Event:WAH Episode 42 - Offline Wikis, the need and the available options

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WikiAfrica Hour is a monthly live discussion that supports the activities of the WikiAfrica movement and Wikimedians across Africa.

WikiAfrica Hour's intention is to: Share current updates and highlights of African Wikimedian activities Interact with guest(s) (if any), and take questions from community members Promote synergy within the Wiki community by discussing topics, projects, constraints, collaborations, and opportunities.

Description

Not all places have the stable access to the internet, and as the Wikimedia community aims at equity and variability, we need to focus on finding methods to reach places with little connectivity to guarantee free knowledge distribution everywhere. In this episode, guests who have had experience working on offline projects and initiatives will discuss their methods, ways of housing and distributing static content, and what support is offered from the Wikimedia Foundation, chapters and user groups. We will also analyse examples of settled offline projects that serve Africa's Wikimedia communities and beyond.

Guest Host

• Nichole Saad: Former Senior Program Manager, Education. Through founding the Open Learning Collective, she helps organisations around the world develop innovative education programs, empower teachers with effective training, and navigate complex education policies.

Guests

• Stephane Coillet-Matillon partnered with Emmanuel Engelhart to grow Kiwix, a neat software making internet content accessible to people without permanent connectivity.
• Tim Moody spends most of his time trying to make Internet in a Box useful to children and adults who lack a connection to the World Wide Web. He dreams of a day when the Library of Alexandria and the House of Wisdom are in everyone's hands.
• Maxwell Beganim, an Open enthusiast ,educator and a sustainability leader. He pioneered the implementation of Kiwix and digital literacy in Senior high schools in Ghana. He is currently the Africa (Anglophone) Coordinator for Open Knowledge Foundation Network. A Cofounder of the Ghanaian Languages Wikimedia
• Michael Graaf, Michael is a Wiki evangelist with more emphasis on promoting access than engagement with editing. For example, making offline (Kiwix) installations available to people without the internet. He is a lifelong activist, now for the democratic South Africa to live up to its potential, first in terms of environmental justice and now also, informational justice.

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