The African Story David Mugo – Wikimedia Kenya

Africa is NOT:

Africa is NOT:

Nairobi, Kenya

Egypt

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

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

Africa Innovations

African Innovations

African Innovations

@chiefkariuki

African Innovations

•  USSD Callback •  STK Money Transfer •  USSD Mobile Banking •  Information Services •  Fund Raisers •  Crowd Sourcing

African Innovations

CRISIS MAPPING/ELECTION MONITORING

Why the Wrong Picture?

International Press

Why the Wrong Picture?

Why the Wrong Picture?

•  High Illiteracy Levels •  Low Quality Education •  Infrastructure

Why the Wrong Picture?

Why the Wrong Picture?

Why the Wrong Picture?

Why the Wrong Picture?

Why the Wrong Picture?

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

Wikipedia De"nition

“Broadly,  a  cita%on  is  a  reference  to  a  published  or  unpublished  source  (not  always  the  original  source)"  

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

Points to Remember

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

David 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

Charlene (9) & Charnele (6) Mugo