Innovation of the Year 2017
Free Wikipedia access to Iraq & Afghanistan
The leading mobile phone service providers in Iraq and, six months later, Afghanistan announce they will extend free Wikipedia Zero access to their subscribers. Could free access to “fact checked” education be the answer to blind faith fundamentalism and fanatics around the world? Is the pen truly mightier than the sword. Can education trump walls? Will smart phones outperform smart drones in the war on terror? Time will tell.
