<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Starlink recently announced it is connecting <a href="https://punchng.com/five-nigerian-libraries-gain-free-access-to-starlink/">libraries in Nigeria</a>, and <a href="https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/lifestyle/elon-musks-starlink-brings-high-speed-internet-to-500-schools-in-rwanda/kb4gmck">schools in Rwanda</a>. Today's commentators include ISOC's own Verengai Mabika<br><br>REAL TIME TEXT <a href="https://bit.ly/3JovUC8">https://bit.ly/3JovUC8</a><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div class="msg-8016322743967285964"><u></u>
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<p style="font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,blinkmacsystemfont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:400;margin:0;line-height:1.7;padding:0;color:#101517;margin-bottom:24px"><a href="https://isoc.live/16431" style="color:#007117;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><img src="https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/leo-africa-300x169.png" alt="isoc live" width="300" height="169" style="max-width:100%;margin-bottom:24px;clear:both;float:right;margin-left:1em;padding:4px;background-color:white;border:1px solid #ccc"></a>On <strong>Thursday March 16 2023</strong> at <strong>08:00 PDT</strong> (16:00 UTC) <strong><a href="https://gigabitlibrariesnetwork.wildapricot.org/" style="color:#007117;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Gigabit Libraries Network</a></strong> presents Session 71 in its <strong><a href="https://gigabitlibrariesnetwork.wildapricot.org/page-1712339" style="color:#007117;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Libraries in Response</a></strong> series, with the theme '<strong><a href="https://bit.ly/3JKQrCo" style="color:#007117;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Broadband from Space: In To Africa</a></strong>'</p>
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