London - born Sir Tim Roberts - Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1996 . : Welcome to the Twitter Olympics . `` The Web Foundation is working with other foundations to see what we can to do get people using the web on mobile , to get entrepreneurs in Africa building websites , to get people to be able to pick their villages up from poverty , '' he said . ##ers - Lee : The ceremony tribute was ' nerve - wracking , ' an ' incredible . ' Computer scientist 's ' This is for everyone ' was retweeted more than 10,000 times .
London - born Sir Tim Roberts - Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1996 . ##ers - Lee : The ceremony tribute was ' nerve - wracking , ' an ' incredible . ' Computer scientist 's ' This is for everyone ' was retweeted more than 10,000 times .