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Local hands building local networks.
Policy advisor @mozilla
Consultant https://apc.org
Collaborator @nsrcworld
Founder @villagetelco
Bloghttps://manypossibilities.net
Africa Fibre Networkshttps://afterfibre.nsrc.org
Awesome Connectivity Infohttps://github.com/stevesong/awesome-connectivity-info/blob/main/README.md
Githubhttps://github.com/stevesong/
This kind of advertorial drives me a bit crazy

Starlink and Inequality

In which I make the (probably unpopular) case that we might better off without Starlink (and Project Kuiper)

https://manypossibilities.net/2023/11/starlink-and-inequality/

Starlink and Inequality

Who could say no to a project that promises internet access for everyone? Starlink, a global Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation, has dominated the press this year with announcements of t…

Many Possibilities
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Devo installing our third M5 as part of a community @inethi4us mesh network in #Kilifi which uses Community Inclusion Currencies as access vouchers 😍 @grassEcon
Starlink in Canada
Whatever that means....
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Teams may be OK if you are snug within the warm bosom of the Microsoft corporate ecosystem. But for the rest of us, Teams is really quite awful.
https://twitter.com/stevesong/status/1651536407540760576
Steve Song🇨🇦🇿🇦 on Twitter

“Teams may be OK if you are snug within the warm bosom of the Microsoft corporate ecosystem. But for the rest of us, Teams is really quite awful.”

Twitter
I feel like this might be quote of the year when it comes to AI big tech.
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The #WordOfTheDay is ‘reprehensible.’
http://ow.ly/7M8T50NPmxa
https://twitter.com/MerriamWebster/status/1650470163639324674
Word of the Day: Reprehensible

It may be easy to grasp that reprehensible is all about blame, but the word’s origins tell a grabbier story. The word comes from the Latin reprehendere (literally 'to hold back'), a combination of re-

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⚠ Update: Sudan remains largely offline in the midst of an internet blackout, with connectivity at 2% of ordinary levels; the military allege that paramilitaries sabotaged the telecom exchange in Khartoum early this morning impacting networks including Sudani
This is what Amilcar Cabral will look like.
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Six West African countries sign a memorandum of understanding for the construction of the Amilcar Cabral submarine cable (en français) https://www.agenceecofin.com/infrastructures/1204-107362-six-pays-dafrique-de-louest-signent-un-protocole-daccord-pour-la-construction-du-cable-sous-marin-amilcar-cabral
https://twitter.com/stevesong/status/1646791571910656000
Six pays d'Afrique de l'Ouest signent un protocole d'accord pour la construction du câble sous-marin Amilcar Cabral

Cette infrastructure à haut débit porte le nom d’Amilcar Lopes da Costa Cabral, héros de l’indépendance de la Guinée-Bissau et du Cap-Vert. Elle

Agence Ecofin

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So I can make this as crystal clear to you as possible @TheophanesRex

Below is video of Female MPs Reading Hateful Tweets Sent To Them By The HOUR

Watching this - you still wonder why Female Liberal MPs close their tweets?

Are you that TONE DEAF? https://twitter.com/TheophanesRex/status/1641942839989874690

Darshan Maharaja on Twitter

“Are all Liberal MP’s now under orders to close their tweets to replies? Last couple of days, none of the tweets that I see from any Liberal MP has allowed replies. And if this is ‘orders from above’, WHY?”

Twitter
DRC: The World Bank will finance a project to build a fibre optic network between Mbuji-Mayi and Bunia (en français) https://www.agenceecofin.com/breves-telecom/2103-106702-rd-congo-la-banque-mondiale-financera-un-projet-de-construction-d-un-reseau-de-fibre-optique-entre-mbuji-mayi-et-bunia
RD Congo : la Banque mondiale financera un projet de construction d’un réseau de fibre optique entre Mbuji-Mayi et Bunia

La Banque mondiale financera un nouveau projet de construction d’un réseau de fibre optique en République démocratique du Congo, le long de la route

Agence Ecofin