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{{Infobox
| title = Afripedia Project
| image = [[File:Logo-afripedia.jpg|thumb]]
| caption = Afripedia Logo
| start-date = 2012
| website = [[:fr:Projet:Afripédia]]
}}
[[File:Elle apprend lutilisation de wikipedia hors ligne à Koulikoro (8573649903).jpg|thumb|An Afripedia user in [[Koulikoro]], [[Mali]]]]
[[File:Carte localisation Afripédia hors-ligne.png|thumb|Locations of 13 universities where Kiwix was deployed as part of the Afripedia project]]
[[File:Afripedia hardware n02.jpg|thumb|Hardware (a [[plug computer]], yellow, a wireless router, and a [[USB flash drive|USB drive]] carrying a fresh copy of the French Wikipedia) used in the Afripedia project]]
The Afripedia project was launched in mid-June 2012 and is ongoing. It aims to expand offline Wikipedia access in [[French-speaking Africa]], and encourage Africans to contribute to Wikipedia.<ref name=Citazine>[http://www.citazine.fr/article/afripedia-wikipedia-pour-afrique-francophone Afripedia, Wikipédia pour l'Afrique, news interview article in ''Citazine'']</ref> The project installs local [[Kiwix]]-serve wireless and [[intranet]] [[server (computing)|servers]] and provides training and maintenance support.<ref name=Wikimedia>[https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/01/24/afripedia-project-increasing-off-line-access-to-wikipedia-in-africa/ Afripedia project increasing off-line access to Wikipedia in Africa, Wikimedia article]</ref>
The founding partners are [[Wikimédia France]], the [[Institut Français]], and the [[Agence universitaire de la Francophonie]].<ref name=Slate>[http://www.slateafrique.com/89733/wikimedia-solution-contre-absence-dinternet Afripedia ou comment consulter Wikipedia sans Internet, article in ''Slate Afrique'']</ref> [[French language|French]] is spoken by an estimated 120 million (2010) people in [[Africa]], spread across 24 [[francophone]] countries.<ref name="2007_report">{{fr icon}} [https://www.amazon.fr/dp/2098821778 ''La Francophonie dans le monde 2006–2007''] published by the [[Organisation internationale de la Francophonie]]. [[Nathan (publisher)|Nathan]], [[Paris]], 2007</ref>
Access to Wikipedia from USB keys was not new in Africa, but keys are often very outdated,<ref name=Citazine /> where Afripedia is regularly updated.<ref name=Afrik>[http://www.afrik.com/article25968.html Afripédia : un projet de promotion de Wikipédia en Afrique, news article in ''Afrik'']</ref> Many of the partnering universities have low-bandwidth internet, but a few have no internet access.<ref name=Wikimedia />
The project offers additional content besides Wikipedia, such as [[Wiktionary]].<ref name=Afrik /> Any content that is first packaged in a [[ZIM (file format)|ZIM file]] can be relayed over the Afripedia network;<ref>[http://www.kiwix.org/wiki/Content_in_all_languages Kiwix list of available content]</ref> [[Project Gutenberg]] and [[Wikisource]], for instance, are available as ZIM files.<ref>Emmanuel Engelhart: [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikisource-l/2014-November/002139.html ''50.000 public domain books available to everybody, everywhere, offline''.] In: [[Wikisource]]-l-Mailinglist. 19. November 2014. Accessed on 26 November 2014.</ref><ref>[http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.ch/2014/11/wikimedia-project-gutenberg-sum-of-all.html ''#Wikimedia & Project #Gutenberg – the sum of all knowledge'' on ''Words and what not'' blog]</ref>
The project also encourages the formation of Afripedia clubs for local users.<ref>[[:fr:Projet:Afripédia|Afripedia project website]]</ref>
The project has been described as a worthy stopgap measure, until such time as internet access can be developed throughout Africa.<ref name=Slate />
== Timeline ==
{{outdated section|date=February 2016}}
* Autumn 2011 – Spring 2012 : Project preparation, partnership formation, Kiwix algorithm development
* 2012, June 15 : Agreement signed on behalf of the [[Agence universitaire de la Francophonie]], the [[Institut français]], and [[Wikimédia France]], by Bernard Cerquiglini (AUF), Xavier Darcos (IF) and Rémi Mathis (WMFr).
* July 2012 : Presentation of project and prototype at the [[Forum mondial de la langue française]] in Québec
* 2012, November 6–9 : training of 15 leaders from 12 East and Central African countries held at the Campus numérique francophone at the [[Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny]] in [[Abidjan]], [[Ivory Coast]]; deployment of 15 offline access points (plug computer + USB key+ wifi router)
* 2013, June 24–28 : Second training and deployment, in [[Kinshasa]]
* 2013, October 14–18 : Third training and deployment, in [[Yaoundé]]
* 2014, September 29 – October 3: Fourth, [[Antananarivo]]
==See also==
* For more details see the [[:fr:Projet:Afripédia|Afripedia project website]] (in French Wikipedia).
