January, 2021: Dr. Ssembatya’s wife and daughter both contracted grave cases of COVID 19. In order to pay for their medical care, he was forced to sell his home, medical practice, and other property. We are sorry to report that, despite Dr. Ssembatya’s best efforts, his wife passed away from COVID 19. Their daughter Natasha recovered.

Internet for Humanity has installed more than 15 mini-computer labs at schools and farmer co-ops. These internet cafes offer both e-mail and web browsing.

▪ Cell-phone networks started gaining traction in Africa. Internet data via cell-phone modem was 10 times faster than HF-Radio, and the modems

Internet for Humanity operated an HF-Radio-E-Mail system with base at ZFDS, and remote sites throughout Zambia and Mozambique. Several lives were directly saved during a major flood on the Zambezi River at the town of Sena, Mozambique.

Internet for Humanity (formerly Radio-E-Mail Connections Unlimited – REMCU) began as a dream of Nzolantima Swasisa (Nzola), when he was working for Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) in his native land of Democratic Republic of Congo.  Nzola shared his dream with Robert Porter in Luanda, Angola in 1996, where they were both associated with MAF.  When Nzola came to Victoria in 1998 to study electronics, they renewed their friendship and the dream to extend e-mail communications to the farthest reaches of undeveloped Africa.