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Start and end time09:14, 3 May 2026 – 09:23, 6 June 2026
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Culture Connect Africa: AfroCuisine 2026 Nigeria


The AfroCuisine contest aims to bridge the content gap on African locally made food as Content about these food are mostly not available on Wikipedia and other sister project.

The key goals

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Improve Wikipedia’s representation of African food ensuring the aspect of African identity are well-documented. Increase the visibility of African food on Wikipedia and Wikidata.

How to participate

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  1. Sign in or Create a new account on Wikipedia.
  2. Enroll on the Nigeria Culture Connect Africa - AfroCuisine 2026 Dashboard to track your contributions. (Outreach Dashboard)
  3. Register for the onboarding and training sessions. (Registration link)
  4. Sign up in the participants section on this page.


Prize categories

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🏆 PRIZES UP FOR GRABS:

  • 🥇 Winner — ₦100,000
  • 🥈 1st Runner-Up — ₦80,000
  • 🥉 2nd Runner-Up — ₦50,000
  • ✍🏾 Best New Editor — ₦30,000
  • 👩🏾 Best Female Editor — ₦30,000

Rules & Jury Process

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Rules

Please read the rules very carefully before the contest commences. Articles must be in the main space by the end of the competition period. All entries are expected to be fully sourced, with no unsourced claims. Try to make the formatting consistent with dates and layout; clean, useful new entries are what the contest is about. It is important that before starting new entries, especially on the English Wikipedia, you take the time to ensure that articles meet notability guidelines and have the adequate coverage in reliable sources needed to be acceptable on Wikipedia.


Jury Process

To ensure transparency and fairness, the competition will adopt a quantitative scoring system. However, it's important to note that all articles must adhere to Wikimedia platform's standards for notability, quality, and sourcing, as outlined in the subsequent rules section.

The judges reserve the right to disqualify any article that doesn't meet these criteria. This approach balances objective evaluation with the necessary quality controls to maintain the integrity of the competition.

The grading criteria across different Wikimedia platforms will be as follows:

English Wikipedia

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  • Creating a new article: 10 points
  • Creating a stub article: 7 points
  • Article improvement (up to 1500 bytes): 3 points
  • Adding reliable references: 1 point
  • Adding categories: 1 point

Wikibooks

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  • Creating a new article: 10 points
  • Creating a stub article: 7 points
  • Article improvement (up to 1500 bytes): 3 points
  • Adding reliable references: 1 point
  • Adding categories: 1 point

Participants

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To participate you just need to sign up in the participants section.

To add your name, edit this section and add '#~~~~' without quotes to the bottom of the list, then publish changes.

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