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Last-Mile Connectivity and the Nigerian Humanitarian Connectivity Project

• Allows displaced people to find and reconnect with friends, family, business partners • Enables the sending of financial support to loved ones • Supports health and education content delivery • Eases delivery of humanitarian assistance • Enables entrepreneurs to build business and connect with entrepreneurs • Ability to send information on health services such as immunization, SRGBV and

other social services

Last-Mile Internet and Mobile connectivity

• Business Models for the Last Billion • Financing Last-Mile Connectivity Report • Landscaping Report on Connectivity Investors • mAccess Diagnostic Tool (developed for and used by USAID, DfID, SIDA

and the Gates Foundation) • Mobile Access and Usage Survey (DFID and USAID) in Mozambique • GSM Coverage mapping partnerships • Deploying 2G towers in northeast Nigeria under OpenCellular program

Last-Mile Expertise and Experience

Important trends in connectivity changing the reality on the ground: • Wholesale business models • Community ownership of infrastructure • Modularization of connectivity value chain • While 5G is emerging, 2G is still relevant and valuable

Not drones, not Balloons, but….

Business models!

• FHI 360 has recently won one of the first grants from the OpenCellular grant program • Existing humanitarian programs in northeast Nigeria • Partnership with MTN • Our equipment: 5 OpenCellular (OC) base station (cell tower) units + BRCKs • Deploying the entire connectivity ecosystem from day one

Nigerian Humanitarian Connectivity Project

Health and Education

BRCK (pronounced “brick”) is a high-capacity, Wi-Fi-enabled storage device produced in Kenya.

Thank you

For any follow-up questions, please contact Troy Etulain at tetulain@fhi360.org