Case Study: Mesh wireless for schools in Mozambique

Bojan Božović
Frontier Tech Hub
Published in
1 min readApr 17, 2020

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“Learners and teachers cannot always afford to purchase books or copies of didactic material or access online learning content, which greatly limits learning opportunities. Combining technology and education to address this challenge is both daunting and highly motivational. It provides the opportunity to drastically turn the tables.”

Students and teachers accessing digital learning materials through the MUVA Mexe platform

At the Frontier Technologies Hub, we work with UKAid to explore how emerging technologies can help to solve the variety of challenges found in developing country contexts.

In this case study, we present the story and reflect on a completed pilot project from Maputo, Mozambique, which tested whether wireless mesh networks could provide a low-cost, reliable way to to access digital educational materials to improve educational outcomes.

You can find the publication here.

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Bojan Božović
Frontier Tech Hub

Promoting innovation and private sector growth in international development; Project Manager of Frontier Technology Livestreaming. Views are my own.