"Community-centred connectivity initiatives build technical capacity in the community to maintain and operate infrastructure or services, and the digital capacity of users to make informed decisions about their internet use – benefiting from social and economic opportunities online, and strengthening community resilience to external shocks (...)".
Explore the Principles for community-centred connectivity here 👉 https://www.apc.org/en/pubs/principles-community-centred-connectivity-initiatives.
Across different regions, community-led initiatives are developing diverse strategies to build the technical, social, economic and political capacities needed to sustain their projects.
Capacity building is an ongoing challenge, but also a collective opportunity to improve practices, reinforce collaboration and continue expanding community-driven paths toward meaningful connectivity.
📺💙 Accessible Technology = Equal Access 💙📱
PCB is advocating for the Communications, Video, and Technology Accessibility Act (CVTA) to ensure modern tech—streaming, video conferencing, and digital platforms—remains accessible.
✔ Better video access
✔ Accessible interfaces
✔ Inclusive communication tools
💬 Because access to technology means access to opportunity.
💻💙 Accessibility Online = Opportunity 💙💻
PCB is advocating for the Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act to ensure websites and apps are accessible for people who are blind, have low vision, or are DeafBlind.
✔ Clear standards
✔ Better guidance
✔ Equal digital access
💬 Because accessibility online means independence and opportunity in everyday life.
From remote highlands to island communities, APC member Common Room accompanied five experiences across Indonesia, where community networks are redefining connectivity through local knowledge, collective action and innovative models of sustainability.
Meet the stories here 👉 https://www.apc.org/.../weaving-meaningful-connectivity...
#CommunityConnectivity #DigitalInclusion #microgrants #indonesia
When websites are accessible, more people can use them, more customers can reach you, and your brand becomes more inclusive and trusted.
Accessibility isn’t just compliance - it’s smart growth. ♿
Start thinking about accessibility as part of your business strategy.📈
Excited to share that I am one of 31 contributors to "Digital Inclusion in an Unequal World" by @TimUnwin
It was a privilege to be part of such a unique and diverse team, writing about digital colonialism and surveillance capitalism and how to counter these challenges.
If these topics matter to you, I highly recommend to grab your copy here:
#DigitalInclusion #DigitalEquality #TechForGood #ICT4D #manifest #DigitalColonialism #foss #SurveillanceCapitalism
About 46% of global mobile users connect to the internet using 2G or 3G. That’s nearly half of all mobile users. When we optimize our websites, we’re not just helping the environment. We’re making the internet accessible to people who otherwise can’t use it.
Has this changed the way you think about page weight?
::: A new edition of the Community Networks Newsletter is out! This issue spotlights recent capacity-building initiatives driving community-centred connectivity, including blended training bootcamps in Africa and Latin America.
::: Find stories from the ground, advocacy efforts for enabling policies, a curated agenda of upcoming events and funding opportunities.
::: Join us and read it here:
https://www.apc.org/en/news/community-networks-newsletter-capacity-building-core-community-centred-connectivity
#CommunityNetworks #CommunityConnectivity #blendedtraining #DigitalInclusion
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