Great additions
On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 10:07 AM, Nkansah Rexford <
nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Thank you for the report, Felix. Just in case
some are wondering if
they could feast their eyes on some pictures and enjoy most of the
presentations, here you go:
I have uploaded the pictures I took to here:
http://goo.gl/pqSVOp
Habib also shared his pictures here:
http://goo.gl/A9SBXX
The presentations of the conferences are found on this Channel: Wikimedia
South Africa <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBFQLpvHnAWXcrVFMxdYLPw>
Enjoy
On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 11:44 AM, Felix Nartey <flixtey(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Greetings,
>
>
> Wiki Indaba was a gathering of African Wikimedians and Open Source
> Advocates. The convention sought to realize, analyze and address situations
> peculiar to the continent while churning ideas for the future of Wikimedia
> projects on the continent. There was a representation from 10 countries
> spanning the entire regions on the continent. Ghana, Nigeria and Cote
> Divoire, Cameroon, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Tanzania, Egypt and Tunisia and
> South Africa, Botswana, Namibia and Malawi represented the Western,
> Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern African Regions respectively. There
> was also a representation from the Wikimedia Foundation and other countries
> such as Iran, France and Italy, resulting in a total of about 35
> participants at the conference.
>
>
> Day1
>
>
> The general focus for the first day was to introduce and acquaint
> ourselves with the other participants while each country presented
> challenges and success stories that pertained to their specific countries.
> In the evening we had dinner at the House of Baobab. The restaurant had
> delicacies sprawling the entire African continent. The flagship jollof and
> bissap juice (popularly known in Ghana as sobolo) from the West African
> Region were served. Not forgetting the fried plantain with tomato sauce
> that was served as a starter.
>
>
>
> Day 2
>
>
> Day 2 started with great enthusiasm as we were gaining into the main
> agenda for the convention. Sectional meetings were hosted, ideas presented
> and trainings on more specific related programs. Success stories,
> suggestions and further education were done in these sessions. The day
> wouldn’t have been any better without the excellent film show on
> copyright by the creative commons team at the Jozi Hub. It was great
> insight to Wikimedians, artists and producers who were present.
>
>
>
> Day 3
>
>
> Day three was result oriented. The focus was on addressing the many
> concerns that were raised and drawing conclusions on the way forward. This
> was facilitated through allotment of groups which were tasked to solve or
> perhaps provide solutions to topics or issues that were deemed essential to
> the gathering. Day 3 was doleful as many were just not in the mood to come
> to a close to the summit I dubbed, “the gathering of the world’s most
> positive minds”
>
>
>
> Generally I will say it was an event worth attending and hope it hosts
> more Africans next year so as to increase the pool of knowledge and ideas
> that will be shared.
>
> Regards
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>
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