<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default">Starlink recently announced it is connecting <a href="https://punchng.com/five-nigerian-libraries-gain-free-access-to-starlink/">libraries in Nigeria</a>, and <a href="https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/lifestyle/elon-musks-starlink-brings-high-speed-internet-to-500-schools-in-rwanda/kb4gmck">schools in Rwanda</a>. Today's commentators include ISOC's own Verengai Mabika<br><br>REAL TIME TEXT <a href="https://bit.ly/3JovUC8">https://bit.ly/3JovUC8</a><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div class="msg-8016322743967285964"><u></u>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><a href="https://isoc.live/16431" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank"><img src="https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/leo-africa-300x169.png" alt="isoc live" width="300" height="169" style="max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 24px; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);"></a>On <strong>Thursday March 16 2023</strong> at <strong>08:00 PDT</strong> (16:00 UTC) <strong><a href="https://gigabitlibrariesnetwork.wildapricot.org/" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">Gigabit Libraries Network</a></strong> presents Session 71 in its <strong><a href="https://gigabitlibrariesnetwork.wildapricot.org/page-1712339" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">Libraries in Response</a></strong> series, with the theme '<strong><a href="https://bit.ly/3JKQrCo" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">Broadband from Space: In To Africa</a></strong>'</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px">Join to hear about the first community anchor institutions in Africa to initiate connectivity via low earth orbit sat systems. Can LEO's allow the least connected continent to reach into every community?</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>SPEAKERS</strong><br><strong>Dr. Nkem E. Osuigwe</strong>, Development & Training Director, African Library and Information Associations & Institutions(AfLIA)<br><strong><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></span>Verengai Mabika</strong>, Senior Policy Advisor, Africa, Internet Society ·<br><strong>Dr. Larry Press</strong>, Professor of Information Systems, California State University</p>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>LIVESTREAM <a href="http://livestream.com/internetsociety/leo-africa" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">http://livestream.com/internetsociety/leo-africa</a></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM <a href="https://bit.ly/3JKQrCo" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3JKQrCo</a></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></span>REAL TIME TEXT <a href="https://bit.ly/3JovUC8" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3JovUC8</a></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>TWITTER <a href="https://bit.ly/3mVyjwD" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">@GigLibraries</a> @librarian_nkem @AfLIACon @VerengaiMabika @InternetSociety @larrypress @DominguezHills #leo #Starlink #libraries #africa #InternetForEveryone</strong></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>MASTODON <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Starlink" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">#Starlink</a></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>SIMULCASTS</strong><br><strong><a href="https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/</a></strong><br><strong><a href="https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive</a></strong><br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank"><strong>https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/</strong></a> (AI Captions)<br><strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica</a>/</strong> (AI Captions)</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 24px;line-height:1.7;padding:0px"><strong>ARCHIVE</strong><br><strong><a href="https://archive.org/details/leo-africa" style="color:rgb(0,113,23)" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/leo-africa</a></strong></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100%"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:16px"><div class="m_-8016322743967285964container" style="max-width:832px;clear:both;text-align:center;width:100%;padding-bottom:40px;margin:0px auto"><div class="m_-8016322743967285964footer-section" style="max-width:752px;overflow:hidden;padding:0px 56px 64px;text-align:left;box-sizing:border-box;margin:auto"><table class="m_-8016322743967285964footer-content" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100%;margin:0px"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:14px;text-align:center"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="600" style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(0,0,0);width:100%"><tbody></tbody></table></td>
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