Our second episode takes us on a trip to Kenya to visit TunapandaNET, an initiative that combines digital networks with community-led action to enable communication, education and health in Kibera, the biggest slum in Africa. In order to tell you this story, our team has talked to Risper Akinyi Arose, who works in many projects of digital inclusion and communication there. We also talked to Peter Bloom, from Rhizomatica. He’ll help us understand the processes that mobilize internet and intranet community networks across the globe. Everything in order to guarantee autonomy and connectivity in regions where the population is offline because telecom corporations do not see profitability in such communities, ignoring local demands, commonly following the trend of what many governments also do.

>>> Read the transcript of the episode: https://routingforcommunities.apc.org/ 

Credits

This podcast is an initiative from the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and Rhizomatica, produced by Rádio Tertúlia. Script and production: Vivian Fernandes. Presentation: Renata Porto. Editing and voice-over support: Beatriz Pasqualino. Sound: Lua Gatinoni. Coordination: Beatriz Pasqualino and Débora Prado. Consulting Board: Bruna Zanolli, Cynthia El Khoury, Daniela Bello, Flavia Fascendini, Kathleen Diga ​​​​and Nils Brock. Illustrations: Gustavo Nascimento. Webdesign: Avi Nash and Cathy Chen. 

This production was supported by the “Connecting the Unconnected: Supporting community networks and other community-based connectivity initiatives” project with support from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida); and also by the project “Supporting Community-led Approaches to Addressing the Digital Divide” with support from the UK Government’s Digital Access Programme.