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WikiConference Nigeria 2024

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12 – 14 September, 2024
Abuja, Nigeria


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WikiConference Nigeria 2024 is the national conference for all Nigerian Wikimedia contributors, which provides a common platform to learn, meet, connect, and share experiences, best practice and challenges related to the Wikimedia movement in Nigeria. The 2024 and maiden edition of the conference will happen on 12-14 September 2024 in Abuja, FCT, Nigeria.

Theme of WCN 2024

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Empowering Knowledge Equity: Building a Stronger Nigerian Wikimedia Community

Aims

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  • to build capacity for Nigerian Wikimedians
  • to promote, develop, strengthen, and support the collaboration between Wikimedia users, projects, communities, affiliates, and stakeholders in Nigeria.
  • to support sharing the knowledge, experience and best practices among participants, and offer a space to improve their skills, discuss persistent issues and cherish each other’s work.
  • to document the learning from various activities, which include projects, campaigns, events, etc. by various community members in the past four years, for later use.
  • to strategize for the next few years, on how we can together shape up the movement in Nigeria.

Timeline

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  • he call for committee volunteers – 23 May – 31 May 2024. Done
  • Scholarship Applications – May 15 – June 16 2024 Done
  • Call for Program Submissions – June 15 – July 12 2024 Done
  • Finalization and notification of scholarship recipients – 27 July 2024 Done
  • Notification of Program submissions' decisions – 4 August 2024 Done
  • Finalization and notification of scholarship recipients – TBD Done
  • Publication of Final Conference Programme – TBD Done
  • ikiConference Nigeria 2024 – September 12-14 2024 Done

Location and Event dates

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Organizers

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Wikimedia Nigeria User Group Igbo Wikimedians User Group Yoruba Wikimedians User Group Hausa Wikimedians User Group Tyap Wikimedians User Group

Supported by

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Partners

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