World Congress 2023 • Aug 11, 2023

Bringing digital education to refugee and host communities in remote regions of Africa

Phil Helliwell

How do you build a fault-tolerant, multilingual educational platform for remote refugee camps without reliable internet? Discover the offline-first architecture powered by Elixir, Phoenix LiveView, and CSS logical properties.

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