Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda/Africa Day Campaign 2023
Welcome to the Africa Day Campaign in Uganda 2023. This is a campaign dedicated to curating and improving the online representation of Africa and in our case, Uganda.
The goal is to bridge the information gap about the continent by creating high-quality content that accurately reflects its culture, heritage, people, and all other relevant information. Without African knowledge and narratives created by Africans, we are prevented from experiencing an accurate representation of our world, our people, our languages, and from being able to contribute to developing this.
To that effect, The African Knowledge Initiative (AKI) in partnership with individuals and user groups across the continent, seeks to leverage on the Wikimedia tools and platforms to breed innovative solutions to bridging the content gap on global digital knowledge networks.
Theme & topics[edit]
This year’s edition is under the theme ‘Africa Continental Free Trade’. This seeks to provide a unique opportunity to document Africa's stories and promote the benefits of free trade
Participants are encouraged to contribute to the Wikimedia Projects of Wikiquote , Wikidata and Wikipedia on any of the following topics among others :
- Ugandan entrepreneurs / industrialists
- Technologies that facilitate trade (e.g Fintech)
- Types of trades in Uganda & Africa
- Currencies in Uganda
- Consumer Electronics Manufacturing companies in Uganda
- Transportation systems in Uganda
Activities[edit]
This will be a hybrid celebration and we will host 2 events under this celebration
| Date | Event | Venue | Time | Link (if any) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 20 June 2023 | Training: How to Contribute to Wikiquote | Online (Zoom) | 3pm - 5pm | Link to recording of training |
| Saturday 24 June 2023 | Contributing to Wikiquote Edit-a-thon | Goethe Zentrum Library | 8:30am - 4pm |
Participants[edit]
Add your username below if you are interested in participating in this event
- Alvin Ategyeka
- Sharon Atyang
- Mubiru Shafik
- Kinene Abba
- Kwera Faith
- Christopher Liberty
- Thecla Besh
- Sheila Nakazibwe
- Joseph Njoroge
- MEvalyn
- Okullu Yorobwam Odeke
- Brenda Alweo
- Kushaba Collins
- Kabanda Margaret
Link to dashboard[edit]
Sign up on the Africa Day 2023 in Uganda dashboard
Resources[edit]
- Link to collection of quotes
- Link to list of Ugandan entrepreneurs and industrialists