Community-Owned Broadcast & Infrastructure

The signal was always ours.

A cooperatively governed broadcast network and physical infrastructure platform — TVWS mesh broadband, community media, civic intelligence, and DAO governance — built for and by the communities it serves.

Coverage Range
10km/node
Architecture
TVWS / MaNet
Governance
DAO / Co-op
Status
Building Phase 1
Platform Architecture

Five pillars.
One village.

From the airwaves to the ballot box, The African Village integrates broadcast, economic empowerment, civic intelligence, physical infrastructure, and cooperative governance into a single community-owned platform.

01
Broadcast & Media
Community-owned streaming, radio, and local journalism. TVWS spectrum delivers broadcast to underserved neighborhoods.
02
Civic Intelligence
Decision-support data powered by Govetic: zoning, budgets, elections, parcel intelligence — surfaced for community advocates.
03
Economic Empowerment
Readra literacy integration, cooperative commerce, workforce development, and financial intelligence for community members.
04
Infrastructure Nodes
TVWS and MaNet mesh deployment. Register, monitor, and coordinate physical nodes. Build neighborhood broadband cooperatives.
05
Governance & Organizing
civicDrum voting rights intelligence, DAO proposals, coalition building, and cooperative treasury — for the long fight.
Physical Layer

Infrastructure that belongs to the neighborhood.

TVWS mesh node network diagram TVWS and MaNet nodes connected in a mesh topology across Louisville neighborhoods ANCHOR NODE NODE Anchor site Relay node Residential

TV White Space (TVWS) spectrum reaches 1–10 kilometers per node — a hundred times the range of WiFi. MaNet mesh routing means every node is both a receiver and a router. The network heals itself when a node goes down.

Technology
TV White Space (UHF/VHF) + 802.11s MaNet mesh routing (OLSR / Batman-adv)
Range
1–10 km per primary node. Relay nodes extend without new backhaul.
Anchor Sites
Churches, libraries, community centers. No new towers. No new permits.
Spectrum
FCC Part 15 unlicensed. Geolocation database query required pre-transmission. Zero spectrum fees.
Ownership
Every node registered to the cooperative. DAO votes on deployment, maintenance, and expansion.
Cooperative Governance

Owned by the village.
Governed by its members.

Village Shares are earned through contribution — content creation, node hosting, civic participation — and carry one vote per member. No investor override. No algorithm. The community decides what the platform does.

Editorial
Content policy, broadcast standards, editorial guidelines
Infrastructure
Node deployment, spectrum coordination, hardware purchases
Financial
Treasury allocation, grants, cooperative dividend distribution
Civic
Platform positions on policy, civicDrum coalition alignment
LIVE PROPOSALS
Infrastructure Proposal
Deploy three anchor nodes in West Louisville: Russell, Portland, Shawnee neighborhoods
PROPOSED BY: W. HARRIS
CLOSES: 14 DAYS
QUORUM: 15%
72% yes (144 votes)28% no
Civic Proposal
Broadcast the State of Black Louisville convening live on July 11, 2026
PROPOSED BY: civicDrum
CLOSES: 6 DAYS
91% yes9% no
Ecosystem

Part of something larger.

The African Village is the broadcast and infrastructure layer of a growing civic technology ecosystem. Each platform feeds the others. The village amplifies all of them.

Civic Intelligence
govetic.com
Govetic
Municipal decision intelligence for Louisville Metro Government. Parcel data, zoning cases, federal KnowledgePacks — surfaced to Village civic feeds.
govetic.com
Economic Empowerment
readra.org
Readra
Trauma-informed adult literacy and economic empowerment platform. Literacy modules, Jeedra AI guidance, and Biashara commerce intelligence in the Village portal.
readra.org
Governance
civicDrum
civicDrum
Cooperatively governed coalition intelligence platform for Black voting rights. Voter protection alerts and civicDrum intelligence drive Village DAO civic proposals.
Launching July 2026
Infrastructure
jirani502.com
Jirani502
Louisville neighborhood network platform. Block-level organizing data and neighborhood intelligence inform node deployment and broadcast coverage strategy.
jirani502.com
Join the Village

The infrastructure is being built now.

If you want to host a node, create content, serve on a governance council, or simply be part of a community-owned network — this is the moment to show up.

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