“The Focus Group: After 2 years, where are we?”

February 8, 2023By AfekCameroon, Focus Group, ISA drives, Kenya, Project action, SheSaid, Wiki Indaba, Wikimania, Wikiquote

The Focus Group celebrates its second year anniversary. An amazing amount of work continues to be done by the members. A Coaching program has been instituted to help the participating members in all stages of the programme to develop their skills and helped them find ways to build their capacities. “I have been able to … Read More

Cape Town #SheSaid event adds 25 South African women to Wikiquote over 3-day workshop

December 1, 2022By IslaGender, Gender equity, She Said, SheSaid, South African notable women, Wiki Loves Women, Womens voices

December started with a workshop in Cape Town as WikiAfrica Heritage joined the SheSaid campaign. The workshop took place at the  District Six Museum’s Homecoming Centre and focused on training heritage and culture professionals in adding the notable quotations of their icons to Wikiquote. Before the event, 27 of the 3,462 women listed as notable […]

She has a lot to say! #SheSaid

November 20, 2022By AfekGender, SheSaid, Wiki Loves Women, Wikiquote, Women of Africa, Womens voices

Wiki Loves Women‘s #SheSaid campaign, which aims to redress the imbalance of gender representation on Wikiquote, continues to impact the visibility of women with new and improved articles being added in 12 languages since the 2022 project launched in October. In early December, over mid-way through the campaign and heading towards its end in December, Wikiquotes added […]

Wiki in Africa partners with Wiki Indaba to stream remote content to you!

November 15, 2022By AfekAfrican Narrative, African Wikimedians, Community, Conference, Wiki in Africa, Wiki Loves Women, WikiIndaba

The Wiki in Africa team flew to Rwanda last month to Wiki Indaba, where some team members met in person for the first time after working together for almost a year. Although the team has a wonderfully synergistic professional relationship, bonds of friendship were cemented over wine from Cape Town and Tunisia, and project ideas for […]

What’s up with Wiki Loves Women?

October 20, 2022By AfekGender, Inspiring Open, personal story, Wiki Loves Women

Wiki Loves Women continues to celebrate African women with the launch of a new #SheSaid WikiQuote drive, while the first series of our Inspiring Open podcast continues to gain popularity as we near the final episode of the season. With guests in a wide range of fields, from the creative, to the cultural curators and […]

Women in Architecture – Tell Us About Her 2022

March 26, 2022By IslaChallenges, ISA drives

On 1st March 2022, Wiki Loves Women’s ISA campaign Tell Us About Her was launched for the third year running. This year, the drive looks at the theme “Women in Architecture” to improve the visibility (and descriptions) of women in architecture, construction and building by adding relevant Wiki-data linked information to the images depicting women … Read More