As a community that supports and
uses open standards, we have been talking a lot about open web technologies, So we want to bring it
out to everyone interested in the open web and the best way to do this is to
team up and make the most of each other’s experiences to achieve our goal of
openness and innovation on the web.
The MozfestEA is an event that will
be full of workshops and hacks with people aiming to build together the future
of the open web, so join Us, “Let’s work
on a project and make it happen together “
Shaping the web’s future together
“Technology alone cannot build the web the world needs,” says Mozilla’s Executive Director, Mark Surman. “For the
web to stay open, accessible and free, we need people who understand the web’s
basic building blocks, are able to create with them, and empowered to take
control of their online lives. MozFest
East Africa brings together brilliant people to tackle that challenge – through hands-on hacking, open
collaboration, and imagining how the web can do more and do better.”
Getting hands-on with open web tools
and teach each other how to do things
An
open day for the various volunteer communities to build links and identify
mutual opportunities
What are we making at MozFest EA?
1.
Modelling,
design and prototyping solutions. Learn
how to create meaningful artifacts to help simulate a given outcome of a given
course of action or to design a pathway to a solution.
2.
Education. Empower participatory learning using mozilla’s webmaker
tools and other existing tools
3.
Diagnosis,
treatment and surveillance. Design
solutions for diagnosis, treatment and surveillance of major diseases affecting
people living in the tropical regions.
4.
Games for
low end phones. Port high end games to low end
phones commonly used in Uganda. Design for offline use to cub the internet
costs
5.
eCommerce
for developing countries. Explore
opportunities for e-commerce in Africa and review challenges and design
solutions for ecommerce
6.
Transport.
Explore how information technology
can help improve the transport system in Uganda and Africa as a whole. Establish
challenges and possible solutions
7.
Open data. Explore how open data can be used to further development in
the country and within the region. Review open data platforms and suggest steps
to improve the current data sharing mechanisms. Explore how open data can be
used to improve governance
8.
Open
hardware. Explore opportunities for open
hardware in Uganda and within the region.
9.
Digital
television solutions. Explore avenues to expedite the
process of migration to digital television as per the ITU recommendations.
Design applications for digital television
10.
Organizing
open source communities in developing countries. Open source is key in development of the software.
Explore how to grow a strong, diverse and thriving opensource community in a
developing country with limited resources and major economic challenges like
Uganda. Explore avenues for information flow between opensource communities and
the users of their solutions.
11.
Big data
solutions for developing countries.
Bigdata has revolutionized research and all knowledge fields. Explore
opportunities and avenues for big data.
12.
TV
whitespace and internet. Explore
how whitespace can be used to with the existing infrastructure to solve the
problem of high internet costs and improve connectivity speeds in rural areas.
13.
Web making
for Mobile. Explore opportunities in the
booming world of the open web on mobile. How can we experiment & tinker to
customize our own phones?
14.
Follow-up
and collaboration platforms.
Establish collaborative platforms for follow-up and launch a hive learning
network to strengthen learning, collaboration and dissemination of knowledge
So what should you do now? Get ready for the
Festival to team up, work and party together, don’t forget the dates 11th
– 13th July 2014, Makerere University, Kampala, Sign up on the event
page: http://mozfestea.eventbrite.com/ to confirm your place.
Start thinking about the most wonderful proposals to
submit to your group – the stronger the team, the bigger the fun!
Get involved
- Join the conversation on #MozFestEA. Or follow along in real time with @Mozilla @webmaker on Twitter.
- Visit http://mozfestea.mozilla-uganda.org for more Information
- Teach the web with Mozilla WebmakerJoin our global community of people teaching digital skills and web literacy in their communities.
