"Intelsat and Mindset Network NPC, an award-winning developer and distributor of educational materials in Africa, announced they have formally extended their partnership to ensure students, out-of-school youth, teachers, healthcare professionals and patients across Africa have access to high-quality and free educational television and online content.
Intelsat has partnered with Mindset since the nonprofit was founded in 2002, providing free access to satellite capacity and technology that allows Mindset to rapidly and efficiently broadcast and IP multicast its educational content to over 1,600 schools and 1,025 healthcare facilities across just South Africa.
This partnership extension comes at a time when nearly 300 million students throughout Africa have been impacted by school closures and other learning disruptions due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), according to UNESCO. Given the scope and scale of the impending crisis sweeping across Africa, Mindset and Intelsat are offering a free, unencrypted channel that allows governments, departments of education, broadcasters and nongovernmental organizations across Sub-Saharan Africa within Intelsat’s satellite coverage area to downlink and redistribute Mindset’s Learn channel.
Mindset educational resources focus on topics such as COVID-19, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, Ebola, child survival, science, mathematics, information technology and English. In addition to the broadcast, and IP streaming and multicasting distribution that Intelsat assists with, Mindset also delivers its educational content through multimedia, DVDs and print materials and their newly launched App."

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• Angola
• Botswana
• Cameroon
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Kenya
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• South Africa
• United Republic of Tanzania
• Zimbabwe

Yes, Intelsat’s network covers 99% of the world’s populated areas – even those in remote and hard-to-reach places.

This project has endured for 18 years, and we anticipate sustaining it for years to come.

As the foundational architects of satellite technology, Intelsat operates the world’s largest and most advanced satellite fleet and connectivity infrastructure. We apply our unparalleled expertise and the global scale of our network to connect people, businesses, and communities – no matter how difficult the challenge. With an integrated space-terrestrial network reaching 99% of the world’s populated areas, Intelsat is uniquely positioned to help communities and business digitally transform. In Africa alone, Intelsat technology has played an integral role in bringing critical information and education content, and in connecting people throughout the continent for decades. For this project, Mindset broadcasts their health and education channels to clinics and schools across Africa using capacity on Intelsat 17 at 66°E.