Inveneo is a non-profit social enterprise offering non-centralized and sustainable approaches for providing Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) systems.   

Inveneo focuses on designing, integrating and supporting affordable technology systems that match the needs of people and organizations in under-served areas of the world with complete, ready-to-install solutions.    They share designs, equipment specifications and open source software, so that the systems can be created, adapted and supported locally.

Their goal is the same as ours here at Peace Website: to make ICT more available and sustainable so that it can be used to by organizations to build capacity towards delivering vital services and tools that improve lives. Inveneo website excerpts:

"For these rural communities, access to ICTs can transform their lives in simple, yet profound ways.

Non-Government Organizations (NGOs), local governments and entrepreneurs that provide these communities vital services also need ICT tools such as low-power computing, telephony and Internet access. ICT plays a key role in expanding the availability of their services to empower people in these communities to improve their own lives. For these rural communities access to ICT can mean: 

• The difference between life and death (telehealth services)
• The ability for villagers to earn more for their crops (economic development)
• A better future for rural children (education)
• Faster and better help in crises (humanitarian and emergency assistance)
• Generating income by providing communications services (entrepreneurial applications)
• The ability to communicate with neighbors and the world.  

Until now, there were few alternatives for these organizations to acquire and deploy ICTs for their projects and programs. They could develop their own solution, they could engage expensive consultants, or, they could take what was available. In many cases the ICT was not sustainable due to cost, complexity, lack of ruggedness and countless other issues.

Their First Solution

An affordable, solar-powered, easy-to-install system for building Internet and telecommunications networks in rural areas with little or no access to electricity or affordable communications infrastructure."

A Fully Integrated System

Inveneo offers a fully engineered and integrated system which addresses computing, telephony, connectivity to the Internet and PSTN, local area networking and software application that is ready-to-use after installation.  

This enables the organization to focus on providing their services, rather than spending precious time and resources on developing unique ICT solutions that are not sustainable or cost effective.

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