Promoting Africa and its values on the Net. So is the main objective of Wiki Loves Africa (WLA) and Wiki Loves Women (WLW)projects. Wiki Loves Women works towards the appréciation of the african woman on Wikipedia – the free encyclopedia. Through articles and images…, the project allows to highlight the essential role of women in african … 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 the 8th of December 2016, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) organised edit-a-thorn with Wikimedia community across the globe. The news is the growing popularity of Wiki loves women among Nigerian women. This was put to play when WLW was invited to coordinate the proceeding at the event in Abuja at BBC office The event created … Read More
The Wiki loves women (WLW) team was in Abuja for a 2-day event starting on the 18th and ended on the 19th of November as an on going activities to honor women of Nigerian descent. The event was co-hosted by Techher , Wikimedia UG Nigeria (WUGN), Wiki Africa and Goethe Institut. This is the second … Read More
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
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
The 28th of October 2016 will stay an important date in the history of the Wikipedia/media community in Niger. The meeting, who took place in Homeland Hôtel in Niamey, between the President of the User Group de Côte d’Ivoire, Donatien Kangah, and the President of Femme & TIC Niger, Fatiman Alher, marked a future collaboration, … Read More
Nigerian women in Science and Technology in collaboration with Goethe Institut, Wiki Loves Women, WikiAfrica , Women’s Empowerment Technology Center (W.TEC) and Wikimedia UG Nigeria (WUGN) gathered on the 13th of October, 2016 at the main of hall of Goethe Institut in Lagos, South west Nigeria to celebrate all notable Nigerian women. The event was … Read More
The second ‘Soirée contributive de Wikimédia Community User Group Côte d’Ivoire’ on the Wiki Loves Women project, took place on Friday 21st of October 2016, in the E-voir agency building. It was all about making sure that everything was still running smoothly after last week’s meeting. Dominique Eliane Yao, Wiki Loves Women Team Leader for … Read More