Hello folks,
 
It's been a while since I last communicated with you guys, but I have some updates regarding our chapter, the South African Chapter and Wikimedia in general.
 
WIKIMEDIA KENYA
I recently received intelligence from Wikimedia Foundation about Omidyar Network. Omidyar Network is an NGO that funds Wikimedia and also gives financial assistance to companies in Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, etc. I was also told that there could be a high possibility that they could support our upcoming chapter get off the ground. I was given some connections and I have contacted one of them and I am yet to receive a reply.
 
Wimedia South Africa:
Also, Delphine was on holiday over the past couple of weeks so we weren't able to communicate regarding our chapter's progress. However, she recently went to a workshop held by the South African Chapter and came up with a report. Please see the report at the end of this email. I would also kindly urge you to subscribe to the South African mailing list so that we can receive up-to-date intel of what our counterparts are doing. Visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza to subscribe. Also see their meta page for more info: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_South_Africa.
 
On the news:
There has been an interesting saga where the FBI wants it's seal to be removed from Wikipedia. Read the full story on the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/03/us/03fbi.html?_r=1. (This is a must-read article:-)).
 
It is also interesting to note that the Swahili Wikipedia, now having 18,000 articles is now the largest African-language Wikipedia beating the Africaans (South African) Wikipedia that has 15,000 articles!
 
That's all from me,
 
I am, yours,
Abbas Mahmoud.