Saturday 25th of June 2016, a edit-a -thon took place at the Goethe Institute in Yaoundé in Cameroon, with the main themes being : creating articles in wikipédia, introducing Wiki Loves Women project and the writing competition Wikivillages. It was the first time most of the volunteers working on the different projects and activities organised … Read More
Author: Christine Welthagen
Workshop on writing new articles
Following the wikithon on Saturday 16th of July, the participants decided to meet up on Saturday 26th Of July at the Goethe Institut Kamerun in Yaoundé. During this meeting, the article on Pascale Obolo, artist, producer and director from Cameroon has been created.
Introducing Wiki Loves Women at the Africa femmes digitales forum
Invited as a panelist on Tuesday 26th of July 2016 at the Palais des Congrès in Yaoundé as part of the “Africa Femmes digitales” forum, Georges Fodouop was asked to talk about the Wiki Loves Women project through the theme: Women and their visibility on Internet: Wikipédia’s case. The main theme of the forum was … Read More
Douala welcomes its first event
It’s finally done. It is now possible to for all volunteers from Douala to meet up for the wikithons and other linked events. Indeed, in order to promote the activities linked to Wiki Loves Women project, a partnership has been created with ActivSpaces to create the Wiki Africa community. ActiveSpaces is a Tech incubator and its … Read More
Abidjan celebrates the International Day of African Women
Celebrated every year on the 31st of July, the International Day of African Women (IDAF) has been initiated in 1962 during the creation of the first African Women organisation named « Conférence des Femmes Africaines ». This historical day has been enacted by the UN and the OAU on the 31st of July 1963. This celebration offers … Read More
‘Improving women’s image in medias in Cote d’Ivoire’ Awareness Day
This Friday 17th of June 2016, at CERAO in Cocody, took place the Improving women’s image in media awareness day. .>. This event was initiated by the UNESCO, and the ‘Réseau des femmes journalistes et des professionnelles de la communication de Côte d’Ivoire’ (REFJPCI) and UN Women. Some members of the Ivorian Government such … Read More
Launching Wiki Loves Women in Ivory Coast
The « Wiki Loves Women » project has officially been presented to the wikimedian community in Ivory Coast during the 16the WikiCIV Meet-up, on Saturday 9th of April at the Goethe Institute.The presentation was conducted by the Project Leader: Dominique Eliane YAO. It gave us the opportunity to introduce the project and to call for more … Read More