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 of discussion:
- 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
Josef: I have been on international discussion on how to make the state stable ( Getting rid of fake news etc) Munashe Furusa: We need to identify the areas of common interest. We need to empower both the staff and the students to participate join digital inclusion. Internet connectivity is our major challenge here at in Zimbabwe. Hapanyengwi: The issue of data is critical and we need to see whether we can find zero-rating data for e-learning
The Two Models
The Wholesale Model This model entails collecting of all th simcards for the infospots and the amount is handled as a whole thereby making the one-bill system cheaper. Non-profitable Model The idea here is that the cost for education and healthcare is a societal cost and therefore the government the government should cut down the cost for the operators paying for the license bill if they provide this type of connectivity for education and healthcare. Munashe: Working with the providers is is a good model thus the most appropriate model for this collaboration is the non-profitable model
- Zimren which was formed by the universities in Zimbabwe can negotiate with the providers on this model number 2 e.g negotiate with Vodacom to cut down the cost of data
Professor Dzimbo suggests an open educational resource
Concept Note/ One pager
- 1. We need to have a company that can negotiate with the providers. In this case, the professors in the meeting will work together on a one-pager on how this model can workout without bias
- 2. The open educational platform- we need to develop this platform which will form the basis for our funding application. The policy document will be a good starting point
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