For too long, a simple fact has defined the global economy: where you are born determines your access to opportunity. The systems we’ve built—for energy, for connectivity, for commerce—were designed for the center, leaving the frontiers and rural communities on the outside looking in.
This has created a world of dependence, extraction, and untapped human potential.
At DeReticular, we believe this is not a law of nature. It’s a design flaw. And it’s time for a new design. We are not here to bring the old, broken system to the last mile. We are here to provide the tools for communities to build a new, better system for themselves.
Today, we are sharing the blueprint for that future. We are building the world’s first full-stack operating system for community empowerment.
The Solution: The Innovation Hub
Imagine a thriving local economy. What does it need? It needs reliable, clean power. It needs affordable, always-on connectivity. It needs tools for commerce and education. It needs empowered entrepreneurs to create jobs.
Instead of waiting for a dozen different companies or charities to maybe, one day, provide a piece of that puzzle, we deliver the whole solution in one integrated, turnkey ecosystem: The Innovation Hub.
An Innovation Hub is the foundation for a 21st-century local economy. It’s a complete stack of physical and digital infrastructure, co-built with local leaders, that gives a community everything it needs to prosper.
The Stack: The Integrated Engines of DeReticular
Our strength lies in providing every layer of the solution, all designed to work together as one seamless organism.
- The Foundation (The Brain) – DeReticular (RIOS): The operating system for the community. RIOS is a secure, local digital platform that ensures a community owns and controls its most valuable asset: its data.
- The Power (The Heart) – Agra.energy: We deploy clean, reliable energy with solar+battery “Energy Hubs,” ending dependence on costly, polluting diesel and unlocking productivity.
- The Connection (The Nervous System) – Trifi Wireless: We build community-owned mesh networks that provide high-speed, local connectivity that is always on—even if the internet goes down.
- The Economic Engines (The Hands) – Kurb Kars & Digital Adventures: We provide “businesses-in-a-box,” like our electric vehicle platform, that run on the Hub’s infrastructure and create immediate jobs and revenue.
- The Human Potential (The Spirit) – Biz Builder Mike: We provide world-class entrepreneurial training to local leaders, teaching them how to build successful businesses on this new foundation.
Proof, Not Promises: The Kaabong Story
This isn’t just a theory; it’s a reality in the making. In Kaabong, Uganda, we partnered with the Bukap Dyang Coffee Cooperative. Their biggest challenge wasn’t growing coffee; it was the fact that nearly 30% of their harvest spoiled due to a lack of power for cold storage.
Our Agra.energy solution is designed to reduce that loss to under 5%.
Their second challenge was selling their crop for a fair price. By connecting them to real-time market data through Trifi Wireless and RIOS, they can bypass middlemen and increase their income by over 15%. This single project is projected to create more than a dozen new, sustainable jobs in the community.
This is the DeReticular model: providing the tools that unlock a community’s own immense potential.
Our North Star: A Future Built on Partnership
We cannot do this alone. Our model is built on partnership. We work with:
- Local Champions who lead the deployment in their own communities.
- Development Banks and NGOs who share our vision and provide the capital to build this essential infrastructure.
- Entrepreneurs who see the opportunity and are ready to build.
The future is not about finding the next big thing from a distant metropolis. It’s about empowering millions of people to build a million new things, right where they are. It’s a future that is decentralized, community-owned, and resilient.
It’s a future we are building, together. Join us.
