I am encouraged that it is as many as 27000, How was this number calculated? Cheers, Peter (one of the 27000)
From: Felix Nartey [mailto:fnartey@wikimedia.org] Sent: 29 April 2022 15:05 To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians Cc: Wikimedia Mailing List; Shupai Mchuchu; hlezi.motha@wikimedia.org.za; tshepiso.ngaleka@wikimedia.org.za Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Re: [African Wikimedians] Re: Africa Knowledge Initiative (AKI) Community Engagements
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 Hour
Date: 4th May 2022
Time: 3:00pm to 4:00pm GMT+00
Link: https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/87653338679
Looking 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 https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/04/21/setting-our-sights-on-knowledge-equity-with-the-african-union/ .[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 https://www.google.com/url?q=https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/87653338679&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1651657998747226&usg=AOvVaw3KMCpsHfy8kqTG4qB2YCXY 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...
[2] - https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/87653338679