From Industrial Aid to Self-made, A Story of Drupal, Africa and innovation

From Industrial Aid to Self-made, A Story of Drupal, Africa and innovation

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Most people think of famine, war, disease, hopelessness and big bucketloads of sand when Africa is mentioned. That's a shame really because Africa is, in many respects, a continent on the move.

This talk will take us through a number of often cited problems which we really see as opportunities where Drupal can (and often already does) play a big remedying role: lack of formal education, illiteracy, unconnected rural regions, the Aid Industry Gone Wild (TM) and lack of transparency in governments and organizations. To name but a few.

We'll see how Drupal solutions are being deployed and used on the ground today and how they're driving change in organizations and governments. To make the circle complete, African conditions are also stimulating both technical innovation and local entrepreneurship. We'll discuss how this is happening and where we see it going from here.

We conclude with a look at how a handful of people is getting the pan-African Drupal community going and what we have in store for DrupalAfrica in 2010 and 2011.

Photo credit: Emmaline

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