* [[Internet-in-a-box]]
{{Commons category|Afripedia}}
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Wikipedia]]
[[category:francophonie]]
| title = Afripedia Project
| image = [[File:Logo-afripedia.jpg|thumb]]
| caption = Afripedia Logo
| start-date = 2012
| website = [[:fr:Projet:Afripédia]]
}}
[[File:Elle apprend lutilisation de wikipedia hors ligne à Koulikoro (8573649903).jpg|thumb|An Afripedia user in [[Koulikoro]], [[Mali]]]]
[[File:Carte localisation Afripédia hors-ligne.png|thumb|Locations of 13 universities where Kiwix was deployed as part of the Afripedia project]]
[[File:Afripedia hardware n02.jpg|thumb|Hardware (a [[plug computer]], yellow, a wireless router, and a [[USB flash drive|USB drive]] carrying a fresh copy of the French Wikipedia) used in the Afripedia project]]
The Afripedia project was launched in mid-June 2012 and is ongoing. It aims to expand offline Wikipedia access in [[French-speaking Africa]], and encourage Africans to contribute to Wikipedia.<ref name=Citazine>[http://www.citazine.fr/article/afripedia-wikipedia-pour-afrique-francophone Afripedia, Wikipédia pour l'Afrique, news interview article in ''Citazine'']</ref> The project installs local [[Kiwix]]-serve wireless and [[intranet]] [[server (computing)|servers]] and provides training and maintenance support.<ref name=Wikimedia>[https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/01/24/afripedia-project-increasing-off-line-access-to-wikipedia-in-africa/ Afripedia project increasing off-line access to Wikipedia in Africa, Wikimedia article]</ref>
The founding partners are [[Wikimédia France]], the [[Institut Français]], and the [[Agence universitaire de la Francophonie]].<ref name=Slate>[http://www.slateafrique.com/89733/wikimedia-solution-contre-absence-dinternet Afripedia ou comment consulter Wikipedia sans Internet, article in ''Slate Afrique'']</ref> [[French language|French]] is spoken by an estimated 120 million (2010) people in [[Africa]], spread across 24 [[francophone]] countries.<ref name="2007_report">{{fr icon}} [https://www.amazon.fr/dp/2098821778 ''La Francophonie dans le monde 2006–2007''] published by the [[Organisation internationale de la Francophonie]]. [[Nathan (publisher)|Nathan]], [[Paris]], 2007</ref>
Access to Wikipedia from USB keys was not new in Africa, but keys are often very outdated,<ref name=Citazine /> where Afripedia is regularly updated.<ref name=Afrik>[http://www.afrik.com/article25968.html Afripédia : un projet de promotion de Wikipédia en Afrique, news article in ''Afrik'']</ref> Many of the partnering universities have low-bandwidth internet, but a few have no internet access.<ref name=Wikimedia />
The project offers additional content besides Wikipedia, such as [[Wiktionary]].<ref name=Afrik /> Any content that is first packaged in a [[ZIM (file format)|ZIM file]] can be relayed over the Afripedia network;<ref>[http://www.kiwix.org/wiki/Content_in_all_languages Kiwix list of available content]</ref> [[Project Gutenberg]] and [[Wikisource]], for instance, are available as ZIM files.<ref>Emmanuel Engelhart: [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikisource-l/2014-November/002139.html ''50.000 public domain books available to everybody, everywhere, offline''.] In: [[Wikisource]]-l-Mailinglist. 19. November 2014. Accessed on 26 November 2014.</ref><ref>[http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.ch/2014/11/wikimedia-project-gutenberg-sum-of-all.html ''#Wikimedia & Project #Gutenberg – the sum of all knowledge'' on ''Words and what not'' blog]</ref>
The project also encourages the formation of Afripedia clubs for local users.<ref>[[:fr:Projet:Afripédia|Afripedia project website]]</ref>
The project has been described as a worthy stopgap measure, until such time as internet access can be developed throughout Africa.<ref name=Slate />
== Timeline ==
{{outdated section|date=February 2016}}
* Autumn 2011 – Spring 2012 : Project preparation, partnership formation, Kiwix algorithm development
* 2012, June 15 : Agreement signed on behalf of the [[Agence universitaire de la Francophonie]], the [[Institut français]], and [[Wikimédia France]], by Bernard Cerquiglini (AUF), Xavier Darcos (IF) and Rémi Mathis (WMFr).
* July 2012 : Presentation of project and prototype at the [[Forum mondial de la langue française]] in Québec
* 2012, November 6–9 : training of 15 leaders from 12 East and Central African countries held at the Campus numérique francophone at the [[Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny]] in [[Abidjan]], [[Ivory Coast]]; deployment of 15 offline access points (plug computer + USB key+ wifi router)
* 2013, June 24–28 : Second training and deployment, in [[Kinshasa]]
* 2013, October 14–18 : Third training and deployment, in [[Yaoundé]]
* 2014, September 29 – October 3: Fourth, [[Antananarivo]]
==See also==
* For more details see the [[:fr:Projet:Afripédia|Afripedia project website]] (in French Wikipedia).
* [[Internet-in-a-box]]
{{Commons category|Afripedia}}
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Wikipedia]]
[[category:francophonie]]
