You are on holiday in Ghana’s capital, Accra. Walking down the street, you wonder what that tall building with the clock tower is to your left. On the gatepost, you see a little black and white drawing – a calling card from one of Ghana’s leading software developers, Guido Sohne. You reach for your internet-enabled mobile phone and with its camera take a photo of the small square sign. Immediately, your phone takes you to a website which says that you are standing next to the University of Ghana in the district of Legon. And not only that, now you know it was founded in 1948, that it gained full university status in 1961, and that it boasts close to 24,000 students. This is Semapedia – a system that links the real world to wikipedia
Type: Article
Region: Africa
Country: Ghana
Category: Education
Organisation/Author: BBC News