclusive access to the National Knowledge Portal is an easy way ahead for regulations. License conditions for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and Mobile Operators could include the “free access to the National Knowledge Portal” as a prerequisite for a license.
see more at National Knowledge Portal
We invite for discussion on the Strategy for National Knowledge Portal - please add your comments https://docs.google.com/document/d/18aln9OlCN-HvjlgaDXWfZeQvKogR_XbTNrNprfNwqBc/edit
Example from other states in Africa: Ghana has opened a national portal, and Ethiopia provides free access to education and health:
- Ghana has now (June2020) opened the National Portal, focussing on financial and governmental services
- Ethiopia has changed the regulations with free access to the National Digital Library (http://NDL.ethernet.edu.et), as well as to the Ministry of Health, and additional COVID-19 pages.
Collaboration for Digitisation
How does the Basic Internet Foundation work
- see our Wiki: BasicInternet.no, and How to establish an information spot
- Example: Hackathon in Dar es Salaam: https://its-wiki.no/wiki/DigI:TZ-Hackathon_Feb2020
- Our solution for an Information Spot, targeting OPEX of 20 USD/month: Solutions.Basicinternet.no
Our focus is on knowledge transfer and collaboration
- We require a local partner who should in this case could be Africa University together with private companies (for the roll out) like Zimre(?spelling)
In addition to the discussion on connectivity, we also offer University collaboration - looking for academic collaboration opportunities with University of Oslo (UiO), the Department of Technology Systems.We see that we will only make the change when bringing together all stakeholders:
- Governments to see the need for digitisation
- Operators to provide the backbone deliver on CSR for digital inclusion, see Media:202002_5G_IoT_Sustainability_Noll.pdf
- Academics for higher education and research on "digital inclusion" and "empowerment"
- Private business for innovation in the digital society
- an empowered Society for adaptation of digital solutions
Project funding
The Basic Internet Foundation requires funding, typically based on common projects. One of the ideas is to work on the development of a Village platform (for technologists) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Xcbx2iHGaleRRjQ-Y6nDu3Dr254gQtZNS507Qh1kH2A/edit