connectivity Infrastructure Risk How fragile is the internet in Africa? 01/06/2024 markhawkins 24th February 2024:: Three cables were cut in the Red Sea (Seacom/TGN-EA, EIG, and AAE-1). The initial speculation stated that…
Climate Change Navigation Safety and security GPS Jamming & a solar lantern review 12/05/2024 markhawkins In this month’s article, I am covering two topics. First, GPS jamming which has become a significant challenge in some…
connectivity Infrastructure Services to affected communities How to connect communities 30/04/2024 markhawkins Last month, I raised my concerns about how the Humanitarian Sector are pressing ahead with digital solutions but not considering…
connectivity Infrastructure Services to affected communities We need to talk about connectivity for digital programming! 01/04/2024 markhawkins Across the Aid Sector (UN and NGOs) there is amazing progress made in the digital programming space (also known as…
connectivity Emergency Response Satellite Communication Direct to satellite to mobile telecoms 31/03/2024 markhawkins A few years ago, I wrote an article about new project from AST Space Mobile which uses satellites to provide…
connectivity New technologies Risk Satellite Communication Disrupting the Sat-coms Sector 08/09/2022 markhawkins Over the past few weeks, we have seen two major announcements about how we may be able to access satellite…
connectivity Covid-19 Infrastructure Services to affected communities How to build a Covid-19 clinic in the Global South 10/01/2021 markhawkins In this article, I want to share a design I have created for a “Pop up Covid-19 Vaccination Clinic” Its…
Covid-19 Energy Home Worker – Solar Energy Bench Test 07/04/2020 markhawkins In the last edition, I highlighted the challenges faced by home workers who live in locations where the power supply…
Covid-19 Energy Solving the energy problem for the Covid-19 homeworker in an off-grid enviorment 28/03/2020 markhawkins Over the next few weeks, I am going to be focusing on technical topics which can may assist the aid…
Covid-19 Energy Solving the energy storage problem 27/02/2020 markhawkins Around the world, the use of wind and solar farms is increasing as the efficiency of panels and wind generators…
