Carlos Rey-Moreno

Dr. Carlos Rey-Moreno is a telecommunications engineer with a background in development studies. He has been involved in rural connectivity projects in underserved areas for more than 10 years, initially in Latin America, and more recently as one of the founders of Zenzeleni Networks, a community-owned ISP providing affordable communications in rural Eastern Cape, South Africa.

In studying how to scale Zenzeleni Networks, he has participated in the deployment of another community network in Namibia, mapped the community network initiatives in Africa, co-organised the first three editions of the Summit of Community Networks in Africa, and authored an in-depth report on the topic.

Currently, he is with the Association for Progressive Communications, coordinating a project aimed at creating the conditions for community networks to flourish in the global South.