What changes when a village connects

Digital literacy sessions reached 300 pupils and 20 teachers in partner schools. Teachers moved from fearing the internet to using it for lesson planning, research and revision.

With the Internet Society Kenya chapter and 48percent.org, we deployed last-mile connectivity to the Kijiji Yeetu Centre using a Cambium Networks wireless broadband solution.

Net wardens were trained to install, maintain and troubleshoot the network — turning connectivity from an outside service into paid local work.

A forum on internet governance, digital safety and cybersecurity trained youth, women and people with disabilities to lead conversations in their own communities.

R. Hawi's paper on community networks in Kenya documented how locally owned infrastructure supports digital inclusion, digital literacy and indigenous knowledge.

Participatory baselines and public participation put residents, county government and community groups at the same table before a single project was designed.