Hello African Wikimedians!

Thank you for turning out in such great numbers to support the launch of the "Integrating Wikimedia Projects into the African Libraries Ecosystem" project on Friday, November 1, 2024! Your presence made the event truly memorable. If you missed it, you can catch up on the recording here - https://youtu.be/IFwzUd5KwcI https://youtu.be/IFwzUd5KwcI

The #IWIPALE project, funded by WMF through the Knowledge Equity Fund (KEF), seeks to build greater and sustainable rapport between the African Wikimedia movement and the African Library and Information science sector and that is why there are 2 components; the data gathering aspect and then a pilot initiative, in partnership with Wikimedia Deutschland, to develop a semantic Authority Control system powered by Wikibase, to give more visibility to African knowledge.

Following the launch, we'd like to invite all African Wikimedians to participate in our regional and language based series of open discussions focussed on answering the question, "How can Wikimedia projects be seamlessly integrated into library routines in Africa?" This fact-finding session aims to gather insights and ideas from diverse voices across Africa, including yours.

Below is a schedule of the Virtual Conversation sessions, times, dates and registration link:

1. West Africa (English speaking) @ Thursday, 7th November, 2024, 10:30am GMT Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Fp6gO1W6TKyXURMsL04HvA#/registra... Moderator: Olusola Olaniyan, President, Nigeria Wikimedia User Group

2. Central Africa @ Thursday, 14th November, 2024, 10:30am GMT Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_So7gqxkMSxCRVAjsfBzcOA#/registra... Moderator: Georges Fodouop, Co-founder, Cameroon Wikimedia User Group, Chairman, WikiFranca

3. North Africa @ Tuesday, 19th November, 2024, 10:30am GMT Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YP18DaNgTuKcjSJk8L7SqQ#/registra... Moderator: Afek Ben Chahed, General Secretary, WIkiFranca and Community Facilitator, Wiki in Africa

4. East Africa @ Tuesday, 26th November, 2024, 10:30am GMT Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IEBXxrVASTKYr6DmubNKrQ#/registra... Moderator: Alice Kibombo, Senior Program Officer (Libraries), WMF

5. West Africa (French Speaking) @ Wednesday, 27th November, 2024 Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tecG-DlqTo-TpdxmAlfmnQ#/registra... Moderator: Kangah Donatien KOFFI, Co-founder, Wikimedia Côte d’Ivoire User Group

6. Southern Africa @ Thursday, 28th November. 2024, 10:30am GMT Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OXVMB_lhQU229PIKEArUow#/registra...

Moderator: Bobby Shabangu, President, Wikimedia South Africa Chapter

Do not miss this opportunity to come and share your thoughts and learn from others, as we explore new ways to enrich African content on Wikimedia projects and library services with Wikimedia tools.

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