Launched in 2010, Vodafone Fiji's M-PAiSA mobile wallet became the country's leading digital-payment channel, reaching 632,123 users (two-thirds of Fijians) by 2022. …
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 …
D.Net's Infolady model trains rural Bangladeshi women as bicycle-riding info-entrepreneurs delivering health, agriculture and e-government services door-to-door; it reached roughly 300 villages …
In a country with almost no formal banking sector, Hormuud Telecom's EVC Plus mobile-money service reached roughly three-quarters of Somali adults and …
Solar-powered 'Instant Classroom' kits with tablets and localised e-learning content run in 28 Instant Network Schools centres across DR Congo, incl. the …
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 2008, Digital Green has trained community mediators to produce and screen localised farming videos, reaching 2.3 million+ farmers across 10 countries …
Nairobi's Signs Media Kenya broadcasts free Kenyan Sign Language content via Signs TV and, through its assistALL app, brought paid sign-language interpretation …
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 …
Since 2010, The Last Mile has taught incarcerated Californians offline software engineering despite no prison internet. Now in 16 facilities across 7 …
Ukraine's Digital Transformation Ministry, UNDP and the Library Association turned public libraries into free 'Digital Education Hubs'. The network grew from 3,000+ …
OLE Nepal deploys offline digital libraries (E-Pustakalaya) and interactive learning software (E-Paath) on local servers in remote Nepali schools without internet access, …
Solar-powered digital centres in indigenous Guatemalan villages deliver digital literacy and leadership training to Mayan women and youth; a 2025 Frontiers study …
Cape Town's SmartCape grew from 5 computers in 6 libraries in 2002 to 670 terminals across 104 branches with 500,000+ registered users, …
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 …
Indonesia's government-run digital training marketplace reached 14.3 million low-income adults in all 34 provinces by 2022; 65% opened their first e-wallet or …
Bangladesh's a2i programme has established 5,000+ community Digital Centres at union level bringing 150+ e-services to rural citizens; 76.8 million people served, …
Open-source platform giving refugees and migrants in Germany multilingual local information. Active in 100+ municipalities with 4.5 million page views in 2024 …
Born in Nairobi during Kenya's 2008 post-election violence, Ushahidi's open-source crowdsourcing platform has since been deployed 150,000+ times in 160+ countries, and …
Medellín integrated cable-car lines and hillside escalators with neighbourhood upgrading to connect its poorest comunas to the city, cutting homicide rates 97% …
Vienna's long-term, legally-binding smart-city strategy (first 2011, updated 2019/2022) aligning resource conservation, quality of life and social inclusion with annual monitoring.
Helsinki's city-owned innovation company co-creates smart-city, mobility and data solutions through agile pilots in real neighbourhoods (Smart Kalasatama, Jätkäsaari Mobility Lab).
Smart Open Lisboa (SOL) is a startup program focused on the validation and integration of innovative solutions meant to upgrade the citizens’ …
Erhvervshus Hovedstaden is one of six regional business houses in Denmark. At Erhvervshus Hovedstaden, they help more than 5,000 companies to grow …
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