February 8th, 2017 in the city of Lagos, Nigeria . Wiki Loves Women gathered representative of female farmers in Lagos to add quality information to Wikimedia in the area of Agriculture. Event was tagged: Women in Agriculture. The event is part of the ongoing program by Wiki Loves Women in Africa to introduce, train and … Read More
Wiki Loves Women, only started less than 1 year ago but also has great projects: creating a User Group in Cameroon. After several months and several training sessions, Cameroon can finally take part in the Wikimedia Foundation community. Indeed, through the Wiki Loves Women project, people have worked hard in showing what Wikipedia is, and … Read More
During the 2nd édition of theWikiIndaba held in Accra in Ghana, from the 20th to the 22nd of January 2017, a Wiki Loves Women project assessment session took place on Monday 23rd of January 2017 at theGoethe Institute with sponsors or some managers from Wikimedia Foundation. The 4 countries: Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Cameroon and Nigeria … Read More
The Management of Blackface Media, one of the leading broadcasting organizations in Nigeria has partnered Wiki Loves Women (Team Nigeria) to support the work of the group in Nigeria. The partnership is one of the numerous efforts of Wikimedia UG Nigeria and Wiki Loves Women Team to create awareness for the event and Wikimedia activities … Read More
Two days were earmarked to celebrate Nigerian women in the month of January 2017, 16th and 17th to be precised. The event was c0-organized by Goethe Institut, Wikimedia UG Nigeria and She Writes Woman. The program was tagged “Mental Illness among Nigerian Women: Taking back the Initiative. The program involved arrays of stake holders in … Read More
The instigators of the Wiki Loves Women project are meeting up in Accra on Monday the 23rd of January. During this meeting, hosted by the Goethe Institute, they will evaluate the actions who have been taking place since 2016 and their outcomes, just before the end of the initiative promoting African women on Internet and … Read More
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
On Thursday 20th of October 2016, a meeting took place between the Wikimedia User group team, the Caucus of the parliamentarian women and the Archive service from the National Assembly of the Ivory Coast, to discuss the Wiki Loves Women project. ‘Being able to produce quality content and illustrated by fiable sources on Ivorian Parliamentary … Read More
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
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
