The WikiFundi 1.0 editing interface with a Wikipedia offline library and hosts of training resources and materials was released in English and French in 2017.
Once the content is created, it can either be accessed locally or can be transferred and added to Wikimedia projects or other MediaWiki-based sites. In 2015, WikiFundi was designed, developed and created to bridge this ‘connectivity grand canyon’ and provide a way for those who cannot access the internet – either permanently or temporarily – to learn key digital and content creation skills whilst creating articles about their context, surroundings and interests. What if we could use an offline solution to make people comfortable with and skilled in using the digital and online world? In 2021 it was estimated that 96% of the 2.9 billion humans who remain offline live in the developing world.Īn offline solution to closing the digital divide These 2021 statistics from the ITU reveal what they term a “connectivity ‘grand canyon’” separating the digitally empowered from the digitally excluded. The 5% lack of coverage affects the most vulnerable in developing countries, such as nearly 30% of the rural population of Africa that has no mobile broadband coverage. However, due to the expense of data, devices, lack of skills, lack of content, etc., only 1/3rd of the global population chooses to access the internet via mobile broadband coverage. In early 2022, 95% of the world is covered by mobile broadband. For most people, being offline is a mild inconvenience, but for these 2.9 billion people it is their daily reality as the digitally excluded.
Yet nearly 37% of the global population is not connected at all. It is how we function, work, communicate, collaborate, and connect to our families, friends, communities, and colleagues. For most people reading this, being online has become an integral part of our lives.
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