Maiko Nakagaki

📢 Announcing a new round of innovation #grants of up to USD $300,000 to address the Internet connectivity gap. Don't miss out! BOLT is now open for applications. 🗓️ You can apply until August 18th. ➡️ Learn more and apply: isoc.pub/3r9GEyB #DigitalInclusion

📢 Apply for funding up to US$500,000 for your research about the Internet. You have time until May 31st 🗓 ➡️ Tag Researchers that you think might be interested! ➡️ Visit our website to learn more: isoc.pub/4017tB4

🎉 Exciting news: applications for grant funding to support research about the Internet are now open. ➡️ Independent researchers and public institutions can apply for awards grants between US$200,000 and US$500,000 ❗️ Visit our website to learn more: isoc.pub/4017tB4

#100/365: “I have made it my life’s mission to serve the community and bridge the digital divide.” 📍Manohari Tea Estate, Assam @DEFindia’s entrepreneurs and team members work every day to serve vulnerable communities. #DailyDigitalStory

#101/365: “My Aadhar card wasn’t made. So I didn’t receive my salary for the last 6 months.” 📍Dibrugarh, Assam @DEFindia’s 50 #SoochnaPreneurs working in Assam tea estates have facilitated Aadhar for the tea tribe community members. @ISOC_Foundation #DailyDigitalStory

Join us on April 12 for the first installment of our webinar series on the “Rise of e-waste” a conversation about the global flows of e-waste. We’ll be discussing the politics of classifying e-waste, how it flows thru different sites in the tech supply chain, & where it ends up!

Expanding last mile connectivity in rural areas really has life changing benefits. Please continue follow the important work that @DEFindia is doing in this space!

And also enabling the communities to access critical digital social and economic services. At one center, I saw how a government representative set up a temporary office for Aadhaar services, the National digital ID system that’s tied to people’s finances, health care,etc

This week I’m in Assam, India to visit and learn about @DEFindia’s Internet Roshni project that @ISOC_Foundation has been supporting to bring #meaningfulconnectivity to tea farmers, one of the most marginalized population in the country

Two amazing #WomenLeaders and partners of @GDInclusion on stage! Well done @nighatdad @funkeopeke @DigitalRightsPK @Mainoneservice #DigitalInclusion

Fintech-based aid in Haiti has been marred by an array of issues, from technical glitches to corruption, including claims that local officials have been simply keeping the SIM cards containing the aid money given to them by international organizations restofworld.org/2023/haiti-aid…

The new "Measuring Digital Development - Facts and Figures 2022" from the @ITU show that globally, an estimated 5.3 billion people, or 66% of the world’s population, use the Internet. 2.7 billion people remain offline, majority of those coming from the global south.

Greater possibilities exist for people with Internet access. 🌐👩‍💻 Our Connecting the Unconnected program funds communities and organizations working to build Internet infrastructure for people living in remote and low-income areas. Learn more and apply: ow.ly/K3HA50MRQHh

Our team is working in earthquake-hit areas providing urban search & rescue teams with internet & drone mapping support. Deploying daily to map debris & upload data into @AWS using @INTELSAT terminals. Thanks to @ISOC_Foundation, we continue to help those in need.

This confiscation and banning of gadgets for the opening ceremony of a UN conference on internet governance makes a mockery of the very purpose and existence of #IGF2022 #KeepItOn

.@AfroDiva: During Covid, we saw a rise in online gender-based violence. That is counterproductive to our global digital inclusion efforts. It is important to look at policies that eliminate violence online against women because it contributes to the digital gender gap #IGF2022

Thank you! We did it!