RadioMarché: Distributed Voice- and Web-Interfaced Market Information Systems under Rural Conditions

Boer, Victor de; Leenheer, Pieter De; Bon, Anna; Gyan, Nana Baah; Aart, Chris van; Guéret, Christophe; Tuyp, Wendelien; Boyera, Stephane; Allen, Mary; Akkermans, Hans

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-31095-9_34

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“…In the attempt to circumvent the issues of lack of infrastructure and unaffordability, it is important to center innovation on "technology-in-use" as opposed to "technology-as-invention" [7]. The extreme increase of mobile telephony in rural Africa [8] has led to the emergence of ICT4D projects, research and solutions that Voice Technologies [12], and Radio [12,13] to aid various aspects of development. Some of these have failed completely [10] due to their reliance on technologies that are circumvented by low literacy (namely, SMS) and for the same reasons, some have not been able to scale up effectively in the rural areas [9] since, based on empirical evidence, SMS is hardly used by folk in rural areas in Ghana [6].…”

Section: Ict Challenges In the Rural Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Tiba$$\eta $$sim: Information Access for Low-Resource Environments

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Boer

et al. 2021

Proceedings of Sixth International Congress on Information and Communication Technology

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Section: Ict Challenges In the Rural Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Tiba$$\eta $$sim: Information Access for Low-Resource Environments

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Proceedings of Sixth International Congress on Information and Communication Technology

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“…The RadioMarché (RM) [15] m-agro pilot system in the Tominian area (in Mali) was started to augment an already running "legacy" Market Information System (MIS) that was set up by Sahel Eco in 2010. Sahel Eco is an NGO dedicated, among others, to promoting sustainable use of forest resources and develop small businesses based on non-timber forest products.…”

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Voice-based web access in rural Africa

Gyan¹,

Boer²,

Bon³

et al. 2013

Proceedings of the 5th Annual ACM Web Science Conference

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Despite its tremendous success, the World Wide Web can still not used by large parts of the world's population. Therefore, many people, especially in rural areas of developing countries, still do not have access to services and information that are available as a result of the World Wide Web. Given the potential of the Web in improving people's lives, a question is how it can be expanded to serve those living in less privileged conditions. Information must then be reachable regardless of infrastructure, allowing access using also interfaces such as radio and mobile phone. There is widespread use and adoption of radio and mobile telephony in Africa and thus, innovative use of these technologies could help in expanding the reach of the Web. In this paper we present three systems, based on open Web standards, designed and built to fit conditions in remote rural regions in Africa namely, a voice-based (i) trading system, using phone and radio as its interfaces, (ii) a voice-web based interactive news and blogging system and (iii) messaging system. The systems have been developed and have been deployed in Mali. All three systems together showcase the importance that innovation plays in order to make Web technologies relevant in the lives of many rural dwellers in Africa. We show the current status and usage of the systems and discuss how these systems represent our steps into bringing the Web to these contexts.

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“…The Semantic XO is a system that connects rugged, low-power, low-cost robust small laptops (aka the XO promoted by the One Laptop Per Child organization) for the empowerment of poor communities, based on Linked Data principles in order to publish previously unpublished data. De Boer et al [2] describe a distributed voice-and web-based market information system, named Radio Marché, aimed at stimulating agricultural trade in rural areas of Africa. This system connects to regionally distributed market information systems, using Linked Data approaches.…”

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“…Africans in the diaspora, who want to have news from their home villages 6 Additional, the voice-based radio content on this radio platform might be linked to other data sources on the Web, enabling community radios in Africa to become an interface to the Web of Data. An example of a system that manages market information based on Linked Data principles and produces voice-output as broadcasts for African community radios, is described by De Boer et al [2]. In the future new applications providing locally relevant information from the Web of Data, such as pluviometric data, agricultural data, market prices etc.…”

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The Web of Radios - Introducing African Community Radio as an Interface to the Web of Data

Bon¹,

Boer²,

Leenheer³

et al. 2015

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Abstract. The World Wide Web as it is currently deployed can only be accessed using modern client devices and graphical interfaces, within an infrastructure compassing datacenters and reliable, high speed Internet connections. However, in many regions in developing countries these conditions are absent. Many people living in remote rural areas in developing countries will not be able to use the Web, unless they can produce and consume voice-based content using alternative interfaces such as (2G) mobile phone, and radio. In this paper we introduce a radio platform, based on a use case and requirements analysis of community radio stations in Mali. The voice-based content of this radio platform will be made publicly available, using Linked Data principles, and will be ready for unexpected re-use. It will help to bring the benefits of the Web to people who are out of reach of computers and the Internet.

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RadioMarché: Distributed Voice- and Web-Interfaced Market Information Systems under Rural Conditions

Cited by 12 publications

References 7 publications

Tiba$$\eta $$sim: Information Access for Low-Resource Environments

Tiba$$\eta $$sim: Information Access for Low-Resource Environments

Voice-based web access in rural Africa

The Web of Radios - Introducing African Community Radio as an Interface to the Web of Data

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