WikiIndaba conference 2018/Report/African Hope

Event Name

WikiIndaba Conference 2018

My inputs

Indaba 2018 Teaching citizenship values and employability skills through Wikipedia

I had the chance to participate in various through this conference:

• I gave a lighting talk during the first day about how to use Wikipedia for teaching citizenship values and modern skills.
• In the WikiEducation panel, I shared impact and lessons learned from piloting Wiki Education in Cote d’Ivoire last year
• During GLAM and Libraries roundtable, I discussed about how we used #1Lib1Ref for leveraging GLAM partnerships in Côte d'Ivoire

Participant Connections

This being my third WikiIndaba, I saw familiar faces and met new ones. Therefore, I had the chance to meet in real life some Wikimedians that I had only talked to online such as Egbe Eugene, Woubzena Jiffar, Perside Rosalie, etc.

Outcome

• Deeper understanding of challenges related to digitization
• Better comprehension of characteristics and needs of GLAM stakeholders' thanks the GLAM and Libraries roundtable
• Strengthened collaboration with wikimedia community of West Africa (Ghana, Mali) and beyond

Photos

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  Discussing the future of Wikimedia movement
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  Fellow African wikimedians from west and north Africa
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  A pose with my lovely spouse and compatriot, Modjou
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  Family picture
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  Cape Angela, northernmost point in Africa, Tunisia