Code for Africa’s Wikipedian in Residence Community/Programs

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CfA WiR Upcoming community Events[edit]

Date Community Topic/Theme type of Event Trainer/Speaker/ Facilitator (s) Registration Link/ Zoom Lin
Fri, 13 October 2023 Anglophone Categorisation on Wiki Bi-weekly Webinar Iwuala Lucy/Bukola James Registration form
Wed, 25 October 2023 Anglophone Mastering Infoboxes & Enhancing Articles with short description Bi-weekly Webinar Daniel Obiokeke/Bukola James Registration form

CfA WiR community Past Events[edit]

Date Community Topic/Theme type of Event Trainer/Speaker/Facilitator (s) Recording Courses/Slide
Wed, 20 September 2023 Anglophone Customising Wiki page Bi-weekly Webinar Rhoda James/Bukola James Webinar recordings In progress…Trainer's Slide
Tues,19 September 2023 Francophone Renforcer une présence africaine durable sur Wikipedia : Renforcement des capacités et approches collaboratives Conference
  • Ceslause Ogbonnaya, Chef de Projet, (Wiki In Africa)
  • Aristide KOUAME, Chef de projet,(Groupe d'utilisateurs de la communauté Wikimedia Côte d'Ivoire)
enregistrement du webinaire Photos
Mon,18 September 2023 Anglophone Empowering a Sustainable African Presence on Wikipedia through Capacity Building and Collaborative Approaches Conference
  • Oby Ezeilo, Founder (Wiki for Senior Citizens Network, Nigeria.)
  • Romeo Ronald, Team leader (Wikimedia community user group, South Sudan)
  • Moderator: Bukola James
Conference Photos
Fri, 08 September 2023 Anglophone Customising your Wiki Userpage Bi-weekly Webinar James Popoola/Bukola James Webinar recording Creating and customising your Wiki Userpage
22nd, August 2023 Francophone Do you want to become a travel guide for tourists? Meet up Allouche OBAME/ Christelle Webinar recording
18th August 2023 Anglophone Bi-Weekly Webinar Creating a list of articles using citation hunt tools Precious Obiorah/Bukola James Webinar recording Creating a list of articles using citation hunt tools
10th August 2023 Fracophone WiR Anglophone Onboarding Session Onboarding Christelle/ Bukola

Webinar recording

slide
9th August 2023 Anglophone WiR Anglophone Onboarding Session Onboarding Bukola James/Christelle Webinar recording Slide
3rd August 2023 Anglophone Using Petscan tool on Wikimedia projects Bi-Weekly Webinar Mohammed Hijjawi/Bukola James Webinar recording Using Petscan tool on Wikimedia projects
20/07/2023 Anglophone Creating Wikistories on EduWiki newsletter WiR Bi-Weekly Webinar Ruby Brown/Bukola James Webinar recording Amplifying Eduwiki work through letters
14/07/2023 Francophone Do you want to become a contributor on Wikipedia? Meet up Mbe Ndetatsin Landry/Christelle Webinar recording in french
06/07/2023 Anglophone Unlocking the act of Storytelling using Wikimedia Diff WiR Bi-Weekly Webinar Chris Koerner/Bukola James Webinar recording Unlocking the act of Storytelling using Wikimedia Diff
23/06/2023 Anglophone Enhancing African Representation on Wikipedia: Tackling the Content Deficit and Strategies for Progress WiR Conference
  • Tochi Precious
  • Olushola Olaniyan
  • Bukola James
Audio recording
16/5/2023 Francophone how to put an image on Wikicommons, Wikipedia, WikiData? WiR Meetup Azogbonon/Christelle
15/5/2023 Anglophone how to organize working sessions on a Wikimedians project? WiR Meetup Ruby Brown/Bukola James how to organize working sessions on a Wikimedians project?
24/03/2023 Francophone The lack of enough content about Africa on Wikipedia and how to deal with this challenge WiR Conference Christelle
17/2/2023 Francophone How to be an effective editor on Wikipedia WiR Meetup Rene Bile/Christelle
16/2/2023 Anglophone How to be an effective editor on Wikipedia WiR Meetup Winnie Kabintie/Christelle
02/12/2022 Anglo/Francophone Mis/disinformation on Wikipedia WiR Conference
  • Otuo-Akyampong Boakye/Pamela Ofori-Boateng
  • Christelle
18/10/2022 Anglo/Francophone Introduction to the Fact-checking WiR Meetup Cathy Wamaitha/ Jesse
21/11/2022 Anglo/Francophone Introduction to the Fact-checking WiR Meetup
  • Josaphat Finogbe
  • Christelle

List of Wikipedians in Residence/Programs[edit]

Name Project Country Year
Ayokanmi Oyeyemi Climate Project Nigeria 2022 - 2023
Carol Mwaura Climate Project Kenya 2022-2023
Marie Gaye Climate Project Senegal 2022-2023
Reda Benkhadra Climate Project Kenya 2022-2023
Bile René Climate Project Cameroon 2023-2023
Raymond Chepkwony Elections Project Kenya 2022-2023
Terry Boke Elections Project Kenya 2022-2023