The Sway4edu2 system brings rural schools online via satcoms. The setup provides access to eLearning for teachers and students, media content and other online monitoring tools and information. It is funded by ESA’s Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems programme and Openet Technologies.
A launch event on 17 June 2015 connected Tricarico primary school in the Basilicata region of Italy with the Babati Primary School in the Mpumalanga region of South Africa.