October – 2009 – World Wide Web Foundation

Empowering Youth

Oct 25, 2009 at 6:06 am • Stéphane Boyera • Leave a Comment

Only a quarter of the world today is able to use the Web, and benefit from its power. Among the other three quarters of the population, most live on less than few dollars a day, are fighting for their basic needs, and have poor access to life-critical services.
The Web Foundation and Center for Digital Inclusion…

One Web

Oct 23, 2009 at 3:45 am • Steve Bratt • Leave a Comment

The Web is young. We do not fully comprehend how this complex and expanding Web of “humanity connected by technology” really works. But what we do know, is that the Web works best when the underlying technologies are globally agreed, free and open.
The Web Foundation, working with the Web Science Trust and the World Wide…

Mobile Web Africa

Oct 22, 2009 at 8:27 am • Stéphane Boyera • 1 Comment

I spent the last two days in the Mobile Web Africa conference in Johannesburg, South Africa. The first quite surprising fact for me was the attendance; Around 200 people everyday interested to learn and talk about Mobile Web. Based on my past experience, with other related event like Africom, this was a real surprise.…

Advance the Web. Empower People.

Oct 21, 2009 at 11:40 am • Steve Bratt • 1 Comment

We envision a Web that empowers all people, including billions excluded today, by providing new opportunities for creativity, collaboration, teaching, learning, enterprise and a better life. To reach this goal, the Web Foundation will put the power of the Web into the hands of people around the world through effective, high-impact programs.
The Foundation works to…

Web Science

Oct 21, 2009 at 2:45 am • Steve Bratt • Leave a Comment

The Web is young. We do not fully comprehend how this complex and expanding Web of “humanity connected by technology” really works. This is a risk to the creative, yet responsible, evolution of the Web.
Working with the Web Science Trust (WST), the Web Foundation aims to improve understanding of the Web’s complex nature, and to…

A Ghanaian Farmer and the Value of Information

Oct 7, 2009 at 7:11 am • Daniel Dardailler • Leave a Comment

To complement my public report on our recent WF/BBC Ghana trip, I’d like to tell in more details the story of my encounter with Kutcho, the Adawso plantain farmer we interviewed as part of the Digital Revolution series. I’ll try to put an emphasis on his challenges and how I hope WF will be able…

Countdown to Launch

Oct 7, 2009 at 1:00 am • Steve Bratt • Leave a Comment

I’ve hesitated posting too much on efforts required to create this new organization. But … people have been asking, and the ultimate impact of our programs will be, in part, a product of the organization itself. So, here’s a brief update on where we are, with a focus on the organizational milestones required to…