TY - GEN
T1 - Empowering smart communities
T2 - Electrification, education, and sustainable entrepreneurship in IEEE Smart Village Initiatives
AU - Anderson, Alexander
AU - Loomba, Paras
AU - Orajaka, Ifeanyi
AU - Numfor, Jude
AU - Saha, Shammya
AU - Janko, Samantha
AU - Johnson, Nathan
AU - Podmore, Robin
AU - Larsen, Ray
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2013 IEEE.
PY - 2017/6
Y1 - 2017/6
N2 - Electrification is indisputably one of the most effective ways to provide billions of people with clean water, sanitation, access to education, medical services, and communication technologies, which are objectives recently outlined in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Electrification is also one of the integral parts in creating a solid educational foundation for vocational training and collaborative worldwide idea-sharing among current and future visionaries, entrepreneurs, and leaders striving to bring their communities together in creating community-based infrastructure and sustainable business opportunities.
AB - Electrification is indisputably one of the most effective ways to provide billions of people with clean water, sanitation, access to education, medical services, and communication technologies, which are objectives recently outlined in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Electrification is also one of the integral parts in creating a solid educational foundation for vocational training and collaborative worldwide idea-sharing among current and future visionaries, entrepreneurs, and leaders striving to bring their communities together in creating community-based infrastructure and sustainable business opportunities.
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U2 - 10.1109/MELE.2017.2685738
DO - 10.1109/MELE.2017.2685738
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85020750871
SN - 2325-5897
VL - 5
SP - 6
EP - 16
JO - IEEE Electrification Magazine
JF - IEEE Electrification Magazine
ER -