Hi everyone my name is Steve Young from Kenya representing Devlink International

@tech support -- I just saw a flash go by for captioning, however, I cannot make a choice for it on my dashboard. Will it be available?

Bonjour. Arnold Djuma de la CVPD ( Coalition des Volontaires pour la Paix et le Développement) en RDC. Pour en savoir plus : www.cvpd-asbl.org

GDAAR Foundation

Hi everyone, I am Abdikadir Issa Farah from Somalia

I work for FENPS organisation

www.fenps.net

Hi everyone GDAAR Foundation is here

Welcome everyone!

DigitalC in Cleveland, Ohio

I live, work and learn in the area called Vancouver 🇨🇦 within the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

Hey All, Joel Templeman, Internet Society Manitoba Chapter in Canada. Great to be here.

Susan From TechSoup - sitting in San Francisco, CA USA

Welcome everyone! Here’s a link to the report: https://connecthumanity.fund/digital-inequity-report/

Thanga PandianFarm India, Trichy-621315, IndiaTel: +91-96260-08160Email: farmindia@gmail.com

Hi Everyone! Jeanine Abrams McLean, Fair Count.

Hey if you don't want to be here you can use this app to send a bot to the meeting with your name, and it'll record everything for you https://zoom.beulr.com/

Hello everyone ! Tograbaye Alnoudjim from WACSI, Accra-Ghana.

Good morning from TechSoup

GDAAR Foundation.email : gdaarfoundation@gmail.comwebsite: www.gdaarfoundation.org

Greetings from Bogotá! Lina Paola Lara Negrette from Colombian Confederation of NGO -CCONG

Hello! This is Lexi Mairone, Program Manager at Humanity United. I’m logging in from Washington DC

Hi Lexi - thanks for joining!

Prince AfriyieNyankonton Aid Foundationafriyieprince@gmail.com

Zambia Council For Social Development (ZCSD) E.mail

Hello,

I woulds like to have access to the recording. My email is dfirat@techsoup.org. Thank you.

Anthonette Quayee, WACSI-Ghana

Goodevening all from Barr (Mrs) Nma Ogbonna. Chairman/CEO Human Right Advocacy for Healthcare and Reintegration of Indigent Prisoners (Persons). I am from Nigeria nmaoc1264@yahoo.com

Thanks Deniz. We’ll make sure everyone gets a copy of the recording after the call.

Nice to meet you virtually! Best regards, Veit Walter from Tübingen, Germany

I work as a fractional CIO/consultant with community service based nonprofits. My clients are dealing with all of these issues in serving their populations.

Wilhelmina Ansa-BonnahNyankonton Aid Foundationminaansa2@gmail.com

Hello Everyone. My name is Dhiren Govender and I am from the Youth Development Collaboration Lab in South Africa 🇿🇦

aquayee@wacsi.org

Hello, I am Albert Luogon, Country Director from iLab Liberia. I am joining from my country the Republic of Liberia, West Africa.

fritz from hope and Rehabilitation Organization from Cameroon. thanks for all this knowledge, the impact is great

Greetings, GDAAR Foundation - Ghana. We like to have access to the recording.email : gdaarfoundation@gmail.com

Greetings, Joshua from DefendDefenders

Email: joshuas@defenddefenders.org

Hi everyone! I'm from NYC, an advocate and volunteer for Digital Equity and hoping to connect with y'all in this field! https://www.linkedin.com/in/arlene-thompson/

Hello greetings from Mr Saikou Ak Jallow from the Gambia West Africa.

