Challenging Home and Habitat across Africa is perceived on Wikipedia Wiki Loves Africa 2022 – one of Africa’s largest photographic competitions – launches to visually celebrate Home and Habitat across Africa. Photographers, videographers, filmmakers and audiophiles (professionals and skilled amateurs) are invited to enter. Entries illustrate Wikipedia articles. Prizes totaling USD7000 to be won.. Cape Town, … Read More
2021 has been an exciting year for Wiki In Africa. Over 2020 and 2021 we have received organisational funding through the Wikimedia Foundation’s Simple Annual Plan Grant. This security has enabled us to double our core staff team and offer two strategic positions, that are loosely administrative and with tasks that encompass communications, community building … Read More
We were honoured to be able to launch the WikiAfrica Hour vlog with an interview with outgoing Wikimedia Foundation CEO Katherine Maher. WikiAfrica Hour is a monthly session where members of Africa’s Wikimedians can chat, learn and discuss all things Wikimedia and the Open Movement. Whilst the platform has been created by Wiki In Africa, … Read More
Welcome to the WikiAfrica movement newsletter! Wikimedian activity across Africa has reached epic proportion during 2017 … just some of these activities are detailed in this newsletter. While this newsletter is compiled by Isla Haddow-Flood and Florence Devouard at Wiki In Africa, the newsletter covers details of the activities of Wikipedians across Africa as … Read More