WEBCAST MAR 16 – Libraries in Response – Broadband from Space: In To Africa
On Thursday March 16 2023 at 08:00 PDT (16:00 UTC) Gigabit Libraries Network presents Session 71 in its Libraries in Response series, with the theme ‘Broadband from Space: In To Africa‘
Join to hear about the first community anchor institutions in Africa to initiate connectivity via low earth orbit sat systems. Can LEO’s allow the least connected continent to reach into every community?
SPEAKERS
Dr. Nkem E. Osuigwe, Development & Training Director, African Library and Information Associations & Institutions(AfLIA)
Verengai Mabika, Senior Policy Advisor, Africa, Internet Society ·
Dr. Larry Press, Professor of Information Systems, California State University
LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/leo-africa
PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3JKQrCo
REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/3JovUC8
TWITTER @GigLibraries @librarian_nkem @AfLIACon @VerengaiMabika @InternetSociety @larrypress @DominguezHills #leo #Starlink #libraries #africa #InternetForEveryone
MASTODON #Starlink
SIMULCASTS
https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/
https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive
https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ (AI Captions)
https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/ (AI Captions)
ARCHIVE
https://archive.org/details/leo-africa
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