filming what connectivity really does

mini-documentary video production scripting & narrative impact storytelling
Mawingu × Microsoft
client

Mawingu × Microsoft

sector

connectivity · digital inclusion

01 · the challenge

In 2013, Microsoft’s 4Afrika initiative and a Nanyuki ISP called Mawingu began a bold experiment: TV white spaces and solar-powered base stations delivering affordable internet to communities the grid had left behind. A decade on — through the Microsoft Airband Initiative — that experiment had grown into Kenya’s largest rural ISP, connecting special needs schools where AI and assistive technology were changing what education could be. The partners needed more than a report on this impact. They needed it witnessed — a film that could carry the story from a Machakos classroom to a global audience.

02 · the approach
narrative & scripts A full production plan, run of show and scripted narration arc — from the Nanyuki origin story to the national Airband movement — with tailored interview frameworks for every executive, teacher and student on camera.
leadership on camera Interviews with Mawingu’s CEO, Head of Marketing and Head of Impact in Nairobi, and Microsoft’s Partnerships and Accessibility & AI teams — the strategic voice of a ten-year partnership.
the schools themselves On the ground at Masaku Special School in Machakos, Kambi Ya Juu Integrated School in Isiolo and Likii Special School in Nanyuki — the original pilot site — filming students using screen readers, text-to-speech and AI-powered Braille conversion.
edit & delivery Historical footage of the first white-space installations cut against present-day fibre and wireless networks — a before-and-after arc closing on a single call to action: support digital inclusion, empower every child.

the outcome

03 · the outcome
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counties filmed — Nairobi, Machakos, Isiolo and Nanyuki, where the story began

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special needs schools on camera — students, teachers and the technology changing their classrooms

10+

years of partnership — from the first TV white-space pilot to a nationwide Airband movement, told in one film

Two global technology brands trusted Dotsavvy to find the human story inside their infrastructure — and film it where it lives .

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