Hello everyone,
Following months of thorough and meticulous evaluation by the Africa Wiki Challenge 2024 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Africa_Wiki_Challenge_2024 jury, we are thrilled to announce the winners of the fourth edition of the annual contest, themed "Educate Africa: Nurturing minds for the 21st century." Congratulations to all the campaign's deserving winners!
*Winners*
*Overall Winner:* User: DaSupremo
First Runner-Up: User: Kalakpagh
*Second Runner-Up:* User: Sirjat
*Best Female Contributor:* User: The-Efua-Resa
Top Uploader on Commons: User: KwameGhana(Bright Kwame Ayisi)
The contest, which is organized by Open Foundation West Africa, saw collaborations from organizing groups like the *Wikimedia Community User Group **Uganda, Ghanaian Pidgin Community, Hausa Community Wikimedia Madagascar, Ethiopian User Group, Wikimedia Community Arusha, Wikimedia User Group Benin, Wikimedia Community of Togo, GlobalWikiEducation Initiative(Tanzania) *and others.
*1,230 editors *of the campaign contributed to *23,200 existing articles* while *6,830 *new articles were created under the theme. Contributions were made in *14 local languages* all over Africa such as *Swahili, Hausa, Igbo, Fante, Twi, Dagbani, Frafraha, Ghanaian Pidgin, Gurene, **Kinyarwanda and others. *
We are deeply appreciative of our international jury team, who worked tirelessly to ensure the winners were accurately identified.
International Jury
User: Bile_rene - Cameroon
*User: **Ridzaina** - *Nigeria
User: *Peterkwashie* - Ghana
*User: **Husseyn Issa **- *Tanzania
*User: **Asamoah Daniel Kwame Oware* *-*Ghana
User: *Gwanki* -Nigeria
Congratulations once again to all the winners!
*Relevant links*
Dashboard Link https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/campaigns/africa_wiki_challenge_2024/programs
Landing Page Link https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Africa_Wiki_Challenge_2024