Offline Projects/Press
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Publishing related to offline solutions on Diff blog
[edit]2025
[edit]- WikiAfrica Hour #42: Offline Wikis, the need and the available options. - February 2025
- Highlights from the webinar âHow to use Wikipedia offlineâ: bringing knowledge where the internet canât reach - June 2025
2024
[edit]- WikiChallenge African Schools wins the âOpen Pedagogyâ Award 2024 from OE Global - October 2024
- Episode 2 \ Internet in a Box: The Rise of Computational Connectivity - Sept 2024
- Boing Boing Wikipedia's $58 gadget lets you access its entire library offline - Aug 2024
- Kiwix4Schools: The journey to impact teaching and learning in Africa. - June 2024
- Kiwix as a Tool to access Educational and Informational Content Offline in Tanzania - Feb 2024
2023
[edit]- Ofwa Brings Wikipedia to Offline Communities in Africa Through the KIWIX4SCHOOLS Program - Dec 2023
- Kiwix4Schools Project Nigeria: overcoming the limitations of internet access, and bridging the knowledge gap Using Digital Literacy. - Dec 2023
- Launching the first grants from the Wikimedia Endowment to support technical innovation in Wikimedia Projects - April 2023
- How Kiwix Could Enhance Equitable Access to Complementary Educational Resources in Africa Schools: A Case study in Ghana: Learnings, Outcomes and What we Envision for the Future! - Jan 2023
- Kiwix4schools Mentorship Africa ( Graduation Ceremony of Mentors) - May 2023
2021
[edit]- Kiwix4Schools Project in Ghana - March 2021
2019
[edit]2018
[edit]- Kiwix is connecting the unconnected - Dec 2018
- Wikimedia Foundation and Kiwix partner to grow offline access to Wikipedia - July 2018
- Offline-Pedia converts old televisions into Wikipedia readers - July 2018
- Donât panic! Build your own Hitchhikerâs Guide with Wikipedia - June 2018
- Exploring offline access to Wikipedia: WikiFundi, an editing tool for remote schools - May 2018
- Luc HĂ©ripret on the Orange Foundationâs Digital Schools project - March 2018
- [https://diff.wikimedia.org/2018/03/13/offline-access-medical-information/ James Heilman on expanding the reach of Wikipedia's medical informationâ - March 2018
- Designing for offline on Android - Jan 2018
2017
[edit]- The future of offline access to Wikipedia: The RACHEL example - Nov 2017
- Gabriel Thullen on bringing offline Wikipedia to West African schools - Nov 2017
- The future of offline access to Wikipedia: The Kiwix example - Oct 2017
- WikiFundi, an offline editing platform for Wikipedia - March 2017
2016
[edit]2015
[edit]- Wikimania and the differences between online and offline cultures - May 2015
- Children in Mali can now read Wikipedia offline, thanks to MALebooks e-readers - May 2015
2014
[edit]- Hans Oleander: Using offline Wikipedia to guide tours at the bottom of the Earth - Oct 2014
- Emmanuel Engelhart, Inventor of Kiwix: the Offline Wikipedia Browser - Sept 2014
- Afripedia collaboration expands offline Wikipedia in Africa - July 2014
Mainstream and specialized press
[edit]- Russians are racing to download Wikipedia before it gets banned - Slate, 2022
- Swiss Technology foils Russian censorship - SWI swissinfo, 2022
- Russians are downloading Wikipedia en masse as possible ban looms - Mashable, 2022
- You can download the entirety of Wikipedia to browse offline - Vice, 2020
Conferences and presentations
[edit]- Let's Travel: who needs Wikipedia offline, and why - Wikimania, 2025
- Offline Internet: A Continuum of Connectivity - Libraries in response, 2024
- Kiwix4schools in Ghana: Enhancing Access During the Pandemic - Wikimania 2021
- Offrons Internet Ă 4 milliards de personnes pour 1 centime - TEDx Annecy, 2018