Wireless Africa programme of the Meraka Institute

The Wireless Africa programme is a special initiative of the Meraka Institute managed by the CSIR in South Africa.

The Wireless Africa group is researching ways and means to develop sustainable information and communications technology in developing countries. This will be achieved through community-owned decentralized mesh networks built on open source technology.

Vision

"Make a significant contribution to connecting 450 million people sustainably in rural Africa through wireless mesh and other technology with a community grown philosophy."

Core members

Competency Area Manager: Kobus Roux

Research Leader: David Johnson

Implementation Project Manager: Karel Matthee

Development Coordinator: Henk Kotze

Contact Address: wa-admin(at)meraka.org.za

Partners

Wireless Africa is partnering with Champaign-Urbana Community Wireless Network (CUWiN) in developing appropriate technologies to build affordable community wireless networks.

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gollark: Well, there might be, juroku may be able to use tape drives, if you have computronics.
gollark: Also, there would be no sound.
gollark: You need a program called juroku or something, which runs out of game and converts video files (I think?) so they can be displayed in CC. But it's apparently hard to get working, the resolution is obviously not great because CC, and it's not as simple as "run program ingame, search for video, play".
gollark: Technically yes, but I wouldn't recommend it.

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