Africa

Althea in Nigeria

Written by Yakubu Yakubu, Nigerian Network Operator/Coordinator Diplomats Park Nigeria has the largest population in Africa at about 200million citizens. However, only 46% of the population have internet access via cellular carriers. Many people lack adequate and qualitative internet connectivity, This is due in part to inefficiency in coming up with innovative technological solutions that address the situation and also big telecommunication companies who would prefer to monopolise the ind

22 Apr 20204 min read

abuja

Althea Development Update #81: Phone client Beta 0 and the many fixes of router Beta 11

Without further delay, here is the Althea for Android app. You will need to use it with Beta 11 RC6 or later of the Althea router firmware. You can find a list of supported routers here.

28 Jan 20204 min read

abuja

2019 - A Year in Review

2019 has been a key year for Althea. We implemented our billing software and grew our network in Oregon. From there, we launched a training and onboarding program which brought in new network organizers, each starting a new Althea network in their community. In the latter part of the year, two new networks came to life in Tacoma and Abuja, Nigeria. In the New Year, we are looking forward to building our own blockchain on Cosmos, wifi hotspot to phone capability, and seeing many more of these net

30 Dec 20195 min read

Althea

Althea and MakerDAO partner for Abuja Network powered by Dai

Althea, a system that lets routers pay each other for bandwidth, is launching its first network in Africa in early November 2019. An initial pilot network will start with about 15 participants. A partnership between MakerDAO and Althea will then help bootstrap the expansion of the network, bringing in more gear and better bandwidth. Althea is a decentralized ISP solution, operated by local people, where neighbors resell bandwidth to neighbors, creating a distributed network of routers paying eac

04 Nov 20193 min read