Greetings from Santiago I am ED for CDI and TechSoup Chile

Hi ! I am Hachimou Habou from Niger. NGO ADEVE

Here’s that report link again: https://connecthumanity.fund/digital-inequity-report/

Hello my name is Amadou A. Bah President of The Africa Cybersecurity Alliance. station in the Gambia

Zebbies Mumba / Programs Manager/ Zambia Council For Social Development / e.mail: mzebbies@yahoo.co.uk

Dawud Suleiman, Women in Livelihood Development- Ghana

I am Erick Omondi from Kenya, representing Generation Guiders CBO whose primary work is to Champion for the Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights for Adolescent Girls and young women in Kenya.Email: erick.omondi@generationguiders.org

Sergio Laurenti - CEO, Good Neighbors Chile

slaurenti@goodneighbors.cl

Hi All. I'm Thys Pretorius. CEO of the Cape Agulhas Sustainable Growth Agency (South Africa).

map@knowlex.net

John Schweitzer, retired college professor & educational technologist. Specific target population= Elderly & Disabled. johnrschweitzer@gmail.com

If anyone has questions or comments, drop them in the chat or Q&A and we’ll try to get into them with our panelists.

Good evening. Botswana organization for rare diseases (BORDIS). Eda here in Botswana

From Modesto, California

Brenda Brush - Digital Equity Grant Manager - NY, USA

I am from Kampala,Uganda

Hello everybody, you have Blaise Dabou from Mali with you

Becky, Western Kenya LBQT Feminist Forum, Kisumu Kenya..www.wklff.com

Hi, Kwame Asante from Accra, Ghana

louw.gerald2@gmail.com from Cape Town South Africa. Gerald Louw

Kumordzi Michael, WADPN, Ghana 🇬🇭

I am from Kenya

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelhuguet/

Leroy Kanmoh from BASA Development Initiatives from Liberia, West Africa. My email address is leroy.kanmoh@basadev.org

Donatus, from Lagos,Nigeria

Hi everyone! I'm Heather from AmeriCorps - the federal agency that supports service and volunteer initiatives in the U.S. Interested in learning more and thinking about how national service can be part of bridging the digital access divides.

Hi All. I’m the digital equity director for CoSN, a school IT group in the US. I also run a global education organization called Actionable Innovations Global. https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucygray/

If you want to connect with Rachel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelhuguet/

Hello everyone! Samirah Faruk from Kano Nigeria, Serendipity Healthcare Foundation. https://www.serendipityhealthcare.org.in

Hello all I am Rashid F. Kanneh from Sierra Leone West Africa

Hi everyone, my name is Jonathan Mator. I am representing Youth Crime Watch of Liberia.

Zebbies Mumba from Lusaka/ Zambia

Hi everyone, Malame Mangzha from Abuja, Nigeriawww.afidff.org

In rural US, McDonalds are a popular spot for doing homework for Internet access.

Arnold Netshambidi from Phambano Technology Development Centre NPC, Johannesburg, South Africa

Hi everyone, Abubakari Hamis from Tanzania. Business and Human Rights Tanzania (BHRT)

Iam Jane Kwawu International Gender Consultant from Accra Ghana.

Marnie Webb from TechSoup: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marniewebb/

iam Joseph Mwaniki Muya,from KENYA,Africa

Mike, absolutely, I have used McDonalds for wi-fi while traveling!

Hi Tom — we’ll aim to get a copy of the chat to everyone along with a transcript after the webinar.

That’s one thing we are working very hard on - working with trusted community partners to become one ourselves!

I am Fiabu Charles Dodzi from Mission to Transform Lives InternationalWe are located in Ghana, West Africa.Tel: +233245010822Email: mitlifoundation@yahoo.comWebsite: www.mitligh.org

I am a new start-up founder for a company called yüda https://www.yuda.io/ and our mission is to Empower Equity in Emerging Technologies. If anyone is interested in giving advice please reach out to me on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/daisy-mayorga/

Provide Internet Service Providers and Computers at any housing shelter (temporary or long-term) across US "lands" -- and for those experiencing diaspora in every land.

NYC has setup a bunch of internet kiosks through https://www.link.nyc/

I am Emily W. Sloboh Executive director of Today's Women International Network (YWIN) From Guinea-Conakry.

