It was a carnival-like atmosphere in the city of Abuja for two days, when Project Pink Blue co-hosted Wiki Loves Women in collaboration with Wikimedia UG Nigeria (WUGN), WikiAfrica, and Goethe Institut . The event titled Inspired Women: Health and Community aimed at commemorating Nigerian women within and outside the country. It took place on … Read More
In continuation of one of the core objectives of Wiki Loves Women in Africa and also coping with the yearning of some of our country leading NGO, CEE-HOPE Nigeria re-invited Wikimedia UG Nigeria for another session of edit-a-thorn at their office premise on the 15th August, 2016. The event expanded and created new article pages … Read More
Digital Thursday is a community network pulled by businesses, investors and innovators to discuss digital orientations, share knowledge, stimulate new ideas and move things along. To this effect, a monthly event is organised each Thursday in a shape of an afterwork and regrouping all the digital actors wishing to exchange about new trends and latest … Read More
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
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.
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
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
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
As part of the activities for the commemoration of notable African women in Nigeria, Wikimedia UG Nigeria in partnership with Wiki Africa, Goethe-Institut and Women Consortium Organization of Nigeria (WOCON) with focus on Women in Civic Society and Humanity organised her third Wiki Loves Women’s event on the 29 July 2016. The event was staged … Read More
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