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[Wikimedia Kenya] Wiki Loves Monuments in Africa
by Lodewijk 29 Jan '13

29 Jan '13

Hey folks, last year we experienced in organizing Wiki Loves Monuments that some of the challenges in African countries are almost universal for the continent, but new to us. We thought it to be helpful to set up a mailing list for Wiki Loves Monuments in African countries, where you could share experiences and ideas, but also ask questions to each other. It is a public mailing list, and you're most welcome to join if you're interested! Please feel free to forward. https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wlm-africa Lodewijk Gelauff (international Wiki Loves Monuments team member)

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[Wikimedia Kenya] Fwd: Get in touch asap
by Stephen 22 Jan '13

22 Jan '13

Hi Folks! I hope you are doing well. Sometime last year I mentioned that the Nation Newspaper was interested in running an article about Wikimedia Kenya and what the WMF does in Kenya. The Daily nation is among the top 3 newspapers in Kenya. An editor with the newspaper just sent me an E-mail which I have forwarded below for your attention. regards, Stephen. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Get in touch asap Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 08:25:03 +0300 From: Elvis Ondieki <ondiekielvis(a)gmail.com> To: stephen wanjau <wanjaustev(a)gmail.com> Hi, My editor has given me permission to feature the Wikimedia Kenya chapter. I request that you be the one to help me get in touch with other members of the team. I need to know of your organisation structure and what you are working on. It's urgent because the deadline for submission is tomorrow (Wednesday). My number is 0729371254. I have misplaced yours and will be glad to have it. Thanks and regards.

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[Wikimedia Kenya] Status of founding of Wikimedia Kenya
by Bence Damokos 12 Jan '13

12 Jan '13

Hi folks. Hope you are having a good start to the new year so far? I was wondering if someone could give me an update on the status and process of founding Wikimedia Kenya? The original resolution to recognize it[1] would need to be extended soon, if the information on Meta[2] is still up-to-date. I am happy to help facilitate the process once I have more information. Best regards, Bence (Chair, Affiliations Committee) [1] http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Recognition_of_Wikimedia_Ken… [2] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters

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[Wikimedia Kenya] WiR at the Kenya National Archives
by Abbas Mahmood 01 Jan '13

01 Jan '13

Hi all, After several months of negotiation, I am almost sealing a GLAM deal with the Kenya National Archives. I'm getting the necessary paperwork done, and hopefully, by January 2013, I'll have gotten the final go-ahead. So, I'm guesstimating that this project may start on Feb 2013. The Archives has made it very clear (from the start) that it doesn't have the resources to undertake this project, so I hope that I'll manage to secure a grant from the WMF to fund the Wikipedian in Residence's compensation and all other associated costs. I've started making a draft application here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Abbas_Mahmood/Wikipedian_in_Residence…. I'm also planning on contacting WikiAfrica to 1) learn more from their GLAM projects that they've been undertaking, 2) inquire about how much it usually costs them, and 3) the challenges that they usually face. This is NOT a public service announcement: this is just a courtesy FYI, so please do NOT distribute this news until everything is official. Thanks, and happy holidays :-) Abbas.

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[Wikimedia Kenya] TechCrunch: $50 Android Smartphones Are Disrupting Africa Much Faster Than You Think, Says Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales
by Anirudh Bhati 11 Dec '12

11 Dec '12

FYI, folks. Anirudh ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Amit Kapoor <akapoor(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 5:09 AM Subject: [Wmfcc-l] TechCrunch: $50 Android Smartphones Are Disrupting Africa Much Faster Than You Think, Says Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales To: Communications Committee <wmfcc-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/10/50-android-smartphones-are-disrupting-afri… $50 Android Smartphones Are Disrupting Africa Much Faster Than You Think, Says Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales What phone does Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page> founder Jimmy Wales have in his pocket? An unlocked Android-powered 3G smartphone, made by Chinese mobile maker Huawei – which was selling for $85 on the streets of Kenya last year and now goes for $50. While the majority of Africa’s mobile phones are more basic talk-plus-text feature phones — recent figures from analyst ABI Research<http://techcrunch.com/2012/11/28/abi-africas-mobile-market-to-pass-80-subsc…> suggest 3G connectivity accounts for 11 percent of the continent’s overall mobile subscriptions vs. GSM’s 62.7 percent – 300,000 of these $50 Android smartphones have been sold in Kenya, according to Wales and African carrier Safaricom’s CEO Bob Collymore. The pair were speaking at Vodafone’s Mobile for Good summit taking place in London today. “What I always thought about mobile in Africa…is this [smartphone adoption] is coming in the future — in the future someday,” said Wales. “Well the someday’s happening faster than I ever realised.” Wales’ own budget Android was brought back from Kenya by a friend and is now his personal smartphone. “The screen is a little smaller than the iPhone, it’s not quite as good but the battery lasts two days,” he joked. The Wikipedia founder has been spending the past couple of years working on Wikipedia Zero <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero> – a project that’s aiming to broaden access to the online encyclopedia to those who don’t own a computer or can’t get access to 3G mobile data – but he says the pace of smartphone adoption in Africa is changing the digital landscape of the continent much faster than people think. The pace caught Wikipedia by surprise. The not-for-profit organisation had been focusing its emerging markets’ efforts on India but is now paying a lot more attention to Africa, thanks to the growth in ownership of cheap, Android-powered handsets — like the one in Wales’ pocket. “This phone actually woke my mind up,” said Wales, pulling the handset out of his pocket and holding it up. “This is what really got me energised to say let’s go back and take another look at Africa, because we had focused most of our attention on India with the view that it was ready for us to do things.” “If you go and you take a look at the numbers [of smartphone adoption in Africa]… the upward trend — obviously it’s still a very small penetration – but that upward trend is there really strongly. If you look at the total bandwidth into Nigeria, for example, it’s skyrocketing. “Things that are very hard for us to all imagine are going to happen much faster than we realise,” he added. “People are going to be coming online for the first time. There’s this vibrant community of young app developers growing in Kenya and Nigeria. “It’s mind-boggling to think what the possibilities are — and I’m super excited about it.” -- Amit Kapoor Mobile Partnerships Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ Wmfcc-l mailing list Wmfcc-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wmfcc-l

