Keeping the World Alive: An Alternative Story for Funding Community Networks

This paper analyzes the financing models of Community Networks (CNs) in rural areas of the global south. The author questions the sustainability promoted by current financial models, arguing that they emphasize production over reproduction, which contributes to the climate crisis. Despite the challenges, the author sees in NCs an opportunity to reimagine financing models for global welfare, possibly through innovative combinations with financial technologies. The paper highlights the need to prioritize reproductive forces, proposing a reconfiguration of financial and telecommunications technologies to support life-sustaining activities.