Tuesday, 31 May 2011 10:38 | James Barton
The Workshop on Mobile and Web Technologies in Social and Economic Development will be held on June 4-5, 2011 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The event - sponsored by Comviva - will help facilitate the efforts of W3C and Web Foundation at generating greater awareness about mobile devices, with the objective of reducing the existing digital divide.
Expressing his delight at this association, Arun Tanksali, VP, Comviva said, “We are proud to have been associated with World Wide Web Foundation and the World Wide Web Consortium over the past few years and support them in their vision to reduce the digital divide in developing regions. Using the Web on a mobile phone can enable human communication, support more financial transactions and build opportunities to share knowledge in underserved growth markets.”
Stephane Boyera, Web Foundation Lead Program Manager and W3C Team Contact said, “The strong growth in mobile phone usage offers new opportunities for growth in economic and social well-being in emerging markets. Our objective is to gather all stakeholders in a global forum where we can identify the key challenges of using mobile phones as an ICT-platform in developing regions. We are committed to reducing the digital divide and providing services to under-privileged populations. The aim of this workshop is to explore how to lower the existing barriers and to identify key directions for future exploration.”
The upcoming workshop on June 4th and 5th 2011 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania will investigate in more detail three specific themes that have recently attracted the attention of the community:
The workshop is jointly organized by the World Wide Web Foundation, as part of its Web in Society program and the World Wide Web Consortium, as part of its Mobile Web for Social Development Interest Group. The workshop is an event of the Internet Summit Africa jointly organized by AfNOG, AfriNIC, AfREN, and AAF.
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