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[Wikimedia Kenya] Brief introduction of myself
by Kuria Evans 10 Dec '12

10 Dec '12

Hi wiki, My name is Evanson Kuria,a graduate from Jomo Kenyatta University, I am that kind of person who like sharing with others new ideas mostly on development and inventions,I am a very social person who would accomodate almost everyone,I like reading alot especially inspirational scripts and documentaries,and above all I put God first in everything.Thanks a lot. kind regards, Evanson.

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Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] State of the Chapter
by Andrew maina 29 Nov '12

29 Nov '12

I'm not talking about generating new articles, just updating articles who's facts will be 'changed' so to speak by the event of the elections in a timely fashion. ------------------------------ On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 6:48 PM MSK Oliver Stegen wrote: >Politically a good idea but please remember that wikipedia is not wikinews. >News articles trying to keep track of the elections will in all probability >be deleted by the administrators. > >Best, > >BT > > > > _____ > >From: Andrew maina [mailto:kimemiaandy@yahoo.com] >Sent: 28 November 2012 11:30 >To: The discussion list for the Wikimedia Kenya chapter. >Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] State of the Chapter > > > > > >Love to be there but I can't sorry. >However, is it too early to discuss how to make sure we are ready to deal >with the 2013 general elections on Wikipedia? There's gonna be a huge influx >of new info (poll results, court petitions etc) that's gonna come through in >really short notice and I'd like Wikipedia to be a good up to date place for >folk to keep track. > > _____ > >From: Alex Wafula <xelawafs(a)gmail.com> >To: The discussion list for the Wikimedia Kenya chapter. ><wikimediake(a)lists.wikimedia.org> >Sent: Tuesday, 27 November 2012, 12:52 >Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] State of the Chapter > > > >Hadn't finished that.... So I think we should have 1st Dec for the meeting. >Is everyone OK with that? Mugo, do you think you can get a space by then? > >Alex > > > >On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 12:51 PM, Alex Wafula <xelawafs(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >I've started a pad here [1] on stuff that we can do to gain some momentum >while working together as a community. It would be great if everyone could >chip in then we can settle on the ones we'd like to followup with. > >As I mentioned before, I think 1st Dec i > >[1]. http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/wmke-ideas > > > ><snip> > > >

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[Wikimedia Kenya] State of the Chapter
by David Mugo 28 Nov '12

28 Nov '12

Guys, I have been silent watching in hope that someone will come up and say something about the state of the Kenyan chapter. While we decided to disband the board, we did not agree to kill the chapter. We have a lot of things to achieve and we need to bring back the fire that was the Kenyan chapter. I would like to suggest a meetup to discuss the way forward, who is with me and what is the best day to get this up? -- ------------- David Mugo, Adviser to Kenya's VP on Digital Media & Technology, CEO & Board Chairman, Wikimedia Kenya http://mugo.me Twitter: @raidarmax

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[Wikimedia Kenya] Wiki Loves Monuments: unknown monument
by Lodewijk 11 Nov '12

11 Nov '12

Hi all, congrats again with the organizing of Wiki Loves Monuments in Kenya! I know it was a big struggle to get it off the ground. As we discussed before, I understood there are still some pages of the monument list missing. Does anyone know where those pdf's/jpg's are? Secondly, your local expertise would be welsome. Henkvd reported here [ http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Effeietsanders#Winners_in_Kenya] that some images have no identified monument. Could you, as a community, try to figure out what is displayed on the images, and whether it is actually a recognized monument in Kenya? Thanks! Lodewijk

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[Wikimedia Kenya] To people involved in Wiki Loves Monuments Kenya
by Elitre 82 06 Nov '12

06 Nov '12

Hi all, > my name is Elitre and I am about to write a case study about the > participation of Africa in WLM for the > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiAfrica project. > it would be great if Wikipedians and Wikimedians involved in WLM Kenya > 2012 could send me ideas and thoughts about the contest Wiki Loves > Monuments Kenya (and maybe also some background on similar events in your > region) and the images in > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_Wiki_Loves_Monument…, > how it went, whether you're satisfied, excited and so on. I'd be glad to > report your words into my article which is due for the end of this month! > Thanks! > > Elitre >

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