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MozFest House Kenya Announces Keynote By Daniel Motaung, Unveils 30+ Sessions About Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Africa

Mozilla Festival House: Kenya to explore local approaches to AI, data governance; event will take place September 21 - 22, 2023 at Nairobi’s Shamba House Cafe

The first-ever Mozilla Festival House: Kenya (https://www.MozillaFestival.org/house/) later this month will feature keynote speaker and Facebook whistleblower Daniel Motaung, along with dozens of sessions exploring AI’s impact in Eastern and Southern Africa. Browse the live schedule of sessions here (https://Schedule.MozillaFestival.org/schedule). MozFest House: Kenya will debut September 21 and 22 at…

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Mozilla-backed research reveals main barriers to internet access in African countries

The research aims to understand, from a comparative perspective, how the citizens use the internet when data is subsidised and when it is not

Compelling Mozilla-backed research (www.Mozilla.org), carried out by Research ICT Africa, finds that significant barriers to internet access remains in four African countries – Rwanda, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. The research aims to understand, from a comparative perspective, how the citizens use the internet when data is subsidised and when it…

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South African Team Runner Up in Mozilla’s Equal Rating Innovation Challenge

Project Isizwe extension Afri-Fi: Free Public WiFi wins funding award of US$75,000

Afri-Fi: Free Public WiFi has been announced as the “Runner-Up” in Mozilla’s Equal Rating Innovation Challenge (www.EqualRating.com) with a funding award of US$75,000. With this global competition, Mozilla (www.Mozilla.org) called for creative and scalable ideas to provide affordable access to the full diversity of the open internet. Mozilla offered awards,…

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Mozilla Launches Equal Rating Innovation Challenge: A $250,000 contest including expert mentorship to spark new ways to connect everyone to the Internet

Mozilla calls upon innovators to challenge existing approaches; Submissions open on November 1st

Mozilla (www.Mozilla.org) announces the launch of its global Equal Rating Innovation Challenge, a competition which invites contributions on ways to provide unfettered access to the open Internet for anyone across the globe. As part of its initiative, Mozilla is asking entrepreneurs, designers, researchers and innovators to propose creative and scalable…