TIC A.C. operates the world's largest community-owned mobile network, covering 63 indigenous localities across five Mexican states; its 2016 Social Indigenous IFT …
Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico
Good practice★ 96
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
Launched in 2021 with £1.5m of Scottish Government funding, Digital Lifelines Scotland has distributed 3,044 devices and 3,845 connectivity packages to 5,502 …
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Good practice★ 96
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
A community-owned GSM/4G cellular network built and operated by Indigenous, Afro-Colombian and campesino communities in Buenos Aires, Cauca, after they won a …
Solar-powered 'Instant Classroom' kits with tablets and localised e-learning content run in 28 Instant Network Schools centres across DR Congo, incl. the …
Lusenda (Fizi Territory, South Kivu), Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
Good practice★ 96
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
South Africa's first rural cooperative-owned ISP, Zenzeleni built a solar WiFi mesh network in Mankosi, Eastern Cape, selling access far below incumbent …
Since 1994, Keewaytinook Okimakanak's K-Net has built First Nations-owned broadband and telehealth infrastructure in remote northwestern Ontario, growing from 6 founding communities …
Sioux Lookout, Canada
Good practice★ 96
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
OLE Nepal deploys offline digital libraries (E-Pustakalaya) and interactive learning software (E-Paath) on local servers in remote Nepali schools without internet access, …
Kathmandu, Nepal
Good practice★ 96
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Solar-powered digital centres in indigenous Guatemalan villages deliver digital literacy and leadership training to Mayan women and youth; a 2025 Frontiers study …
Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Good practice★ 96
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
Peru's public-private neutral-wholesale infrastructure company provides shared 4G coverage in remote areas; by end-2022, 3.1 million Peruvians in 16,700+ rural localities gained …