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<p>The <b>Afripedia Project</b> is a project to expand offline <a href="Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> access in <a href="French-speaking_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="French-speaking Africa">French-speaking Africa</a>, and encourage Africans to contribute to Wikipedia.<sup id="cite_ref-Citazine_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Citazine-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The project installs local <a href="Kiwix" title="Kiwix">Kiwix</a>-serve wireless and <a href="Intranet" title="Intranet">intranet</a> <a href="Server_(computing)" title="Server (computing)">servers</a> and provides training and maintenance.<sup id="cite_ref-Wikimedia_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wikimedia-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>The project offers content besides Wikipedia, such as <a href="Wiktionary" title="Wiktionary">Wiktionary</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Afrik_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Afrik-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Any content that is first packaged in a <a href="ZIM_(file_format)" title="ZIM (file format)">ZIM file</a> can be relayed over the Afripedia network;<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="Project_Gutenberg" title="Project Gutenberg">Project Gutenberg</a> and <a href="Wikisource" title="Wikisource">Wikisource</a>, for instance, are available in that format.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<p>The Afripedia Project launched in 2012. The founding partners were <a href="Wikim%C3%A9dia_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikimédia France">Wikimédia France</a>, the <a href="Institut_Fran%C3%A7ais" title="Institut Français">Institut Français</a>, and the <a href="Agence_universitaire_de_la_Francophonie" title="Agence universitaire de la Francophonie">Agence universitaire de la Francophonie</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Slate_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Slate-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="French_language" title="French language">French</a> is spoken by an estimated 120 million (2010) people in <a href="Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a>, spread across 24 <a href="Francophone" class="mw-redirect" title="Francophone">francophone</a> countries.<sup id="cite_ref-2007_report_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2007_report-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Project preparation, partnership formation, Kiwix algorithm development took place in 2011.
</p><p>In July 2012 the project and prototype was presented at the Forum mondial de la langue française in Québec. In November 15 leaders from 12 East and Central African countries were trained and 15 offline access points were deployed.
</p><p>Additional training session were held in 2013 and 2014.
</p><p>Access to Wikipedia from USB <a href="Flash_drive" title="Flash drive">flash drives</a> was not new at the time, but the data they carry quickly became outdated.<sup id="cite_ref-Citazine_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Citazine-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Afripedia by contrast is regularly updated.<sup id="cite_ref-Afrik_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Afrik-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many of the partnering universities have low-bandwidth internet and a few lack any internet access.<sup id="cite_ref-Wikimedia_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wikimedia-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>The project encourages the formation of Afripedia clubs for local users.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>The project was described as a worthy stopgap measure, until such time as <a href="Internet_in_Africa" title="Internet in Africa">internet access</a> can be developed throughout Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-Slate_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Slate-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Internet-in-a-box" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet-in-a-box">Internet-in-a-box</a></li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-Citazine-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Citazine_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Citazine_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">
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</style><cite id="CITEREFDuchemin2012" class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Duchemin, Dorothée (2012-06-22). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.citazine.fr/article/afripedia-wikipedia-pour-afrique-francophone/">"Afripedia, Wikipédia pour l'Afrique"</a>. <i>Citazine</i> (in French)<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2023-11-28</span></span>.</cite></span>
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<li id="cite_note-Wikimedia-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Wikimedia_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Wikimedia_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a class="external text external" href="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</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-Afrik-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Afrik_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Afrik_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170905140046/http://www.afrik.com/article25968.html">"Afripédia : un projet de promotion de Wikipédia en Afrique, news article in <i>Afrik</i>"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.afrik.com/article25968.html">the original</a> on 2017-09-05<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2016-02-10</span></span>.</cite></span>
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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wiki.kiwix.org/Content_in_all_languages">Kiwix list of available content</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Emmanuel Engelhart: <a href="https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikisource-l/2014-November/002139.html" class="extiw external" title="mailarchive:wikisource-l/2014-November/002139.html"><i>50.000 public domain books available to everybody, everywhere, offline</i>.</a> In: <a href="Wikisource" title="Wikisource">Wikisource</a>-l-Mailinglist. 19. November 2014. Accessed on 26 November 2014.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-Slate-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Slate_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Slate_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.slateafrique.com/89733/wikimedia-solution-contre-absence-dinternet">"Afripedia ou comment consulter Wikipedia sans Internet"</a>. <i>Slate Afrique</i> (in French). 2012-06-22<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2023-11-28</span></span>.</cite></span>
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<li id="cite_note-2007_report-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2007_report_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="languageicon">(in French)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amazon.fr/dp/2098821778"><i>La Francophonie dans le monde 2006–2007</i></a> published by the <a href="Organisation_internationale_de_la_Francophonie" title="Organisation internationale de la Francophonie">Organisation internationale de la Francophonie</a>. Nathan, <a href="Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>, 2007</span>
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<li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.ch/2014/11/wikimedia-project-gutenberg-sum-of-all.html"><i>#Wikimedia & Project #Gutenberg – the sum of all knowledge</i> on <i>Words and what not</i> blog</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projet:Afrip%C3%A9dia" class="extiw external" title="fr:Projet:Afripédia">Afripedia project website</a></span>
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