Foroba Blon Web of African Radios

@First International Workshop on Downscaling the Semantic Web Part 2 – Solutions

Anna Bon, Victor de Boer, Pieter De Leenheer, Chris van Aart, Nana Baah Gyan, Hans Akkermans

28 May 2012

Solutions....?

• Which solutions for the problems do we propose?

Apply Living Labs approach

Decentralize !

Inexpensive local setup • Microservers • Robust, • Inexpensive • Resistent to dust • Easy to maintain • Use phone and • Radio as interface

Voice technologies:Develop voice-web apps

Resource local languages

Encourage local content creation

Organize a community of “developers 4D”

Join W4RA, think dev4d !