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16 December 2017
The Mobile Solar Computer Classroom breaks down barriers to computer literacy and internet access in remote villages in Uganda, enabling over 5,000 students and 200 community members to access the opportunities offered by technology every year. The Mobile Solar Computer Classroom consists of an all-terrain vehicle equipped with solar panels, laptops, an internet router and […]
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Sylvia
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16 December 2017
The African Renewable Energy Distributor (ARED) from Rwanda has developed the Shiriki Hub, business in a box solar-powered kiosk to provide efficient distribution of digital services and offer last mile offline and online connectivity for low income people. They are using a micro franchise model to truly empower people. They developed a business in a […]
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16 December 2017
EduAir (Formerly Kwiizi ) is the concept name to offer a better education via digital with or without the internet. Our work focuses on the design of portable and open media libraries in the form of Boxes giving access to millions of educational content and offering an integrated communication system where learners can make video […]
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Sylvia
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16 December 2017
The Armonía project creates digital educational materials in schools with the participation of the community to contribute to local human development in rural areas. The project was implemented in more than 20 communities in the Municipality of Segundo Frente, Santiago de Cuba Province. In these agricultural towns, primary schools and some higher-level education institutions are […]
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Sylvia
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16 December 2017
Coding Rights is a group of Latin American women based in Brazil and dedicated to the promotion of fundamental rights in the digital world by integrating knowledge and use of technology with public policy and other processes. Through three specific initiatives, the organization worked on promoting the critical use of digital technologies, including an understanding […]
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Sylvia
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16 December 2017
This grant support is ongoing (funding provided by LACNIC). This IoT project involves the building a weather stations in local schools in Dominica and developing a web platform where meteorological data will be posted to and made free available. Every school in Dominica receives internet connectivity and most schools have an internet lab. However, very […]
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Marilyn
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15 December 2017
Health issues have been the top three main problems that Indonesia should solve, one of the government programs is building community health center in every area. Community health center has taken an important role in health development as it is the closest health service for society in every local area which will give the first […]
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Marilyn
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15 December 2017
This project will focus on accurate traffic classification in the Internet of Things (IoT). The IoT comprises large numbers of heterogeneous simple devices running single applications, often with little to no security features making them easily compromised and used as tools in cyberattacks. As we become more connected and reliant on the Internet, any form of disruption […]
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Marilyn
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15 December 2017
Satellite Internet connections to ISPs on Pacific Islands often suffer from TCP queue oscillation. The problem occurs when multiple off-island TCP senders simultaneously try to adjust their congestion windows in order to make best use of the available link capacity: If their previous transmissions arrived at the island end, the senders receive ACK packets and […]
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15 December 2017
Internet of Things (IoT) are increasingly being used in a range of applications from precision agriculture to critical national infrastructure by deploying a large number of resource constrained devices, which can often be located in unfriendly or hostile environments. Gartner, Inc. estimates that 25 Billion IoT devices will be deployed by 2020. Like other disruptive technologies, […]
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