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Dominica

Closing the digital divide, expanding meaningful connectivity, and advancing digital education and workforce participation.

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Dominica

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North America

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Population (2024)
66,205
Total area
751 km²
Area in square miles
289.96 mi²
Coastline
148 km
Base map adapted from Wikimedia Commons. Population: World Bank (2024); geography: CIA World Factbook.

National digital inclusion context

A portfolio-based view of access, capability, and outcomes.

This profile organizes the initiatives directly connected to Dominica in the global research inventory. It follows the study's country-profile framework: national context, broadband infrastructure, inclusion practices, education and workforce connections, implementation actors, and intended contribution.

The documented portfolio emphasizes Fiber / Fixed Broadband Infrastructure, Data Center / Cloud Infrastructure, Infrastructure Planning / Mapping / Funding, Fiber/Fiber Optic, Data Center/Centre. The profile treats infrastructure, affordability, capability, institutions, support, and outcomes as an interconnected system.

Portfolio pattern

What the documented response contains.

Counts reflect source-workbook tags. One initiative may appear in multiple infrastructure or technology categories.

Infrastructure and access

  1. Fiber / Fixed Broadband Infrastructure3
  2. Data Center / Cloud Infrastructure1
  3. Infrastructure Planning / Mapping / Funding1
  4. Institutional / School Connectivity Infrastructure1
  5. Last-Mile / Access Infrastructure1

Specific technologies

  1. Fiber/Fiber Optic3
  2. Data Center/Centre1
  3. Microwave1
  4. Satellite Broadband1
  5. Telehealth/Telemedicine1

Intervention classification

  1. Infrastructure and Specific Technology5
  2. Infrastructure only2
  3. Neither explicitly identified2
  4. Specific Technology only1

Education and workforce

Connectivity becomes consequential through participation.

2 initiatives explicitly connect to education, K–12, or college/university contexts, and 1 connect to workforce development. Other investments may enable these outcomes indirectly.

Access

Networks, service availability, devices, and connection quality.

Capability

Skills, confidence, accessibility, navigation, and support.

Participation

Education, work, health, government, and civic opportunity.

Sustainability

Governance, operations, maintenance, funding, and learning.

Project and initiative portfolio

10 documented records

Every directly tagged record is shown with details and supporting URLs preserved from the research workbook.

01

Satellite backup connectivity

Business Continuity Satellite Connectivity

Recovery/resilience implementation · National critical-service locations
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Status / periodRecovery/resilience implementationLocationNational critical-service locationsPopulationBusinesses and public institutionsOrganizationsGovernment of Dominica

Adds satellite technology as backup for fiber/microwave to maintain connectivity after disasters.

Activities and approach: Satellite connectivity

Fiber / Fixed Broadband InfrastructureMobile / Wireless InfrastructureSatellite InfrastructureFiber/Fiber Optic
02

Inclusive digital connectivity

Caribbean Digital Transformation – Digital Connectivity

2020–ongoing · Nationwide
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Status / period2020–ongoingLocationNationwidePopulationCitizens, businesses and governmentOrganizationsGovernment of Dominica; World Bank

World Bank project strengthens digital connectivity and service access.

Activities and approach: Connectivity infrastructure and policy

Telecommunications / Broadband Infrastructure
03

Digital public services

Caribbean Digital Transformation – Digital Government Services

2020–ongoing · Nationwide
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Status / period2020–ongoingLocationNationwidePopulationCitizens and businessesOrganizationsGovernment of Dominica; World Bank

Modernizes public services and expands access through digital channels.

Activities and approach: Digital government platforms

04

Indigenous digital inclusion

Caribbean Digital Transformation – Kalinago Digital Skills Programme

2022–2023 · Kalinago Territory
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Status / period2022–2023LocationKalinago TerritoryPopulationKalinago peopleOrganizationsGovernment of Dominica; World Bank

Targeted digital-skills training addresses disparities affecting the Indigenous Kalinago community.

Activities and approach: Digital-skills training

Education
05

School connectivity planning

Giga School Connectivity Mapping

Ongoing participation · Schools nationwide
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Status / periodOngoing participationLocationSchools nationwidePopulationStudents and teachersOrganizationsGovernment; ITU; UNICEF

Maps and measures school Internet connectivity to prepare universal school connectivity interventions.

Activities and approach: School mapping; speed tests

Institutional / School Connectivity InfrastructureInfrastructure Planning / Mapping / Funding
EducationK–12
06

Government broadband

Government Wide Area Network Upgrade

Recovery/resilience implementation · Government facilities
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Status / periodRecovery/resilience implementationLocationGovernment facilitiesPopulationCitizens and public servantsOrganizationsGovernment of Dominica

Upgrades the GWAN to improve resilient digital public-service connectivity.

Activities and approach: Government WAN/fiber

Fiber / Fixed Broadband InfrastructureLast-Mile / Access InfrastructureFiber/Fiber Optic
07

Public Internet access

Public Wi-Fi at Tourism Sites

Recovery/resilience implementation · Key tourism sites
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Status / periodRecovery/resilience implementationLocationKey tourism sitesPopulationResidents, businesses and visitorsOrganizationsGovernment of Dominica

Adds shared public Internet access and supports tourism-sector digital inclusion.

Activities and approach: Public Wi-Fi

Public Wi-Fi / Community Network InfrastructureWi-Fi
08

Data-centre infrastructure

Resilient Government Data Centres

Recovery/resilience implementation · Government data sites
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Status / periodRecovery/resilience implementationLocationGovernment data sitesPopulationCitizens and public agenciesOrganizationsGovernment of Dominica

Establishes high-tech data centres for secure, resilient storage and digital services.

Activities and approach: Data centres; resilient hosting

Data Center / Cloud InfrastructureData Center/Centre
09

National fiber broadband

Resilient Modern ICT Network – National Fiber Build

Recovery/resilience implementation · Nationwide
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Status / periodRecovery/resilience implementationLocationNationwidePopulationHouseholds, businesses and institutionsOrganizationsGovernment of Dominica

Builds resilient fiber infrastructure after Hurricane Maria to strengthen national connectivity.

Activities and approach: Underground/overhead fiber

Fiber / Fixed Broadband InfrastructureFiber/Fiber Optic
10

Health broadband

Telemedicine Connectivity Programme

Recovery/resilience implementation · Health facilities
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Status / periodRecovery/resilience implementationLocationHealth facilitiesPopulationPatients and health workersOrganizationsGovernment of Dominica

Uses advanced communications equipment and connectivity to enable telemedicine.

Activities and approach: Health broadband; telemedicine equipment

Telehealth/Telemedicine
Workforce

Evidence boundary

Read the portfolio as a starting point, not a final verdict.

Project records document interventions and intended contributions; they do not alone prove nationwide coverage, causal impact, or durable closure.

Profiles will deepen as national statistics, policy documents, evaluations, and implementation evidence are incorporated. Source links allow inspection of underlying evidence.

Evidence and contextProfile Sources

These sources support the country-level demographic, geographic, and connectivity context. Sources tied to individual projects remain with their project records and are not repeated here.

  1. Central Intelligence Agency. (n.d.). Dominica. The World Factbook. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/dominica/
  2. International Telecommunication Union. (n.d.). ITU DataHub: Country ICT data. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://datahub.itu.int/
  3. World Bank. (n.d.). Individuals using the Internet (% of population): Dominica. World Development Indicators. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IT.NET.USER.ZS?locations=DM
  4. World Bank. (n.d.). Population, total: Dominica. World Development Indicators. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?locations=DM

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