We Empower Adolescent Girls and young women in Kenya. https://www.generationguiders.org/

Hello everyone! Hosea Ngamau from Kenya Community Development Foundation (KCDF), Nairobi, Kenya

TWITTWin

Welcome to those joining! Here’s a copy of the report: https://connecthumanity.fund/digital-inequity-report/

Coming right up 🙂

Great presentation Marnie... In my country (Zambia) the challenge that affects both CSOs and communities are three fold Connectivity / Accessibility / Affordability

Here’s the link to the report on philanthropic giving (not the report we’re launching today): https://connecthumanity.fund/research-philanthropic-giving-to-digital-equity/

Hi everyone! I am Andrea Lombo from Fundación Visión 20-20 Colombia. www.fundacionvision2020colombia.com

I am George Akpabli joining from Cotonou, Benin

100!

Hello everyone ! I am Francis Opanda from Devlink Africa,Kenya🇰🇪

This is absolutely true. Any internet strategy that does not place inclusion at the forefront of its strategy is actually increasing inequality.

Thanks for the Report

+1 Catalina

+2

I am Emily W. Sloboh, Executive Director of Today's Women International Network (TWIN) from Guinea-Conakry (W/A)

Digital Exclusion and Isolation is my concern. With more and more government and commerce on the Internet, where websites and apps are are not designed to be accessible, people with disabilities are EXCLUDED. Digital Inequity is crossing the Digital Divide and finding that you cannot participate in the Digital Society!

Great to see so many folks from Africa!

+1 James

+2 James!!

access to quality and affordable internet service is very important for CSO's across the globe.

Gideon Ahenkorah and Fiifi Boateng, Communication Team at West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI)

+1 Marnie!

Gender persectives are so crucial in all that is being done so are issues of inclusion in decisions.

Cephas Awedaga from here

I'm Matthew Azure Awini, the Executive Assistant at Parliamentary Network Africa.

The first big barrier I see is that a lot of underserved communities fear the unknown and don’t think technology is for them. The first part is helping them see they can leverage technology and their voices are needed in the space

how do we access the report please.... urgent

Would love to Civil Society orgs also more connected to the Internet Community Orgs like ISOC, ICANN, AfriNIC, LACNIC, RIPE NCC, APNIC, and ARIN (IP addressing orgs), IETF, and the Network operator Groups (NOGs) for synergies, training, and network building (human and tech)

Please, could you reshare the report?

https://connecthumanity.fund/digital-inequity-report/

Connect with Franck: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francksombo/

Thank you

hello i am philemon Viyama IT officer with Gender Equality Peace and Development Centre (GEPaDC)

My concern is mainly for women, youth and PWDs in rural communities in developing countries. I do belief to close this exclusion gap not only in my country but other countries with similar context is to strengthen collaboration. Strengthening collaboration, I mean big organizations in developed countries should think about collaborating with local organizations that are making some snail moves to close the exclusion gaps. I think this is exactly what Frank and Rachel are speaking about.

Connect with Catalina: https://www.linkedin.com/in/catalinaescobarbravo/

Development Knowledge Link Africa (DEVLINK) is a non governmental organization (not for profit) The organization targets women and children living with HIV/AIDS, survivors of gender based violence, Orphans and vulnerable children.

Michelle Matthews from Viridian in Cape Town, South Africa. We capacitate entrepreneur support organisations through Launch League - they find themselves teaching basic digital literacy to aspiring entrepreneurs (When funders and government have fantasies about business owners "participating in the digital economy"!) We have a very far way to go!

Any questions anyone has, please feel free to post them here. If we cannot answer them now, we will try to answer them online in our blogs, etc.

How can Zambia Council for Social Development participate in this digital inequality advocacy.

If you can help us spread this work far and wide, please share with your networks and on your social media channels. Here’s a partner media kit to help: https://connect-humanity.shorthandstories.com/digital-inequity-report-media-kit/index.html

Good point Catalina

hello

Augustine Tamba Lamin Allieu

Sierra Leone

my name is Evariste Atoko, I come from République of Benin in West Africa, am à présidente of NGO AFRICA HUMANITY PLUS

Ghana Diaspora Advocacy And Resource ( GDAAR ) Foundation will wants to be part of this Advocacy, whiles we reaching out to the deprived. How do we do it ?

