about us
Community NetHUBs Africa is a not-for-profit initiative to ensure the Education and Economic Empowerment of community citizens in understanding the use of the Internet as an enabling platform to showcase skills or capacity using disruptive mobile technology (Handset, Banking App, and a marketing channel).
Formerly the Red Hub, It is the first Hub in Nigeria situated in Shasha, Lagos. It had trained and consulted for the community for years with little or no support. Currently, it has acquired land at Adumbu, Itori, Ogun State to commence services to the surrounding villages.
COMNETHUBS Africa believes that its Economic Empowerment Strategy's sole purpose is to set the maiden center and replicate best practices across Nigeria and beyond. Our Partners and Service Providers would use this opportunity to reach more citizens across communities on this continent.
We understand that the deployment of such networks is affordable. It can range from wifi-only to mesh networks with mobile networks that provide voice and SMS services. Managing a network is often pro bono; digital creators gather volunteers to make an impact in their community at all costs.
Moving Forward…
In a submission made to the authorizing agency recently by our initiative, Community NetHUBs Africa, the call was for governments to declare the following;
1. Declare all installations that would benefit the connectivity of communities and the continent as Critical National Infrastructure;
2. Play a major role by investing in such infrastructures and facilities for long-term benefit;
3. Create an African Educational Broadband Services (NEBS) Spectrum to address approval or permits for installations and licensing matters.
However, some outburst has been recognized and yielding result. Recently, in Nigeria, the government has started paying attention to more of the indices of development by declaring all installations that would allow for access and affordability as Critical National Infrastructure. No doubt that the security of infrastructure would boost connectivity.
Community NetHUBs Africa is calling to you to create change by working with us.
It’s a win-win with benefits to the cashless economy and local content, more skills, local products, and services with deep insight into available capacity. With the Internet Society pushing its resources to achieve its objective around the world, the Internet is for everyone. Understanding such innovation, the agency responsible had emulated the Internet Society (ISOC) program and created its Academy to further propagate and educate willing volunteers to understand and be able to address the issues of sustaining such initiatives that would be in place by Community Networks. It is a positive development, considering the need for more technical capacity to sustain and support such networks.
Having had the opportunity to be part of this course, the Community NetHUBs Africa as rolled out its initiative to duplicate itself while working with others to create a franchise that would be established across Nigeria and possibly be accepted by like-minds across Africa to synergies and improve approach and strategy for connecting the next billion end-users as projected by the Internet Society.
According to the Internet Society, closing the Digital Divide is critical and community networks offer a solution. These are “do it yourself” networks built by people for people. You can promote, donate to, or even build a community network yourself.
Community NetHUBs Africa is calling to you to create change by working with us.
It’s a win-win with benefits to the cashless economy and local content, more skills, local products, and services with deep insight into available capacity. With the Internet Society pushing its resources to achieve its objective around the world, the Internet is for everyone.
