Andrew Atkinson

Founder of a community that "connects the unconnected". With a mission to connect 1 billion unconnected people people to the internet, unconnected.org crowdfunds and implement projects around the world that bridge the digital divide. We focus on keeping schools and students connected, as well as bringing rural villages, farmers and impoverished communities into the economy by funding their mobile or satellite connections. Working within the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals, unconnected.org is playing a small part in reducing poverty and inequality as well as providing opportunities for people to be included in commerce, education and the economy, often for the first time.

WorkBench is a strategy and planning consulting firm, with a unique view on how sustainability plays into your next phase of growth. Providing services to tech and telecom companies, recent projects include: o A multinational fintech firm that focuses on remittance products from migrants and refugees to the developing world o An innovative global eSIM marketplace startup o The market entry planning for an a new mobile tech entrant into Mexico o A blockchain and cryptocurrency business providing technology solutions to the NGO community o An edge computing startup in the USA o Market entry planning for a mobile operator into Ecuador o Board advisory work for a multi-national mobile operator o Programme management to launch a mobile operator in Ghana o Market research and a regulatory license application in Ghana o A regulatory license application for an IoT operator in Saudi Arabia o An innovative digital marketplace for car dealerships in the USA WorkBench typically starts a project when it is nothing but a new idea, structures the strategy and business plan and orchestrates roll out as a programme manager.