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A new edition of the #CommunityNetworks Newsletter offers reflections on the progress made toward digital inclusion and the challenges that remain. Discover stories and insights that highlight these advances, along with resources to nurture the road ahead.

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November 28, 2025 at 9:27 PM
wougnet.bsky.social
👏 Exciting progress!

With support from the Internet Society Foundation, our partners under the Building Opportunities Leveraging Technologies(BOLT) project, netLabsUg!recently conducted a technical site survey in Oyam district to establish a community network.
#DigitalInclusion #CommunityNetworks
October 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Interview with Adriane Gama: An Amazonian woman's reflections on community networks

"Male hierarchy in decision making, machismo and individualism are other challenges that women can still face inside and outside the home."

www.apc.org/en/node/40644/

#CommunityNetworks #Women #Amazon
Panelists at the 2022 Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Ethiopia discuss community networks and digital inclusion.
April 14, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Gomer Padong, from the Institute for Social Entrepreneurship in Asia (ISEA) highlights innovative models for community connectivity that combine social impacts with sustainable business practices.

#CommunityNetworks #SustainableConnectivity #InnovativeFinancing
September 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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A great overview of the technical & regulatory landscape facing #communitynetworks in #southafrica. The networks themselves recently formed an umbrella body; let's hope it rises to the challenges. https://drdeejay.substack.com/p/why-cellular-spectrum-matters-for-community-centered-networks
Why Cellular Spectrum Matters for Community-Centred Networks
Walk past a township school in South Africa, and you might notice kids pressed up against the fence, phones in hand, trying to get a good signal on the free school WiFi network.
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September 26, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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What makes a community network different from a commercial service provider?

"With a community network, you can add on so many things that provide solutions for the community."

More on our #RoutingforCommunities podcast 👇

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#CommunityNetworks #DigitalInclusion
#3 What makes connectivity really meaningful to people?
On the air: The third episode of the new season of the Routing for Communities podcast! Community-centred connectivity initiatives are complementary to the internet access offered by commercial provid...
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July 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Factors that affect the gendered #DigitalDivide:

🛜 affordability
🛜 quality of service
🛜 availability
🛜 relevance
🛜 access to internet equipment and security

In a world where #internet access is so tightly bound by governments & corporations, #CommunityNetworks help. (3/4) #IWD2025 #IWD
Text along with an image of a computer and a cursor: Community networks are computer-based systems organised in a grassroots fashion to provide a viable alternative to, or support, government and corporate-owned internet networks for consumers.
March 8, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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New Community Networks and Local Access Newsletter 👇

Learn how communities are putting in practice the principles that identify community-centred connectivity initiatives:

www.apc.org/en/community...

#CommunityNetworks #RoutingforCommunities

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A collage of nine images showcasing community networks and digital inclusion projects. The images depict a variety of scenes, including people gathered for a group photo, individuals working on laptops, a colorful banner for "Community Networks connecting Indigenous communities of Lao Valley," and a group of people at a workshop.
August 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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New resources added to the community-centered #connectivity #Zotero Library: www.zotero.org/groups/24036...

PDFs and web snapshots can be accessed by joining the group.

Contributions welcome!

#communitynetworks #communitybroadband #internetaccess #meaningfulconnectivity #connectheunconnected
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November 26, 2024 at 8:25 AM
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Are you subscribed to our #CommunityNetworks newsletter?

This month, we're featuring women's voices and reflections on local access and community networks:

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Community networks newsletter: Sharing women's voices and reflections
March is marked by International Women's Day, with amplified efforts to achieve gender equity and reflections on its impact across various spheres. In the realm of community-centred connectivity, wome...
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April 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Are you at the #IGF2025?

Join our sessions on #WSIS20, #communitynetworks, #digitalgovernance #DigitalJusticeNow and more 👇

www.apc.org/en/apc-igf-2...

- with @pollicy.bsky.social @7amleh.bsky.social @itforchange.bsky.social and more:
Schedule for "Day 3 - Thursday, 26 June" the IGF, listing four sessions: "ITU call for inputs on the WSIS+20 review" Time: 10:00 - 10:45 local / 8:00 - 8:45 UTC Location: Workshop Room 6 APC speaking "The impact of the IGF in the information society" Time: 11:30 - 13:00 local / 9:30 - 11:00 UTC Location: Plenary Hall APC speaking "Local AI: Policy pathways for sustainable digital economies" Time: 12:00 - 13:00 local / 10:00 - 11:00 UTC Location: Conference Hall APC and APC partner IT for Change speaking "Tower of Babel chaos" Time: 12:30 - 13:00 local / 10:30 - 11:00 UTC Location: Open Stage APC member KICTANet speaking Continuation of the IGF schedule for "Day 3 - Thursday, 26 June," listing three sessions and one side event: "Securing access to the internet and protecting core internet resources in contexts of conflict and crisis" Time: 14:00 - 15:15 local / 12:00 - 13:15 UTC Location: Conference Hall APC and APC member 7amleh co-organising, APC facilitating "Financing self-sustaining community connectivity solutions" Time: 15:45 - 17:00 local / 13:45 - 15:00 UTC Location: Workshop Room 4 APC co-organising and speaking Side event: "Growing a movement for feminist and intersectional digital governance" Time: 17:30 - 19:00 local / 15:30 - 17:00 UTC Location: Thon Hotel Opera (registration required) Description: Roundtable with diverse stakeholders on advocacy and gender equality in digital governance, hosted by AUDRi with Equality Now, Women Leading in AI, POLLICY, and APC. APC and APC member Pollicy co-organising.
June 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Learn more about this initiative:

🔗 www.internetsociety.org/.../joseph-b...

