Jangala
Anna Hickman is an accomplished professional with extensive experience in operations and communications within the development sector. Currently serving as the Head of Operations at Jangala since June 2019, Anna oversees the delivery of the organization's technology and services. Prior roles include Head of Partnerships at the Overseas Development Institute and communications consultancy positions at various organizations, where responsibilities ranged from managing publication processes to conducting research and crafting impact stories. Anna also holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Cardiff University, obtained in 2013.
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Jangala
Jangala is a technology not-for-profit on a mission to connect marginalised and underserved people in communities globally to the internet - from healthcare clinics in the Himalayas, refugee camps in Kenya to schools in remote parts of India, Uganda and Colombia. We also deploy our Wi-Fi systems to support emergency relief workers and communities in humanitarian disasters, such as the recent Türkiye and Syria earthquakes. To date we’ve connected over 100,000 people with our easy to use award-winning technology. Our goal is to connect millions of people and communities to the internet enabling them to rise out of poverty, recover from disaster and for all of us to benefit from a more inclusive, equitable world. Jangala designs, manufactures and globally deploys our self-designed and self-developed products Big Box and Get Box from our base in the UK. These small portable Wi-Fi connectivity systems are easy to use and can transform any form of internet connectivity into scalable high-quality Wi-Fi. Big Box and Get Box eliminate the need for costly technical expertise making it easy to set-up Wi-Fi wherever it is needed. Proud to be Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge Winner; Clifford Chance SDG Award Winner 2022; IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Winner 2022; World Food Programme Humanitarian Innovator Accelerator Finalists 2023.