WikiIndaba conference 2021/Micheal Kaluba/Report

Event

WikiIndaba2021

My wikiIndaba experience started with preparatory/pre-conference days which were says on 3rd, Nov and 4th,Nov where we were guided on how we would be using be using the Airmeet platform and it was my very first experience with the platform .

Fri 5th-11-2021

At around midday EAT we had our opening session where the different speakers Like Erina, Sandra, Douglas Geoffrey and Ivan pointed out the theme for this year's WikiIndaba as "Rethink, Reset Visions of the Future" then what we would expect all through the conference with a virtual conference with presentations from the different Wikipedia community user groups.

Sat 6th-11-2021

Joined in to the Regional Hubs Implementation Perspectives and Challenges where knowledge was share about the different activities and steps taken those Wikipedia user group communities in good standing within Africa and other continents.

Then Leveraging on the Youth Factor for a Sustainability which was a very powerful discursion from different Wikipedia user groups like from Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania and also through this discussion different initiatives were also talked about like AfricaNofilter.

Then in the session of African Wikimedia Projects Tracker - Refreshing how we see African language projects more about Wikipedia projects were talked about and the ways forward on how to successfully complete the stack projects of African Languages.

Sun 7th-11-2021

Keynote session of reconsidering and recalibrating Wikimedia in an era of constant change by Chisita Collence was one my favorite session I really like how the presentation was presented and the content there in.

Then joined to the future of knowledge creation in Africa through partnerships where so much was shared about how very few of the Wikipedia contributor come from Africa and yet it us that meant present African knowledge to the world.

More the Sessions attended

1. The future of knowledge creation in Africa through partnerships
2. East Africa Wiki Communities Collaboration Discussion
3. Indaba Diaspora: Rethinking and Resetting Knowledge Sharing on Africa in the 6th Region