Project Details


WSIS Prizes Contest 2016 Winner

Connectivity is Productivity


Description

There are 4.2 billion people who do not have access to the internet, and as a result create very little online content. Our pilot 6 month program was based in Yaoundé Cameroon. It helped people create websites, and strengthen their ICT based education. First, we created a communications platform, bridgeafrica.com that helps people create websites and access information regardless of whether they have internet access or not. See video about text application, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdntN3gcfwQ. See a demo, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTyQHMbmRes. Additionally, we educated 5,000 people on how to utilize our platform and the internet through face to face training. See pilot,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy-kDuGrdX0.

Project website

http://www.bridgeafrica.com


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Action lines related to this project
  • AL C8. Cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content 2016
Sustainable development goals related to this project
  • Goal 1: No poverty

Coverage
  • Yaounde, Cameroon

Status

Completed

Start date

05 February 2015

End date

05 August 2015


Entity name

Bridge Africa

Entity country—type

United States of America Private Sector

Entity website

http://www.bridgeafrica.com

Partners

The Cameroon Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises