Wiki Loves Africa 2024/Participating communities
It should be noted that Wiki Loves Africa runs in EVERY African country (and beyond !). In most countries, there is usually a wikimedia team willing to host events and activities. If this is the case and you are the lead organizer, please add your country below. But if your country is not listed here and you still want to participate in the contest or related activities, and maybe also submit pictures, you are encouraged to go ahead but please add your details in the second table below.
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Activities for organizing teams
editWe are excited and really look forward to working with you on this 10th iteration of the project and getting some great results also!
If you are interested in hosting events around the contest and you need funding, kindly submit a rapid grant (see below for guidance).
Consult this page for how to apply for a Rapid Grant and plan for your events (this page is about 2022... 2024 coming soon). You are sure to find helpful resources to support your Wiki Loves Africa local participation.
- Typically the process consists
- Identifying what needs to be done
- Plan your events
- Apply for a Rapid Grant
- Prepare for your event
- Communicate with international organizers and local community members about your activities
- National Juries
As an organizing team, you may decide to organize a National best images selection process, with national winners. Most organizing teams do that. But this is not mandatory. Unlike Wiki Loves Monument, the national selections and the international selection are independent.
So if you want to organize a best national images selection, a ceremony, gifts for national winners, certificate... please do. It is great. But it is also fine to not have a national winner selection. Some countries do not have enough volunteers to run a selection process and ceremony. This is absolutely fine. Please do what is best for you.
If however, you choose to organize a national selection process, please check these Jury process guidelines.
You can see national winners of the 2023 contest here.
Funding
editIt is not mandatory to run a pretty successful activity, however that could boost your range and impact. You can apply for Rapid Grants offered by the Wikimedia Foundation at Project/Rapid. Review all propositions here Grants:Project/Rapid/Browse applications. Mind the deadline for applications. The deadline to submit is 1st NOVEMBER 2023.
- You may check out other Funding requests from Wikimedia groups and individuals former requests 2021 for inspiration.
- Or Grant requests for WLA 2022
- Or Grant requests for WLA 2023
- Or Grant requests for WLA 2024
- Note: Some Wikimedia user groups also offer micro-grants for the Wiki Loves Africa contest an example is Wikimedia User Group Nigeria and WikiFranca
- Some guidelines were drafted in 2017.
- You may find an example of the questions asked in the template.
- To help you in preparing your Rapid Grant, we propose the following Office Hours
Office Hours in English
edit- Fri. 13, October 2023 (16:00 UTC)
Office hours en français
edit- Vendredi 13, Octobre 2023 (17:00 UTC)
Office hour mix English/French
edit- Saturday 28 October 2023 (08:00 UTC)
Participating communities in 2024
editIf you intend to host specific events, lead local actions and you are certain that you will be participating in 2024 please list your chapter, your user group, or your name+country below. If you see a mistake in that table, please fix it !
- Community Participants Table
Edit this table / Add your affiliate
- Individual Participants/ Volunteer groups list
Edit this table / Add yourself
Add yourself if you want to organize activities in your country. In the table or out of the table is fine....
- Small/New groups
- User:Ciri98. I want to organize activities in Angola. I participated last year as a photographer. This year, I would like to organize a photowalk. I’d like to ask for a rapid grant
| Name of participating community or solo organizer | Previous participant? | Country | Point of Contact 2024 | Funding in 2024 | Previous participation | Funding in previous participation | Past focus pages |
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| Campus Photo Fest in Nigeria | 
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Nigeria | Chesco44 | Rapid grant 2024 | 2022, 2023 | 2023 RapidGrant - 2002 Rapid grant | |
| Wiki For Senior Citizens Network |
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Nigeria | Oby Ezeilo | Rapid grant 2024 | 2023 | Wiki Loves Africa 2023 | |
| Wikimedia Community Senegal |
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Senegal | Fatima Gueye | Rapid grant 2024 | 2023, 2022 | ||
| Wikimedia Community Niger |
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Niger | Ibrahim Assoumane | Rapid grant 2024 | This will be our first participation | No | |
| Veritas University Wiki Fan Club | Nigeria | Solomon Wada | Rapid grant 2024 | nil | |||
| Igbo Wikimedians Usergroup |
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Nigeria | Ogali Hillary | Rapid grant 2024 | 2023 | ||
| Amuzujoe |
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Ghana | Amuzujoe | Rapid grant 2024 | 2022, 2023 | Wiki Loves Africa Photowalk 2022- 2023 | |
| Wikimédiens du Bénin User Group |
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Benin | Fawaz.tairou | Rapid grant 2024 | 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 | 2022 RapidGrant - 2021 RapidGrant - 2020 RapidGrant - 2019 RapidGrant | |
| Wikimédia Centrafrique |
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Centrafrique | Daniel236 | Rapid grant 2024 | 2023 | ||
| 787IYO | No | Nigeria | 787IYO | Rapid Grant 2024 | This will be our first participation | No | |
| Wikimedia community of Togo |
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Togo | Akouete | Rapid Grant 2024 | 2022, 2023 | No | |
| Wikimedia Fulfulde Community |
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Nigeria | De-Invincible | Rapid grant 2024 | 2023 | 2023 RapidGrant | |
| Wikimedia community of Zimbabwe |
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Zimbabwe | Sichelesile | Rapid Grant 2024 | 2022 | No | |
| Wikimedia Community of South Sudan |
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South Sudan | Romeo Ronald | Rapid Grant 2024 | 2022 | Rapid Grant 2022 | Page |
| Wikimedia comumunity of Arusha |
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Tanzania | Edward ambele | Rapid grant | 2023 | No | |
| Wikimedia Community of Zambia | No | Zambia | Revention24 | Rapid grant 2024 | 2019-2020 | 2019 Rapid Grant | |
| Wikimedia Gombe Network | No | Nigeria | Merit Ibekeme | Rapid grant 2024 | This will be our first participation | Nil | |
| Sadam Muhammad | No | Nigeria | Sadammuhammad11234 | Rapid Grant 2024 | This is the first | No | |
| Wikimedia Community Kilimanjaro | No | Tanzania | Justine Msechu | Rapid grant 2024 | This will be our first participation | Nil | |
| Yusuf Sa'adu | No | Nigeria | Yusuf Sa'adu | Rapid Grant | This is the first | No | |
| El-hussain14 | No | Nigeria | El-hussain14 | Rapid Grant 2024 | This is the first | Nil | |
| Mohammed Bama | No | Nigeria | MohammedBama123 | Rapid Grant 2024 | This is the first | Nil | |
| Martin Hipangwa |
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Nigeria | Martin Hipangwa | Rapid Grant 2024 | This is the first | Nil | |
| NGOULOU BATAL Ryddhel |
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Congo-Brazzaville | NGOULOU BATALA Ryddhel | Rapid Grant 2024 | This is the first | Nil | |
| RDC Wikimedians |
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Congo-Brazzaville | Fidel Liesse | Rapid Grant 2024 | 2023, 2022 | ||
| Gilbert Ndihokubwayo |
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Burundi | Gilbert Ndihokubwayo | Rapid grant 2024 | 2022, 2023 | Grant 2023 |