Nic Bidwell writes on community networks research she conducted with APC in 2018 where she shares her observations and specifically recommends a re-think of the way activists and technologists think of what is emphasised as value within community networks:
http://peerproduction.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Bidwell_Tragedies-in-Translation-Fostering-Community-Networks-in-the-Global-South.pdf