The group requires a total of $1.16 million to maintain and enhance services across 11 business areas in the region.
TThe Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) has secured $50,000 to improve internet connectivity for humanitarian organizations responding to terrorism in northeastern Nigeria.
The group requires a total of $1.16 million to maintain and enhance services across 11 business areas in the region.
ETC is a global network of organizations that work together to provide shared communications services during humanitarian disasters.
Last month, this donation enabled ETC to provide data connectivity to 1,230 users at 91 institutions.
There are 14 United Nations agencies and 77 NGOs operating in the region.
The configuration, installation, and assembly of the two CrisisNet kits was also a highlight for aid workers.
The CrisisNet Kit is a portable connectivity solution designed to provide Internet access to humanitarian workers in areas where national networks are unavailable or unreliable.
As part of ETC’s ambition to upgrade its cyber security architecture, Cluster worked with WFP to test newly purchased firewall cyber security equipment integrated into the ETC connectivity network.
“ETC is currently monitoring firewall performance and adjusting needs based on feedback before deploying the same solution in seven other locations,” said Oluwashina Oni, ETC Information Management Director. Masu.
Northeastern Nigeria is a center of terrorism, primarily carried out by Islamic extremist groups such as Boko Haram.
Thousands of people have been killed and 1.2 million displaced since the violence began in 2009. Certain communications infrastructure has been compromised. This deterred business operators from investing.
