{"id":7943,"date":"2022-01-21T19:05:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T19:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikiinafrica.org\/?p=7943"},"modified":"2026-02-10T19:05:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T19:05:47","slug":"wikiafrica-houroffline-technology-bridges-the-access-part-of-the-digital-divide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wikiinafrica.org\/fr\/2022\/01\/21\/wikiafrica-houroffline-technology-bridges-the-access-part-of-the-digital-divide\/","title":{"rendered":"WikiAfrica Hour:Offline technology bridges the access part of the digital divide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a world where over 4 billion individuals are disconnected either by electricity or the internet, it\u2019s a situation that could put a big hole in the quest for free and open knowledge. This whole could make it longer and harder to achieve equality when it comes to free and open knowledge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some very interesting initiatives have taken it upon themselves to reach and carry-along, the left-behind disconnected population, through the use of technologies that give access to free knowledge, and those that help one to contribute to free knowledge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the episode 9 of WikiAfrica Hour, Ceslause Ogbonnaya had some guests who are working to solve this digital divide by building offline tech bridge!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guests include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/meta.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/User:Doc_James\">James Heilman<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/meta.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Wiki_Project_Med_Foundation\">WikiProject Med Foundation<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/meta.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/User:Anthere\">Florence Devouard<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/meta.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/WikiFundi\">WikiFundi<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/meta.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/User:Aboubacarkhoraa\">Aboubacar Keita<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/meta.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/WikiChallenge_Ecoles_d%27Afrique\">WikiChallenge \u00c9coles d\u2019Afrique<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/meta.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/User:Ruby_D-Brown\">Ruby D-Brown<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/meta.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Open_Foundation_West_Africa\">Open Foundation West Africa<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5172 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikiinafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-16-091106-300x145.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"631\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikiinafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-16-091106-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wikiinafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-16-091106-768x372.png 768w, https:\/\/www.wikiinafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-16-091106.png 1018w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>There is a lot of people globally, who need access to healthcare information <\/em><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8211; James Heilman<\/em><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Episode 9 was aired live on the 28th January 2022 at 16:00 UTC and was hosted by Ceslause Ogbonnaya. You can watch this episode below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"#9 Offline technology bridges the access part of the digital divide\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jarDvczUxgY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a world where over 4 billion individuals are disconnected either by electricity or the internet, it\u2019s a situation that could put a big hole in the quest for free and open knowledge. This whole could make it longer and harder to achieve equality when it comes to free and open knowledge. 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