The african story

The African Story David Mugo – Wikimedia Kenya

Africa is NOT:

Nairobi, Kenya

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


• High Illiteracy Levels • Low Quality Education • Infrastructure

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“Broadly, a cita%on is a reference to a published or unpublished source (not always the original source)"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

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