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Community ownership
Ugunja people customise the network and its content to align with their values and cultural heritage.
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Last mile connectivity
Weaving last mile connectivity: an inclusive strategy for rural digital transformation, so residents reach network infrastructure through connected devices, then use it for services that matter to them.
The final stretch
A network that reaches the last village
In Ugunja, 90% of villages have mobile coverage but remain offline. The barrier is not only infrastructure. It is cost, confidence and the absence of someone who can show you what to do next.
Last mile connectivity is the work of closing that gap — community-owned infrastructure, local maintenance and services that make the connection worth having.
Our strategy
Residents shape the network's content, services and future, so the last mile is not a delivery to the village but a network the village itself owns and runs.
What this looks like
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Youth employment
Market-relevant skills open new channels for work, especially for those who cannot leave the village.
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Access to government services
Essential digital services reach people who were previously offline.
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Social inclusion
Communication between Ugunja and the wider world, on the community's own terms.
Connected, on the community's terms
The last mile is not finished when the signal arrives. It is finished when the village can keep it running, pay for it and use it for its own priorities.
The other pillars
Read our researchDigital Transformation
We apply information and communication technologies to the problems communities name themselves — digital skills, affordable connectivity, online safety and locally led innovation.
Multistakeholder Dialogue
Participatory baselines, public participation and structured conversation bring residents, government, civil society and the private sector into one room — and one plan.
Communities of Practice
Net wardens, smart village champions and grassroots engineers learn together, maintain the network and pass their skills on to the next village.
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Be part of the change
Foundations, companies and individuals all have a role to play. Here is how to join.