WikiIndaba conference 2021/Alvinategyeka/Report

Participant

Alvinategyeka

Sessions attended

1.Wiki for refugees in Uganda

2.Wikipedia in african libraries;milestones attained, challenges and outcomes.

3.East Africa wiki communities collaboration discussion.

4.Use of QRpedia as a tool to generate QRcodes to tell the wiki story in Africa.

5.Photography in wikimedia movement.

6.Movement strategy;opportunities for African communities and the implementation grants

7.Wikimedia communities and the sustainable development goals.

8.How to reach out to those offline. and like 3 more sessions

Connections made

Met online with different volunteers from the rest of Africa and beyond and got their perspective on Wikimedia and its activities. I glad to get in touch with Faith Mwanyolo from kenya, Erasmus Kamugisha from Tanzania, and Hussein Mmbaga from Tanzania.

Learning points

Wiki Indaba 2021 was unique and easy to attend, being online, it made it possible to interact remotely in comfort. furthermore, the sessions were short and easy to keep tabs on, there were no boring moments.

Outcome

I plan to broaden my scope of contribution. i keenly attended the session on Heritage and it tickled my interest, i intend to start contributing in this area. I also learnt more about Wikimedia commons and licensing which i will replicate in my future submissions.