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Sewasew presentation IAD DCS 2022
Sewasew is a crowdsourced, multi-language platform that aims to address the lack of local content about Africa on the internet. While internet adoption in Africa has increased, local content remains scarce compared to other regions. Sewasew launched in 2016 and has since expanded to over 200,000 articles across four African languages. The platform seeks to increase adoption, form more content partnerships across Africa, and expand to additional regions to further bring Africa's knowledge online.
Sewasew presentation IAD DCS 2022
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- 2. History Of Things •Internet adoption in Africa has been the lowest in the world • Major operating systems had issues supporting African local languages • Minimal infrastructure • High cost of ownership
- 3. But Things Changed •Operating systems are (can be easily) localized • Infrastructure expansion has shown significant progress • Cost of acquisition is also reduced. As a result: • Millions are joining the online community from different access surfaces in Africa!
- 4. The sad reality •Local content about different aspect of life in Africa is missing from the Internet! • There are more than twice wiki articles about France than the whole of Africa! • Antarctica has more wiki articles than any other country in Africa!
- 5. Bringing Africa’s Knowledge ToThe Internet! • Aspires to address the lack local content (indigenous knowledge) on the Internet! • Crowd sourced multi language platform • Localized into four languages 5
- 6. Timeline 2016 Initial platform releaseand Establishement 2017 Key partnerships with content powerhouses (Addis Ababa Univeristy and Wemezekir) was signed. 2019 Seed funding is secured from the crowd on kickstarter! 2020 Fully localized instances were launched in Amharic, English, Tigrigna and Afan Oromo! 2022 Hit 200K articles mark across all localized instances!
- 7. What’s Next? • Increaseplatform adoption • More partnerships with content providers • Expansion to more regions in Africa!
- 8. What can youdo? • Awareness Creation • Access to media and other advocacy platforms • Sustainability • Access to capital • Endorsement to donors, investors and potential content partners • Access to leadership trainings
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