Wikimedia dump files are such a great way to access Wikipedia and sister projects offline and Kiwix is just one of them. In 2010-2011 I was involved in a project with ICT-D that saw the deployment of such tools at the University of Ghana when I was an undergrad there and it was overwhelmingly successful, at least till the university was able to provide free Wifi to all in 2012. We used Kiwix and Wikitaxi at the same time and deployed it on the servers of some departments. There is presently a grant proposal here on a similar project for Nigeria where I am volunteering my experience to the grantee. Its something I would love to do again especially if WMF decides to disburse grants towards that. Count me in!
 
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-Masssly
 
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From: Nkansah Rexford
Sent: ‎Sunday‎, ‎October‎ ‎19‎, ‎2014 ‎5‎:‎33‎ ‎PM
To: Wikimedia Ghana User Group
 

You seem to be running an all stack Linux based distros in your home.

Thanks for sharing. Having kiwix is something I've looked into some time ago. Its such a nice thing to have in schools.

What do you suggest? I don't think a Wikimedia grant to work on that would be a bad idea. Whatcha say?

On Oct 19, 2014 7:28 PM, "Enock Seth Nyamador" <kwadzo459@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello All,

Kiwix enables you to have the whole Wikipedia at hand wherever you go! On a boat, in the middle of nowhere or in Jail, Kiwix gives you access to the whole human knowledge. You don't need Internet, everything is stored on your computer, USB flash drive or DVD!

Why am I sending this mail?

About 2 months I had a conversation with Rupert of Wikimedia CH and a friend Martin who was in Ghana by then. It was  all about getting Kiwix to a library project in Akwatia by and NGO which Martin was volunteering for.

Thanks to Wikimedia CH and the Kiwix team Kiwix was sent to both myself and Martin's address. I've so far tried / run Kiwix on 5 Linux distributions (Manjaro, Elementary OS (Ubuntu based), Ubuntu, Crunchbang (Debian based) and Fedora,),  Windows 7 and 8, and all has worked successfully.

I don't know what to say now about Kiwix in Ghana, but anyone interested in how we (Wikimedia Ghana User Group) can get Kiwix to areas/schools/community libraries where there is no internet access.

Feel free to ask more questions about Kiwix and bring your ideas on board. Are we going to apply for a WMF grant to do this or how? Whatever just bring it on.

Thanks.

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