Hi Bobby and Team,

Thank you for your feedback email (my apology for late reply as I was out of office, hence limited access to emails).

I firstly appreciate the great job you all as a team has done up to this step, and we sincerely congratulate Wikimedia Rwanda to win the bid to host Wikiindaba 2022.

We remain open for cooperation in any way as we may be needed to ensure a successful Wikiindaba 2022.

With kind regards,

Antoni Mtavangu
Cofounder-Wikimedia Tanzania, 
& Wikimedia 2030: Community Liaison-Tanzania 

"By 2030, Wikimedia will become the essential infrastructure of the ecosystem of free knowledge, and anyone who shares our vision will be able to join us." 



On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 7:43 AM Bobby Shabangu <bobbyshabangu@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Antoni, 


Thank you for responding to our invitation to bid to host the 2022 WikiIndaba conference in Tanzania. We appreciate the time you took to put the application together as well as giving well thought of responses to our questionnaire.  


I need to inform you that you were one of the best candidates in the application process. However, due to small technicalities we unfortunately had to award the bid to another well deserving country. 


Kindly be informed that WISCom’s role also extends to providing non-financial support to African communities in areas where they struggle. In this regard, please feel free to reach out to us should you need to discuss your application further, and the areas you may need support in order to improve your chances of winning the bid next time. 


Kind regards, 

Bobby Shabangu


Wiscom