Murakoze !, iyo initiative izatangira ryari ?
Ibyo uvuga ni ukuru cyane ikindi tutakwibagirwa nuko birikuba worse cyane kuri young community.
aho usanga ubumenyi kuri editing bufite bake kandi abakenewe kwigishwa na ababishaka ari benshi cyane .
ikifuzo : nuko habaho exchange of expertise muri buri region kugirango bafashe young community gukura no kugera kure .
murakoze cyane
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Yeah, we’ve been working to improve it and it’s more beautiful now and attractive now.
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@Tochiprecious I saw the recent post you made on Linkedin about the Wiki Mentor Africa program, great initiative! Do you want to share some information about this program here? What is it about, who is eligible to apply and how does one apply?
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@Mwintirew @Kinvidia @Owula_kpakpo @Joris_Darlington_Quarshie @UWIMPUHWE_Va @Oby_Ezeilo @Em-mustapha @Timmylegend @Ruby_D-Brown have you read this? The reflections on funding from the Middle East and Africa
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Hello Zita! Yeah, the Wiki Mentor Africa is a project that seeks to bring in more African developers and technicians into the wiki technical community. And this is to be achieved via mentorship.
How it works
Experienced technical Wikimedians who are interested in mentoring and bringing onboard new African Wikimedians sign up to be mentors on the platform and every month, the WMA community organises a 2-3day online workshop availing the participants the opportunity to see the mentors.
During these events, a mentor is given the opportunity to guide or discuss with the participants on a technical interest of theirs. And on the last day of the workshop, participants who are interested in the specific tool are encouraged to reach out to the mentor for mentorship via the project’s page or the telegram group.
In the past 3 months, we have had 3 editions with an average participant of 55 join the training sessions. So far, over 150 participants majorly young people have joined the telegram group with 3 mentors adopting some of the participants.
More info can be found here: Wikidata:Wiki Mentor Africa - Wikidata
Telegram group link here: Telegram: Join Group Chat
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Yes, it’s great that there’s increased support for African communities
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Yego , ibi biraduha ikizere cya abanyafurica ba ahazaza mu kongerera umubara wa aba volunteer no kongera ubumenyi bwacu .
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Yes, I have read this content. It is great to know that over the years support and funding for the Middle East and the African Region have increased and there are a lot of contributions coming from the Middle East and African region. I also do look forward to see more growth in the Middle East and African region in a few years to come.
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Hi @Zuz_WMF, it’s always refreshing to learn about the progress in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East about funding. I just believe active Wikipedia editing needs to increase because that is one of the challenges we are finding it hard solving.
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In case any of you missed this, @Bobbyshabangu announced on various channels that the Wiki Indaba Steering Committee is looking for two volunteers to join the committee. If you are passionate about African community activation and development, providing support to events/ conference planning and administration, you can apply here. Deadline to apply is August 5, 2022.
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Murakoze cyane
@Mwintirew @Kinvidia @Owula_kpakpo @Timmylegend @Tochiprecious @Ruby_D-Brown @Joris_Darlington_Quarshie @Oby_Ezeilo @Din-nani1 The Wikimedian-In-Residence for the African Knowledge Initiative has been announced. The Africa Knowledge Initiative aims to increase coverage of African-related topics on Wikimedia projects. Read more here. Congratulations! @Ceslause. 
Would you like to share more about this project here?
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Members of the Wikimedia community in India are using Wikimedia projects to document oral culture by creating video and audio recordings of oral culture with this toolkit. The recorded oral culture videos and audios are upload on Wikimedia Commons, the videos are transcribed and upload on Wikisource. You can read more about this project here. A similar project can be potentially useful for language communities in Africa. Are there similar projects ongoing in Africa that you know of?
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Wikimania 2022 is just around the corner! Have you registered yet? which sessions are you planning on attending? @Mwintirew @Em-mustapha @Kinvidia @Tochiprecious @Owula_kpakpo @Ceslause @Joris_Darlington_Quarshie @Shahadusadik @UWIMPUHWE_Va @Ndahiro_derrick
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I’m actually very excited about the Wikimania conference myself. I love the break and the networking that comes with it.
I’ll be having presentations myself both in group and as an individual. Here’s the list just in case anyone is interested:
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Friday the 12th - WREN: Reviewing A Year of Wikimedians in Residence Activity - 2022:Submissions/WREN: Reviewing A Year of Wikimedians in Residence Activity - Wikimania
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Saturday the 13th - Building international cooperation: lessons from AfroCuration: 2022:Submissions/Building international cooperation: lessons from AfroCuration - Wikimania
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Saturday the 13th - Partner Up for Wikidata! Sharing knowledge and resources among Wikimedia affiliates around Wikidata Software Development - 2022:Submissions/Partner Up for Wikidata! Sharing knowledge and resources among Wikimedia affiliates around Wikidata Software Development - Wikimania
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Yes @Zuz_WMF, I have registered. I’m planning to assist our scholars through out the events and attend some random sessions!
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Oh wonderful! @Tochiprecious I look forward to attending your sessions. Is anyone else making a presentation, @Em-mustapha are you? Please share here if you will be presenting on any of the sessions.
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No! I’m not presenting this year.
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