Recognition of Community Networks as Providers of Community-Owned Digital Infrastructure
Latest Tanzania technology news · Recognition of Community Networks as Providers of Commu… explained · updated Aug 5, 2026 · tech news · innovation · digital
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- The government has been urged to enact legislation recognising Community Networks as non-commercial internet service providers, a move stakeholders say would help extend internet access to millions of Tanzanians living.
- Community Networks will help deliver internet connectivity, but digital literacy is what will transform that connectivity into real socio-economic development," he said.Also speaking at the meeting organised by Paradigm.
- Without such recognition, many villages will remain excluded from the country's digital transformation despite the availability of technology," Nwobilor said.He explained that the recommendations submitted by.