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#4 Amadiba Community Network and the people resisting in South Africa's Wild Coast

|6 July 2023|
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In this episode you will get to know the Amadiba Community Network, a project that has been strengthening the community's fight to defend their land, the coast of their country and their people, through access to the internet. Guiding us on this journey is Lungelo Mtwa, from Pondoland, a region on the coast of South Africa bathed by the Indian Ocean. Also in this episode, we interviewed Mike Jensen, an internet pioneer working at the Association for Progressive Communications (APC). We’ll talk about ideas for thinking about connectivity and community networks.

#3 Wiki Katat: The first Indigenous virtual operator in Mexico

|6 July 2023|
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Come with us on a journey to meet the “Wiki Katat”, the first indigenous virtual operator providing internet and mobile phone services in Mexico. In this episode, you will get to know Flor Lino, who is part of the Wiki Katat and also of a community indigenous radio station in the country. You will also meet Lilian Chamorro, who works in many organisations linked to the topic of community networks in Latin America.