Connectivity
If people cannot easily connect to digital tools in an equitable manner, civic tech will fail to address existing power imbalances in society
BRCK
Access the internet simply and reliably where you are. BRCK is a rugged, self powered, cloud enabled wifi hotspot router with built in fail-overs.
Digital Stewards Detroit
This training prepares teams of community organizers, people with construction skills, and techies to design and deploy communications infrastructure with a commitment to the Detroit Digital Justice Principles.
10 Hudson Yards, 10th Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA
Monash University, Wellington Rd, Clayton VIC, Australia
Michigan Moonshot
The Michigan Moonshot aims to leverage public and private partnerships to connect everyone in rural Michigan, regardless of geography.
Michigan, USA
Neighborly Networks Accelerator
Let’s work together on your broadband project.
Netblocks
NetBlocks is an open technology platform that helps communities around the world detect and measure internet shutdowns, social media filtering and throttling in real-time.
Netfreedom Pioneers
We are a technology nonprofit committed to inspire and bring positive social change to the world. We harness the medium of innovative, digital technology to promote education, learning, and empowerment - the building blocks to lasting change.
New America Resilient Mesh Wireless initiative
The Resilient Mesh Wireless project is a series of local networks serving small businesses combined with community-based trainings in Sandy-affected areas.
Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY, USA
New York City, NY, USA
Open Tech Fund
SUPPORTING INTERNET FREEDOM WORLDWIDE Without Fear of Repressive Censorship or Surveillance.
2025 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20036 USA
Outline VPN offered in Zimbabwe
CITE in Zimbabwe and Code for Africa have partnered to make Outline from Jigsaw available to news organisations and CSOs. It means VPN can be rolled out on their own servers to connect to the internet and keep communication private and safe.
Zimbabwe
San José Digital Inclusion Fund
San José’s ambitious goal is to bring broadband connectivity and digital skills to 50,000 households over the course of the next decade - and this initiative explicitly earmarks funding to achieve this goal.
San Jose, California, USA
The Cost of Shutdown Tool (COST)
a data-driven online tool that to allows us to quickly and easily estimate the economic cost of Internet disruptions
Pakistan