Africa WIki Women - Give to Gain 2026/Reports
Reports
[edit]With the launch of the Give to Gain 2026 campaign, the Africa Wiki Women made an open call for a female organiser as a way of empowering African female Wikimedians and also an opportunity to hold a physical training/meetup that meets the contact needs of community members across various African countries and to bridge the constant virtual meetings, as nothing beats a physical session.
Upon this call, we received 6 responses from 6 confident African female Wikimedians and after the review of the applications, Julie Acom was granted the support to organise the Africa Wiki Women IWD 2026 event in Uganda. Through this, the Africa Wiki Women collaborated with the Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda.
Approach:
- Publicity materials were created and was publicised across Ugandan communities.
- An event page was created and linked to the registration to the Africa Wiki Women - Give to Gain 2026 dashboard
- A Uganda -based topic list bearing the Wikidata items and Wikipedia articles to be edited (all in line with the Africa Wiki Women focus for this year’s IWD celebration, philanthropists, peace builders, educators, women-based organisation CEO)
- Branded T-shirts was provided for all participants for the event day
- A venue was secured at the Hive Collab in Kampala for the event
Outcome:
- We recorded over 11 participants with 2 newbie editors inclusive
- 17 New English Wikipedia articles created
- 11 new Luganda Wikipedia articles translations
- 16 new Runyankole Wikipedia articles translated
- 37 new Wikidata items created
- 68 articles were improved and translated
Other resources:
- Diff publications:
1. Give to Gain 2026 - Ululating for notable Ugandan women the Africa Wiki Women way
2. International Women’s Day 2026: Africa Wiki Women Celebrates Women Making Impact
- Media file category on Wikimedia Category: Africa Wiki Women IWD 2026 in Kampala, Uganda
