Earlier in 2025, a small school on the Kenyan coast called Faith Junior Academy was transformed by decentralized connectivity.
A rooftop AirNode and an educational app called Giggle Academy brought the community to a new frontier of opportunity. Children who once took lessons exclusively by hand began learning foundational skills through intuitive, gamified online modules. In the evenings, parents filled the same classrooms to upgrade their digital knowledge. The school earned rewards for maintaining the connection and reinvested them into new educational supplies. What began as a signal on a rooftop became a signal of progress for an entire community.
That success sparked a bigger question: if a single school could revolutionize education in rural Kenya, what happens in a country of 240 million people, facing one of the world’s largest connectivity and education gaps?
What happens when we take this project to Pakistan, where the World Mobile network has already connected millions?
A Country Ready for Change
Pakistan is home to over 240 million people. Nearly two-thirds are under 30. It’s a nation brimming with talent and young ambition but stunted by outdated infrastructure and limited access to education. According to DataReportal’s 2025 Global Digital Overview, only 40 percent of Pakistan’s population has access to the internet, while UNESCO reports that 22.8 million children remain out of school, the second-highest figure in the world.
Connectivity and education are two halves of the same equation. Without reliable internet, students can’t access accurate, up-to-date learning. Without current education, connectivity loses its impact, beginning and ending with online consumption.
The link between connectivity and essential services has driven us to push the boundaries of the network for years, to serve communities that need it most. Pakistan is not new to this mission. Over the last year, more than 70,000 Spark AirNodes have gone live across the country, expanding decentralized connectivity for millions of individuals, businesses, and communities. Each AirNode is managed by an Operator within World Mobile’s global sharing economy, earning rewards for expanding coverage in a nation teeming with talent.
The result is a network that grows according to the unique demands of its communities: decentralized, adaptive, and user-centered. For Pakistan, such a network can work wonders in improving access to essential services, especially education.
Bright Star Academy: Where Connectivity Meets Education
In the city of Lahore, Bright Star Academy stands as a symbol of what decentralized infrastructure can achieve when paired with a clear purpose. Working with our local partner WorldCall, we installed a Spark AirNode at the school and distributed tablets preloaded with the Giggle Academy learning app.
Giggle Academy was developed to democratize education for children in developing nations. Created by Changpeng Zhao (commonly known as CZ), co-founder and former CEO of Binance, it provides free global education for children aged 0-8, strengthening the foundational math and science knowledge of its young audience. Each lesson combines academic content with gamified exercises that build comprehension and reward growth.
The synergy between Giggle Academy and Spark AirNode connectivity is timely and purposeful. A resilient, community-owned network ensures reliable access to the internet, and a lightweight learning platform ensures every byte opens a new opportunity for the next generation of pioneers.
Previously, lessons in Bright Star were conducted exclusively through in-person classroom teaching, with little access to the internet. Now, as a complement to their existing curriculum, teachers stream educational videos and utilize gamification-driven lessons to explain key concepts and improve their students’ foundational knowledge.
For schools like Bright Star, the difference is not just technical. It’s cultural. A reliable connection changes the rhythm of a classroom. Students become more curious, teaching becomes more varied and interesting, and the school goes from being mired in outdated infrastructure to becoming a frontier of opportunity for the next generation.
“When you give people the tools to connect and learn, they become equipped to build their own future, which is the definition of reclaiming power. The project at Bright Star Academy is an important reminder that while connectivity is our core mission, it’s not the end goal for the people we connect – rather, it's a gateway to true, life-changing opportunity.” - Micky Watkins, CEO, World Mobile
Building Future Generations Through Connectivity
Bright Star Academy is a glimpse of what’s possible when decentralized infrastructure and clear purpose work together. A single AirNode has the power to revolutionize a classroom and empower a new wave of thinkers.
Every AirNode we deploy brings us closer to a future where connectivity opens more doors than traditional telecoms have historically kept shut, where every new signal represents a future pioneer taking their first steps into the digital world.
Thousands of AirNodes are catalyzing this revolution across Pakistan and the USA right now, building a decentralized network operated by people and driven by shared progress. From student to community, from shops to schools, the connectivity revolution is underway, and it’s powered by people like you.
Reclaim power. Build the next generation of pioneers.
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