Wikipedia Mobile

Wikimedia Foundation

Date Awarded
03/21/13
Amount
$600,000
Grant Period
03/21/13 to 04/20/15
Focus Area
Journalism & Media Innovation
Initiative
Knight News Challenge

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For creating tools to deliver Wikipedia for free to users in the developing world

As mobile technology is increasingly the primary opportunity for billions of people around the world to access the Internet, the Wikimedia Foundation is working to remove the two biggest hurdles to access free knowledge: cost and accessibility. News Challenge funding will help create software to bring Wikipedia to lower-end, more basic phones - the kinds the majority of people use to access data outside of the West. Specifically, efforts will be focused in three areas: developing features to improve the mobile experience regardless of how feature-rich the device is – including new ways to access Wikipedia via text; increasing the number of languages that can access Wikipedia on mobile; and improving the way feature phones access the platform. 

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Kul Takanao Wadhwa

Kul Takanao Wadhwa, head of mobile and business development, joined the Wikimedia Foundation when it launched in 2007. He leads the foundation’s efforts to increase access to Wikipedia, with a focus on developing countries.

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