Starlink recently announced it is connecting libraries in Nigeria <https://punchng.com/five-nigerian-libraries-gain-free-access-to-starlink/>, and schools in Rwanda <https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/lifestyle/elon-musks-starlink-brings-high-speed-internet-to-500-schools-in-rwanda/kb4gmck>. Today's commentators include ISOC's own Verengai Mabika REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/3JovUC8 [image: isoc live] <https://isoc.live/16431>On *Thursday March 16 2023* at *08:00 PDT* (16:00 UTC) *Gigabit Libraries Network <https://gigabitlibrariesnetwork.wildapricot.org/>* presents Session 71 in its *Libraries in Response <https://gigabitlibrariesnetwork.wildapricot.org/page-1712339>* series, with the theme '*Broadband from Space: In To Africa <https://bit.ly/3JKQrCo>*' 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? *SPEAKERS* *Dr. Nkem E. Osuigwe*, Development & Training Director, African Library and Information Associations & Institutions(AfLIA) *Verengai Mabika*, Senior Policy Advisor, Africa, Internet Society · *Dr. Larry Press*, Professor of Information Systems, California State University *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/leo-africa <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/leo-africa>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3JKQrCo <https://bit.ly/3JKQrCo>* *REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/3JovUC8 <https://bit.ly/3JovUC8>* *TWITTER @GigLibraries <https://bit.ly/3mVyjwD> @librarian_nkem @AfLIACon @VerengaiMabika @InternetSociety @larrypress @DominguezHills #leo #Starlink #libraries #africa #InternetForEveryone* *MASTODON #Starlink <https://mastodon.social/tags/Starlink>* *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/* <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/> (AI Captions) *https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica <https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica>/* (AI Captions) *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/leo-africa <https://archive.org/details/leo-africa>* *Permalink https://isoc.live/16431 <https://isoc.live/16431>* -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -