Hello All,
Sending a reminder about the Wikipedian in Residence role for the Africa Knowledge Initiative.
If you intend to apply or have not seen the call for applications yet, you can find more info here. The call ends today at 23:59 PDT (in about 15 hours). We encourage all who have an interest to apply so we can get the best candidate to represent the continent and for the job.
Looking forward to your applications.Best regards,On Wed, May 4, 2022 at 4:54 PM Felix Nartey <fnartey@wikimedia.org> wrote:Hello All,See you all at the AKI office hour in about 7 mins.Event: AKI Office HourDate: 4th May 2022Time: 3:00pm to 4:00pm GMT+00Warm regards,On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 1:05 PM Felix Nartey <fnartey@wikimedia.org> wrote:Thanks Bobby and Douglas for your interest. Sorry, I missed the time in my earlier email, the details for the office hour are as follows:Event: AKI Office HourDate: 4th May 2022Time: 3:00pm to 4:00pm GMT+00Looking forward to seeing you all soon!Warmest regards,On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 12:04 PM Douglas Scott <douglas.i.scott@gmail.com> wrote:Thanks Felix. I would love to attend. What time on 4 May 2022 will the open office hour take place? I seem to have missed that bit.Regards,
Douglas.On Fri, 29 Apr 2022 at 12:42, Bobby Shabangu <bobbyshabangu@gmail.com> wrote:Thanks for sharing this Felix,Our chapter is definitely getting involved and we shall see you at the 4 May meeting.Best,Bobby Shabangu_______________________________________________On Fri, 29 Apr 2022 at 11:57, Felix Nartey <fnartey@wikimedia.org> wrote:More than 1 billion people live on the continent of Africa but just about 27 thousand Africans contribute to the African story on Wikipedia._______________________________________________Are you ready to help put back the African narrative in the hands of its people?The partnership & community programs team at the WMF is forming a partnership with the African Union to encourage content creation from the continent. The project seeks to empower Wikimedia communities on the continent by creating access to the network and the resources of the AU.You can read more about the project in our recently published diff post.[1] Please do not hesitate to contact us via campaigns@wikimedia.org if you have further questions or join us at the AKI office hour on 4 May 2022 to meet partner institutions, engage and contribute to making this storytelling project a success! [2]Best,[1] - https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/04/21/setting-our-sights-on-knowledge-equity-with-the-african-union/--
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