e-Communications Research Group is a Malawian research firm working across broadband, the Internet of Things, RF engineering, climate-data systems and the policy that frames them. In 2013 we were named the country's Centre of Excellence in ICT, and we still build what we recommend.
We work from the radio spectrum and the hardware that uses it, up through the software and data layered on top, to the policy that governs the whole.
Low-cost, long-range data-transmission networks, including TV White Spaces links that connect schools, hospitals and community radios, backed by patent-holding antenna and RF expertise.
Web and mobile applications, OCR-based data rescue, and wireless sensor networks for agriculture, health and environmental monitoring, turning field measurements into live, usable data.
Independent spectrum-use audits, rigorous baseline surveys with SMART indicators, and advisory on ICT and science, technology & innovation policy, the work donors increasingly ask for.
Founded by an internationally recognised engineer-academic, eCRG pairs academic depth with field-proven engineering. Our deliverables have a habit of becoming national infrastructure and, in the case of TV White Spaces, national regulation.
Regulation-shaping : Our TVWS work for rural broadband led MACRA to draft new regulations, opening the technology to commercial use in Malawi from 2019.
Internationally published : Our Malawi deployments feature in the UN Broadband Commission's State of Broadband 2015 report, IEEE Spectrum and peer-reviewed proceedings.
An OCR system to extract rainfall data from hard-copy records into a database, a web app for automatic analysis, and a mobile app capturing real-time climate data from EPAs in Neno and Zomba to the DCCMS server.
Sampling methodology, data collection and quality checks, SMART early-warning indicators, a comprehensive baseline report and a stakeholders' validation workshop. Funded by GEF with UNDP technical support.
A low-cost, long-range network connecting public and community institutions over available TV channels, supporting schools and hospitals in Zomba and Mulanje, and informing national TVWS regulation.
An internationally recognised engineer-academic, supported by a multidisciplinary team of engineers and researchers. Select anyone to read their full profile.
Whether you're scoping a connectivity build, a climate-data platform or a baseline survey, that intersection is where eCRG does its best work.
