Org:Africa Knowledge Initiative
The Africa Knowledge Initiative is a partnership between the Wikimedia Foundation and the African Union.[1] It is a capacity-building partnership designed to address African knowledge gaps on-wiki, expand African language coverage, reach new audiences, and to grow the African contributor base. (Draw more from [1].)
In 2022-23, the WMF is facilitating the pan-African content campaigns co-created with Wikimedia communities around three AU holidays: Africa Youth Day, Africa Environment Day, and Africa Day. Activities will be coordinated by a Wikimedian in Residence (hired as of August 2022) and an implementing partner organization called Africa No Filter.[2][3]
References
- ↑ meta:Africa Knowledge Initiative
- ↑ Felix Nartey. Africa Knowledge Initiative Welcomes Wikimedian-in-Residence Ceslause Ogbonnaya, Diff blog, WMF, 4 Aug 2022
- ↑ Africa No Filter home page
| Activity names | Africa Knowledge Initiative, AKI, African Knowledge Initiative Project. |
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| Keywords | Wikimedia, Wikimedia partnership, English, French, Arabic, Swahili, Wikimedian in Residence |
| Organizations | WMF, African Union, Africa No Filter, WMF Community Programs |
| Start year | 2022 |
| End year | |
| Frequency | |
| Locations | Sub-Saharan Africa, MENA |
| URL | https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Knowledge_Initiative |
| Wikidata ID |
| Description | AKI is a capacity-building partnership with the African Union designed to address African knowledge gaps on-wiki, expand African language coverage, reach new audiences, and to grow the African contributor base. To pilot, we are facilitating 3 pan-African content campaigns co-created with Wikimedia communities around AU holidays in 2022-23: Africa Youth Day, Africa Environment Day, and Africa Day. Activities will be coordinated by a Wikimedian in Residence and implementing partner (Africa No Filter). |
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| Primary recommendation | 8. Identify Topics for Impact |
| Secondary recommendation(s) | 1. Increase the Sustainability of Our Movement • 6. Invest in Skills and Leadership Development |
| Regional focus | Sub-Saharan Africa • Middle East and North Africa (MENA) |
| Language focus | English; French; Arabic; Swahili |
| Links | https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Knowledge_Initiative,
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/04/21/setting-our-sights-on-knowledge-equity-with-the-african-union/, https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/08/04/africa-knowledge-initiative-welcomes-wikimedian-in-residence-ceslause-ogbonnaya/ |
| Stage | Pilot (e.g., testing idea or model) |
| Seeking collaboration? | Yes |
| Seeking collaboration with | Focused on connecting with existing meta/international organizers (could be individuals, groups, organizations) ready to lead campaigns in each of the topical areas for the campaigns (pivoted on the select AU holidays) selected. The goal is to use this project as a conduit to scale existing campaigns and not duplicate efforts. We need full support of communities/affiliates in sharing more about this initiative with their members, aligned communities or to civil society organizations that might be good allies for bridging content gaps around the selected topical areas. We are interested in working with Africans in the diaspora, content producers, youth activists and civil society organizations that are interested in the topical areas of interest of the project or can introduce other key topical areas of interests that are the highlight of current discourse from the continent. The goal here would be to train, build capacity and increase reach beyond our current affiliate network. |
| Collaboration needs | Exchange to learn from each other • Talk about our idea • Co-design a new activity • Replicate/Adapt our activity somewhere else |
| Contact person | FNartey_(WMF) |
| Wikimedia affiliation | Wikimedia Foundation |
| Wikimedia Foundation team | Community Programs |