Pages tagged “Accessible Knowledge”
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Sunking Boom and Audiopedia - Let There be Light and Knowledge
Our Audiopedia Cloud opens up an infinity of possibilities to empower illiterate rural women using MP3 audio. The Sun King Boom portable solar lantern is a great device to use in combination with our contents since it features a nifty MP3 player.
Written by Marcel Heyne
February 08, 2019 -
Audiopedia in a Ugandan Classroom
Need to play back our contents to a larger audience, like in a classroom? No problem! Simply plug our solar-powered Audiopedia player to an external loudspeaker, just as our colleague Kora did. 162 students in Bugomola, Uganda are now able to listen to vital knowledge about health, nutrition, family planning and more in their local language Luganda.
Written by Marcel Heyne
February 06, 2019 -
Volunteer Stories: Abantika from India
Audiopedia would be nothing without its volunteers. We would like to introduce you to some of them with our "Volunteer Stories". This one is about Abantika from India. She is an undergraduate student from the city of Kolkata pursuing her Bachelors in Microbiology.
Written by Marcel Heyne
October 07, 2018 -
Audiopedia in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
As part of a private initiative, we provided three solar-powered Audiopedia Players to a hospital in the Democratic republic of the Congo. Here is an assessment of the first three months they have been in use.
Written by Marcel Heyne
July 11, 2018 -
Volunteer Stories: Memy from Rwanda
Audiopedia would be nothing without its volunteers. We would like to introduce to you some of them with our "Volunteer Stories". This one is about Memy from Rwanda.
Written by Marcel Heyne
February 07, 2018 -
Kicking off our Uganda project
So here we are again - back from our latest trip to Uganda! As you probably know, we spent two weeks (from October 19th until November 1st) in this beautiful country and were - once again! - overwhelmed by the friendliness and hospitality of the Ugandan people.
Written by Felicitas Heyne
November 08, 2017 -
Top 25 Audiopedia.IO queries from the Philippines
Our mobile-friendly website Audiopedia.IO is still young, but it is already showing some nice results. We made a little case study by evaluating 6000 visits from the Philippines to the Filipino/Tagalog version of our Audiopedia during June 2017.
Written by Marcel Heyne
June 30, 2017 -
MP3 Is Not Dead - It Is Saving Lives In Africa
22 years ago, a German technology revolutionized a whole industry. MP3 changed the way we all listen to music forever. Today it seems as if its days are over as it has largely been replaced by other audio formats. Is MP3 dead? Far from it!
Written by Marcel Heyne
May 31, 2017 -
Bringing Health Education to 3840 Rural Women in Tanzania
Our project in Tanzania is developing very nicely. Our local partner New Dawn Development is proceeding with the distribution of 500 MP3forLife Players to almost 4000 rural women. We are receiving very positive feedback from women and government officials.
Written by Marcel Heyne
November 20, 2016 -
Kicking off our Pilot Project in Tanzania
From September 3rd to September 9th, 2016, we visited Dar es Salaam to launch our Audiopedia pilot project in Tanzania. Our partner organization New Dawn Development - managed by Ms. Jackline Mashauri - had prepared a kick-off event on September 4th to introduce the project to all local stakeholders.
Written by Marcel Heyne
September 15, 2016