Question from attendee: if foundations aren’t focused on digital equity, what are the avenues to get more foundations to include digital equity in their portfolios?

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/

Great point Christopher every human rights is enjoyed after a huge investment of demand for it'''

Connect Humanity on Twitter for more findings: https://twitter.com/Connect_Fund

Again - here’s the link to the report we’ve published today: https://connecthumanity.fund/digital-inequity-report/

This is a super important issue at the right time, Omar Bandika from Rising winners Youth Empowerment Initiative, Kilifi in Kenya. Human rights must be enjoyed with the advancement of technology. This is a timely advocacy issue.

And another report Chris mentioned earlier, about financing mechanisms for community connectivity providers: https://connecthumanity.fund/report-financing-ccps/

Here’s the link to that video: https://connecthumanity.fund/events/access-as-a-racial-justice-issue/

With thanks to Jeanine!

😅

The mobile question is huge in our work.

Here’s the Report Executive Summary with some quick takeaway stats: https://connecthumanity.fund/story/state-of-digital-inequity-exec-summary/

+1 Marnie - see p 24 in the report

Omar from Kenya Kilifi would love and wish we could create a network. Francis Opanda from Kenya.

And causes us real challanges.

Re: what Marnie is saying - so many websites do not let you see what's next if you are blocking tracking etc.

I didn't word that well

Just as the statistics of the poll can tell 52% of the participants in this Zoom meeting are from Africa, this tells a story of how much this information is needed in Africa... How are you going to use the content of this report to improve Access to Digital Technology and internet to Africa?

@Omar Lots of great being done by Civil Society and Internet community to build community networks. See the report above that Calum mentions and you will see some great case-studies. Ping us as well and we can help with more info where ISOC, APC, and others are helping build community-based networks (muni nets) and more

+ 1 and infinity Christopher~!

More thoughts from Chris on the report: https://connecthumanity.fund/digital-equity-is-critical-for-civil-societys-success-new-survey/

International Data is a real challenge around the world.

We’ll follow up with the chat and transcript Victor

Also note p 51 in report - the lack of local language content for civic engagement, government services, financial services.

You rock Calum. TY for your focus and capability

Once more, if folks want to help us get the word out on this, here’s the partner media kit: https://connect-humanity.shorthandstories.com/digital-inequity-report-media-kit/index.html

In Africa, weed to be supported

I bought my home on a cell phone at the beginning of the CV-19 pandemonia. Someone asked my how I liked the phone APP I, an elderly disabled person said, "It worked fine, but I couldn't see the forms or what I was signing and when I went to the home, it was a different house...Ha, ha!🤨

The inaccessibility of mobile apps has specificly excluded many disabled persons from the Mobile Revolution. This is a digital inequity.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-4tKr42sw7nDFYUv5ggpEHY2qEh_C730?usp=sharing

In Africa we need to be supported

+1 Chris - the dashboard will also let you see responses down to country level.

hi this is Ishfaq khalil from Pakistan

where is the link to download the report????

This is a great research and it hinges on strengthening the enjoyment of Digital Right

in Kenya we need support

Thanks, Leaders!

Kenya We need support

Particulary in DRC where WE work

Report link again: https://connecthumanity.fund/digital-inequity-report/

Thank you for sharing the questionnaire so we can do our research in our communities.

/me applauds for everyone!

Thanks Sarah!

Great work Sarah

Go Sarah!

Thanks everyone!

Thank you for sharing this research and the panellists

Thanks!

Thank you Chris

thank you Sarah and team

Thanks to Connect Humanity and the panelist.

👏. Thank you very much.

Thank you!

Thanks so much for very educative session

Thank You

impactful

Thank You