ISOC recently announced their 2020 Action Plan and has invited everyone to take part.

The 8 projects are:

1. Promoting the Internet way of networking
2. Extending encryption
3. Securing global routing (MANRS)
4. Increasing time security
5. Leading by example with open standards
6. Building Community Networks
7. Fostering infrastructure and technical communities
8. Measuring the Internet

You can read more about the projects as well as how you can become involved here.

Congratulations to the participants of the 2019 Chapterthon where Internet South Africa came 2nd out of 28 participating chapters.

Ghana came 3rd and New York came 1st. Congratulations to both chapters, well deserved.

You can watch the final announcement video here

The Voting Phase for this year’s Chapterthon is currently underway and you only have a few days left to make your vote count.

If you haven’t viewed the South African entry yet, you can do so here and remember to cast your vote here.

Our grant request for this year’s Chapterthon has been approved and planning is well underway.

This year’s theme is: Connecting the Unconnected.

We’ll be travelling to the rural Eastern Cape, where we’ll be training 5 people to set up and maintain networks in their community. We’ll also give them vouchers so that they call sell the bandwidth to the local community members, thereby giving them access to fast and affordable internet.

The long term goal is to enable these community members to earn an income and make it possible for them to expand the network to local villages, thereby increasing internet access in an area that is critically under served.

Follow our journey on our Facebook page.

ISOC’s annual Chapterthon is now open for applications.

This year’s theme is: Connecting the Unconnected.

How to enter: Submit your idea to your local chapter board for review. The board will then select one entry and submit it.

The chapter will then have two months to execute the plan and submit their final report.

You can read more about the chapterthon here: https://www.internetsociety.org/grants/chapterthon/2019/