On the 4th of March 2017, the Wiki Loves Women Ghana Team held a satellite node of the Arts and Feminism Edit-a-thon in Accra. Arts and Feminism is a international campaign within the Wikimedia movement aimed at promoting contents around Women in the Arts and Feminism across the globe. This year’s intervention saw over 2500 people … Read More
Author: Raphael Berchie
Wiki Indaba Kickstarts in Accra
The biannual regional conference of African Wikipedians ‘’Wiki Indaba’’ will begin in Accra, Ghana from the 20th – 22nd January 2017. This will be the second edition of the conference after the first edition was initiated and hosted by Wikimedia South Africa (WMZA). It was first held in Johannesburg South Africa from June 20th … Read More
WLW stuns Ashesi University
On 29th November, Ashesi University charted a new cause by embracing Open Movement activities.The Wiki Loves Women Team as part of its outreach activities their outreach to Brekuso Hills where Ashesi University is located. This was a follow up to an earlier conversation with Ashesi University by the Team Lead and WIR about having a collaboration … Read More
WLW Goes for Monuments
On 17th September, 2016. The Wiki Loves Women (Ghana) Team joined the Wiki Loves Monuments Team in Ghana on a trip to Kumasi in the Ashanti Region as part of events marking Wiki Loves Monuments in Ghana. Wiki Loves Monuments is an international photo contest that is held across the globe within the Wikimedia movements to … Read More
Women go hacking at Wiki Loves Women in Ghana.
On the 30th July , the Wiki Loves Women (Ghana) Team hosted an event dubbed the ”Wiki Women’s Hack” at the Goethe Institut in Accra. This was the 5th event the group was hosting to bring people together volunteers especially women in Ghana to have a first hand experience on Wikipedia as well as contribute … Read More
Wiki Loves Women (Ghana) attends African Summit
The African Summit on Girls and Women in Technology was held from the 13-14th September 2016 at the Labadi Beach Hotel in Accra.The event sought to bring together women on the African continent who were playing diverse roles in the tech sphere and to set up an agenda in getting more women in ICT. The … Read More
Ghana Kickstarts Wiki Loves Women at Tech Needs Girls Training
On the 18th June 2016,the Ghanaian Team hosted their first event to kickstart a series of activities lined up for the Wiki Loves Women project in Ghana with a training for the female mentors of Tech Need Girls.The event was a training for the female mentors of Tech Need Girls cohort. The Team took the Lady mentees through … Read More