Episode 20: Open Gatherings One Movement

Episode 20: Open Gatherings One Movement

31st January 2023

Episode 20 of WikiAfrica Hour starts 2023 with a bang! Ceslause hosts a panel made up of leaders from the incredible community events that are planned for this year. It is a timely glimpse into what post-COVID Wikimedia conferences are evolving into.

Wiki Loves Africa image wins 3rd place in Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year

Wiki Loves Africa image wins 3rd place in Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year

16th December 2022

The stunning image above, called Firefighter, Ashton Bay, March 2017 was submitted by South African photographer StevenTerblanche for the Wiki Loves Africa 2017 contest under the theme of People at Work. The image, depicting a courageous firefighter battling against a veld-fire at Ashton Bay, Jeffreys Bay, Eastern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa, was one … Read More

Wiki Loves Africa ISA drive – 4 years, bigger and better!

Wiki Loves Africa ISA drive – 4 years, bigger and better!

17th February 2023

The Wiki Loves Africa MetaData Weeks was launched in 2019 and has since added MetaData around four Wiki Loves Africa themes, like Africa at Play!, Africa on the move, Health+Wellness and Home+Habitat. It is one aspect of an on-going strategy to ensure Wiki Loves Africa images are useful, visible and usable on the Wikimedia projects.  … Read More

5 éditions de WikiChallenge Écoles d’Afrique en Tunisie, à quoi ça ressemble?

5 éditions de WikiChallenge Écoles d’Afrique en Tunisie, à quoi ça ressemble?

9th February 2023

WikiChallenge Ecoles d’Afrique est un concours annuel dédié aux élèves de 9 à 13 ans dans plusieurs pays africains francophones. Le concours consiste à  écrire des articles sur les particularités des villes ou régions des élèves des écoles primaires sur l’encyclopédie Vikidia.  Lancé en 2017, le concours a commencé dans 4 pays dont la Tunisie. … Read More

Wangari Maathai Day celebrated with the Africa Environment  WikiFocus throughout March

Wangari Maathai Day celebrated with the Africa Environment WikiFocus throughout March

8th February 2023

Wiki In Africa is excited to announce (along with Wikimedia Community User Group Côte d’Ivoire (WMUGIC)) that this March, in celebration of Wangari Maathai Day, the Africa Environment WikiFocus will encourage Wikimedian and other academic and activist communities to contribute content related to Africa’s Climate to the Wikimedia projects! Individuals, communities, and organizations are free … Read More

Episode 19: Free, Open & Cool Tools

Episode 19: Free, Open & Cool Tools

31st January 2023

WikiAfrica Hour hosted a watch party for the Wikimedia Cool Tool award 2022. The show was preceded by a conversation with Egbe Eugene Agbor, an experienced tool developer and maintainer in the movement.

Episode 18: How Usergroups are created and run

Episode 18: How Usergroups are created and run

7th December 2022

In the Wikimedia movement, transitioning a group of volunteers from a loose collective to a formal usergroup (along with accreditation from AFCom) is the first step towards validation within the global community. Three of Africa’s leaders talk about the ups and downs for building and maintaining a Wikimedia Usergroup.

Episode 17: Wiki Loves Africa 2022 winners

Episode 17: Wiki Loves Africa 2022 winners

7th December 2022

Wiki Loves Africa 2022 has announced the winners of the international competition. In this episode, we meet the winners and explore the photography & videography journeys that lead them to Wiki Loves Africa.

Cape Town #SheSaid event adds 25 South African women to Wikiquote over 3-day workshop

Cape Town #SheSaid event adds 25 South African women to Wikiquote over 3-day workshop

1st December 2022

December started with a workshop in Cape Town as WikiAfrica Heritage joined the SheSaid campaign. The workshop took place at the  District Six Museum’s Homecoming Centre and focused on training heritage and culture professionals in adding the notable quotations of their icons to Wikiquote. Before the event, 27 of the 3,462 women listed as notable … Read More

The 2023 Wiki Loves Africa theme

The 2023 Wiki Loves Africa theme

30th November 2022

Climate change is a pressing issue, especially for Africa. Many countries are already seeing the effects of changing weather patterns, bringing flooding and drought that have the greatest impact on the most vulnerable communities. Shortly after we announced the theme of the Wiki Loves Africa 2023 competition — Climate and Weather — Wiki in Africa … Read More

Call for applications 2023 : Wiki Loves Africa Facilitator

Call for applications 2023 : Wiki Loves Africa Facilitator

28th November 2022

Wiki In Africa 2023 Open Position (applications now closed) Wiki In Africa believes that all peoples should see themselves and their experiences reflected online in order to be part of and make sense of the world. We believe in the transformative power that comes with free access to decolonised knowledge, information and education in all … Read More

Episode 15: Wikimedians In Residence

Episode 15: Wikimedians In Residence

22nd November 2022

A tête-à-tête with some very experienced Wikimedians/Wikipedians in Residence (WIR), to learn what it takes to be one, plan and execute topical projects successfully, while helping Wikimedia solidify relationships with other organizations.

She has a lot to say! #SheSaid

She has a lot to say! #SheSaid

20th November 2022

Wiki Loves Women‘s #SheSaid campaign, which aims to redress the imbalance of gender representation on Wikiquote, continues to impact the visibility of women with new and improved articles being added in 12 languages since the 2022 project launched in October. In early December, over mid-way through the campaign and heading towards its end in December, Wikiquotes added … Read More

Wiki in Africa partners with Wiki Indaba to stream remote content to you!

Wiki in Africa partners with Wiki Indaba to stream remote content to you!

15th November 2022

The Wiki in Africa team flew to Rwanda last month to Wiki Indaba, where some team members met in person for the first time after working together for almost a year. Although the team has a wonderfully synergistic professional relationship, bonds of friendship were cemented over wine from Cape Town and Tunisia, and project ideas for … Read More

Wiki Loves Africa’s ISA structured data campaign

Wiki Loves Africa’s ISA structured data campaign

1st November 2022

There are millions of subjects you can read about on Wikipedia. Of all those subjects, the ones that relate to Africa have the least coverage. This is due to a number of reasons, but some are linked to the fact that many people do not know that they can have their knowledge and cultures reflected … Read More

The Universal Intimacy of “Home” Showcased in Wiki Loves Africa’s Photo Competition on Wikipedia

The Universal Intimacy of “Home” Showcased in Wiki Loves Africa’s Photo Competition on Wikipedia

30th October 2022

WIKI LOVES AFRICA : INTERNATIONAL WINNERS 2022 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________  Intimate portrayals of “home” are exquisitely captured by the prize-winning images and videos of this year’s Wiki Loves Africa competition. The idea of home is an emotive subject and this year’s winners do not disappoint, framing the many factors – intimate, communal, individual, cultural, interior, and exterior … Read More