🔗 zcni.org

#InternetForEveryone #ConnectingTheUnconnected #DigitalInclusion #CommunityNetworks #Zimbabwe #Connectivity
From Cyber Café to Digital Revolution: The Story of Joseph Bishi and Murambinda's Community Network - Internet Society
Joseph Bishi started a small cyber café in Murambinda in 2003. He grew his vision into community networks that empower rural communities.
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October 17, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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Gomer Padong, from the Institute for Social Entrepreneurship in Asia (ISEA), highlights community-centred connectivity innovative models that combine social impacts with sustainable business practices.

#Communitynetworks #SustainableConnectivity
#InnovativeFinancing
September 19, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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>>>> The latest edition of our #CommunityNetworks Newsletter explores how community-centred connectivity impacts on #environmentaljustice. It addresses this growing concern in the context of #COP30, taking place this year in Belém do Pará, Brazil.

-----> Find it here 👉️ www.apc.org/en/news/comm...
Community networks newsletter: Community-centred connectivity bridging digital inclusion and environmental justice
Community-centred connectivity initiatives differ from traditional internet providers in many ways. Their mission goes beyond access – they start from the realities, needs, plans and dreams of local p...
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November 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Project Complete!
The latest ISIF Asia project by the Institute for Social Entrepreneurship in Asia compares four social enterprise #communitynetworks, across #China, #Philippines and #Bangladesh - from connecting coffee farmers to Bangladeshi artisans.

More info:
apnic.foundation/projects/mod...
Picture shows community engagement in the Philippines for a community network supporting coffee farmers, in a project by the Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM). Picture shows people in Guizhou, China who worked on a platform to showcase sustainable agricultural practices, in a project by Sources for Action (SFA). Picture shows a farmer participating in a community network by The Philippine Coffee Alliance, Inc (PCAI) which involved boosting agricultural practices with connectivity and providing better market information. Picture shows Bangladesh women artisans who began boosting their profits via the use of online sales. The Foundation for Architecture and Community Equity (FACE) implemented a community network project in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
January 23, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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Call for applications 👇

APC is looking for a contract grants administrator for our #LocalNetworks initiative:

www.apc.org/en/news/call...

#CommunityNetworks
Call for applications for a contract grants administrator for the Local Networks (LocNet) initiative
“Meaningful community-centred connectivity” is a project under the Local Networks (LocNet) initiative, a collective effort led by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and Rhizomatica i...
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November 20, 2024 at 9:45 AM
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#CommunityNetworks 👇
July 4, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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In the latest #CommunityNetworks newsletter, learn from collective efforts and stories of success from community-centred connectivity initiatives that we are celebrating these days. Find them here 🙌 www.apc.org/en/news/comm...

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Community networks newsletter: Celebrating milestones for a stronger movement committed to digital inclusion
We want to devote this issue to sharing and celebrating the stories of collective efforts that make digital inclusion possible. One first milestone to celebrate is that South Africa is launching a Nat...
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August 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Community networks cultivate bottom-up, sustainable approaches to communication technology. This strengthens personal & collective autonomy and self-determination.

Join us at #AWIDForum to shape the narrative around #CommunityNetworks:

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#AWIDForum2024
APC at the 15th AWID International Forum 2024
Technology is a feminist issue. Technology is an issue for all feminists.From 2 to 5 December, APC will join the 15th AWID International Forum in Bangkok, Thailand, which is both a global community ev...
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December 4, 2024 at 4:47 PM
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From Anisacate, Argentina to Çatalköy, Cyprus: A journey of #MeshNetworks.

This journey by APC member @altermundinet.bsky.social was fuelled by a mission to make #communitynetworks more accessible and resilient.

Read more. www.apc.org/node/40487
Collage of photos showcasing a workshop setting with people working on open hardware projects related to mesh networking. Images include close-ups of circuit boards, equipment labeled "CHECUM," and Wi-Fi routers being assembled or tested. Participants are seen collaborating in a library-like space filled with books and laptops. The "Libre Router" logo and a sticker with the AlterMundi logo are also visible, emphasizing community-driven internet infrastructure projects.
January 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Last day of #IGF2025!

Join our session "Bridging the connectivity gap for excluded communities"

www.apc.org/en/apc-igf-2...

#CommunityNetworks #DigitalInclusion
June 27, 2025 at 5:58 AM
wougnet.bsky.social
🛜The BOLT project aims to enhance digital inclusion in Oyam district by providing internet access for education, economic development, and health care.

🤝Together, we are working to bridge the digital divide and create a more connected Northern Uganda!
#CommunityNetworks
October 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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"Hackasertão": An initiative teaching community networks in Brazil's backlands 👇

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#CommunityNetworks #RedesComunitarias #Hackasertão
"Hackasertão": An initiative teaching community networks in Brazil's backlands
In Brazil, it is said that caatinga, the characteristic vegetation of the semi-arid Northeast, is a symbol of resilience. It is not always that white, or that dry; the caatinga ecoregion explodes with...
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October 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Come work with us 🙂

#CommunityNetworks
November 27, 2024 at 8:58 AM
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APC at WSIS+20 Review High Level Event / Highlights of Day 2

With @redesac-mx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy @derechosdigitales.org, Rhizomatica,
@itforchange.bsky.social and others

#wsis20 #DigitalJusticeNow #DigitalInclusion #CommunityNetworks #globaldigitalcompact #environmentaljustice
July 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM