📋About
Big Box briefcase-sized Wi-Fi device transforming internet connectivity in schools, clinics and refugee camps globally; Get Box home Wi-Fi device for digitally excluded UK households; Community Wi-Fi pilot connecting UK community spaces; Big Box V1 development with solar power and 5G capability; partnerships with UNICEF, IOM, local authorities, NGOs and community organisations; Digital Lifelines evaluation; UK Government Digital Inclusion Action Plan evidence submission
Custom geography from upload: UK-wide and global (14 countries including UK, Kenya, Uganda, DRC, India, Tanzania, Colombia, Greece, France, Ghana, Burundi, Ethiopia, Thailand, USA)
📊Key Metrics
2,087 people connected; 1.4 million hours of connectivity delivered; 26,000+ new boxes distributed across 14 countries
Key Metric 1
87 Big Boxes deployed globally to schools, clinics and refugee camps; 2,000 Get Boxes deployed to digitally excluded UK households via 80+ partners
Key Metric 2
200 Get Boxes distributed to Coventry temporary accommodation residents connected 1,750 devices used by 1,240 individuals; Digital Lifelines report findings informed debate in the House of Lords
Key Metric 3
✅Key Outcomes
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Get Box recommended as a 'collaborative innovation' providing connectivity 'to those most in need' by Good Things Foundation's Tackling Data Poverty report
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Peru pilot with LAFF connected three partner charities in Cusco with Big Box, enabling students previously unable to rely on internet to complete homework, conduct research and learn digital skills
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£1,762,139 total income in 2024/25; corporate partnerships contributed £844,061 (85% of recognised income); Jangala joined UN Emergency Telecommunications Cluster and Internet Society Foundation BOLT Grant programme