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A protoptyping platform for rural environments, Read more about Kasadaka, by André Baart. Low bandwidth semantic web; Read more about here by Onno Valkering.

The Web alliance for Regreening in Africa

Although the Internet offers a wealth of information, and the World Wide Web has become today's paradigm of information and knowledge sharing on the planet, it is still inaccessible to the illiterate and to most rural communities. Moreover, most websites offering information about Africa are written in English, French, and other European languages. Few, however, contain relevant content information in local African languages. Furthermore, the Web is only accessible with an Internet connection, which most rural households do not have, relying instead on radio and mobile phones for communication. These are all important obstacles to overcome. But we believe this is possible to achieve - due to today's advanced ICT technologies and the local and international technical-scientific expertise present in the W4RA collaboration program.

Watch the W4RA films

The Web of Voices – documentary

W4RA short clip

by Leeuw van Moerkerken

Publications

Scientific papers related to the research in W4RA are listed here Technical documentation: here

Upcoming events

W4RA Workshop in Ouagadougou - July 2017
W4RA Workshop in Bamako, Mali - July 2017
W4RA Workshop in Sarawak, Malaysia- August 2017

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About W4RA
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Chris Reij raconte sur le reverdissement en Afrique et le partage de connaissance
Chris Reij tells about Regreening in Africa and knowledge sharing
Citizen journalism in rural areas in Mali
Contact
Downscale
Downscale 2013 – part 1
Downscale 2013 video – part 2
Downscaling the Semantic Web – Second international workshop 2013
Films
- The Web of Voices – documentary
- W4RA short clip
Foroba Blon logo
Foroba Blon, community radio in Africa and the Web
ICT4D Symposium 6 April 2016 – Tuinzaal VU – W&N Building
Interview with Zakary Diarra, beekeeper in Mali
Le Web par la Voix – documentaire
Naomi Dembelé, Bianivo Mounkoro and Anna Bon about agro-forestry value chains in Mali
News
Partners
- Partners and their logos
Publications
- Voices project deliverables
Publications related to W4RA
RadioMarché logo
RadioMarché prototype
RadioMarché, Voice-based market information system
Registration form Symposium 2017
Sponsors of W4RA
Tabalé logo
Tabale, a mobile voice-based micro blogger
The Making of RadioMarché
Upcoming events
W4RA achievements
W4RA presents three new master theses by students Information Science@VU
W4RA short summary clip
W4RA short trailer
Web of VOICES at European Development Days, Brussels 26 november 2013

W4RA Calendar

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