Naija Office Hour/Evaluation Report

Naija Office Hour

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What is Naija Office Hour? How did it start? What does the office our bring to the Wikimedia community in Nigeria?
Read this summary page for a description of the program, data highlights across the core outcome areas, and lessons learned across program implementations.
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Program description	Naija office hour featuring Maryana Iskander, the Wikimedia Foundation CEO The Naija Office hour is a bi-monthly meetup designed by the Wikimedia User Group Nigeria to promote and support the activities of Wikimedia User Group Nigeria. The office hour has also been used as a platform to share current updates, best practices, new innovations within the Wikimedia movement and highlights some unique works of members of the Nigerian Wikimedia Community. It has also been used as a platform for capacity-building. The office hour follows a simple model in which participants interact with guests, while the guest answers questions from the community. The office hour has also been used to promote synergy among established Wikimedia communities in Nigeria. The October 2022 edition of the office hour has more than 170 registered participants and 150 participants were recorded. The high number of participants recorded was unprecedented and probably the largest online events organized by a Wikimedia affiliates in Africa.
Learning from survey	Participants satisfaction with the Naija Office Hour Model Impact of the Naija Office Hour on participants learning This is the summary of the survey results from the participants of the Naija Office Hour. This is only a Process Survey and does not include the Cost-Benefit Survey. 70.1% of survey responded learnt about this office hour via the community WhatsApp Group. This suggest that the Wikimedia Nigeria community WhatsApp group is an effective platform for sharing information 53.7% of responded were satisfied with the current model of the office our, and 14.9% of the respondence were very satisfied with the current model. Only 1% of respondence were not satisfied with the current model. 82.1% of survey respondence satisfied with the invited guest. 85.1% of survey respondence believed that the office hour impacts on their learning. 59.7% of survey respondence think the Wikimedia UG Nigeria is providing enough support for the Naija Office Hour Internet data reimbursement were recommended as a form of support by the survey respondence 28.4% of survey respondence believe that the duration of the office hour should be increased
Office hour participants	Category of participants On average, 35 people participate in the office hour. At least 1 guest is invited Vast majority of the participants are members of the Wikimedia community in Nigeria More than 90% of the participants are contributors to one or more Wikimedia projects
Replication and shared learning	85.1% of survey respondence believed that the office hour impacts on their learning. Participants of the Naija Office Hour are willing to share the learning from the office hour with members of their community.
Lessons learned	Due to the high cost of internet in Nigeria, participants need an internet data support to effectively participate There is a need to increase the duration of the program. Increase the duration by 30 minutes may be sufficient The amount of staff time invested in planning and implementation of the program is not less than 30 hours The Naija Office Hour impacts community learning Notes