What it is

A rural cyberspace and analytics platform. It is a social-media based platform with data sheets, that can be hosted through small businesses by anyone in a village to facilitate everyone’s access to rural-relevant internet content and digital tools and generate data on the usage, outcomes and impact as well as the associated social-economic and environmental indicators, that can be used by donors and development services providers to design cost-effective permanent solutions.

It is one of social-impact commercial services/products under development and demonstration by 3rdWorld Xplorations, a budding research and extension data collection services supporting agency with a mission to extremely reduce the costs while improving data accuracy and ethics using technology, anthropology and local small businesses in the rural areas, through local agents. The platform is expected to be launched towards end of 2025

It’s Purpose

The platform mission is to help rural communities harness internet and other digital technologies and simultaneously generate data that donors and development services providers, including researchers, government and entrepreneurs, can use to design cost-effective permanent solutions that widely, effectively and efficiently impact everyone, even the most disadvantaged.

Specifically, the platform attempts to help rural communities’ know about, access and use internet content and digital tools, if they seek to easily access information and simplify various tasks and generate data on usage, outcomes and impact to help accelerated designing of cost-effective permanent solutions by donors and development services providers, including researchers, government and entrepreneurs.

The vision is to get every necessary information and data for rural development research, extension and business services/activities organized into one place and easily accessible to everyone by 2030

3rdWorld Xplorations’ Product Mission

Pioneering and leading the facilitation of penetration and ordinary use of internet and other advanced technologies by rural communities to help those aiming or seeking to challenge inequalities

“extending global boundaries to help those seeking to challenge inequalities”

3rdWorld Xplorations’ Vision

A world where everyone has equal access to social services and sustainable development opportunities

“equal opportunities for all”

How It Works

Any rural local resident with strong will can become an internet agent to facilitate rural access to internet and other digital technologies through their local businesses or community-based organizations, if they seek to simplify, improve and reduce the cost of their social-economic activities, access to information and communicating with development services providers and businesses.

As a commercial service, development services providers and businesses will be able to access detailed information and analytics of rural usage and application of internet and digital tools and measure the impact and learn the local change models through low-cost premium subscription and customized packages. On the other hand, the rural communities will be able to buy groceries and hire farm machinery at low cost and organize better markets for their farm produce and eco-tourism activities through local 3rdWorld service centers. Whilst, the frontline service, the dissemination or access to online-based technologies/knowledge (information) and digital applications (solutions), the “internet”, will be available at free of charge to all.