Africa's Untold Stories and Innovations
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- 1. The African Story David Mugo – Wikimedia Kenya
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- 6. Africa Facts • Home to the tallest free standing mountain in the world (located on sea level): Mt. Kilimanjaro • Africa is the oldest inhabited territory in the world. • The great wildebeest migration is ONLY witnessed in Kenya and Tanzania • The hottest place in the world is Al’Aziziyah in Libya • 2100+ Languages spoken in Africa
- 7. Africa Facts • Some early evidence of agriculture in Africa dates from 16,000 BCE • Evolution believed to begin in East Africa • Home to the longest river in the world • More than half of all diamonds in the world come from Africa • Home to the fastest animal in the world: The Cheetah • Home to the largest land animal in the world: The African Elephant
- 11. African Innovations • USSD Callback • STK Money Transfer • USSD Mobile Banking • Information Services • Fund Raisers • Crowd Sourcing
- 12. African Innovations CRISIS MAPPING/ELECTION MONITORING
- 13. Why the Wrong Picture? International Press
- 14. Why the Wrong Picture?
- 15. Why the Wrong Picture? • High Illiteracy Levels • Low Quality Education • Infrastructure
- 16. Why the Wrong Picture?
- 17. Why the Wrong Picture?
- 18. Why the Wrong Picture?
- 19. Why the Wrong Picture?
- 20. Why the Wrong Picture?
- 21. Citations? From Where? • Most African Cultures not documented • Small languages never published • Computer literacy still very low • Centralization of government services affects infrastructure development • State-controlled media – Until very recently • Information censorship
- 22. Wikipedia Definition “Broadly, a cita%on is a reference to a published or unpublished source (not always the original source)"
- 23. What can we do? • Create Human Citation Community • Create Article an Article Incubator • Create Competitions & Edit Campaigns • Oral Citations • Convince More Institutions on Authenticity of Wikipedia Articles • Mobile Editing • Kill WikiLeaks
- 25. Points to Remember • Africa’s 70% Internet Traffic is Mobile • Less than 22% of Africa is Documented • Africa is the 2nd Largest Continent • There is only 2 Wikimedia Chapters in Africa • Allow the African to Tell his Own Story
- 26. David Mugo Charlene (9) & Charnele (6) Mugo DJ | Not 22 years old Chairman of Wikimedia Kenya Board Advisor to Kenya’s VP on Digital Media & Technology Twitter: @raidarmax Skype, Gtalk: raidarmax http://mugo.me