Org:Wiki Mentor Africa Program

Description	The Wiki Mentor Africa program is designed to help new and inexperienced developers/programmers in the African communities on not just how to make edits on Wikidata but mentoring Africans on building/maintaining Wikidata tools by pairing them with more experienced wikidata tool creators/contributors. Objectives - Develop technical capacity for African Wikimedia communities. - Promote skills transfer from capable communities/individuals to less capable communities/individuals. - Increase the number of Wikidata tools/maintainers/programmers. - Recruit new Wikimedia Tool contributors/creators. - Foster collaborations aimed at solving issues peculiar to African communities. - Ensure Wikimedia technical skills become less Eurocentric. - Organise annual event/conference/contests for all mentors, mentees and the general public.
Primary recommendation	6. Invest in Skills and Leadership Development
Secondary recommendation(s)	1. Increase the Sustainability of Our Movement • 4. Equity in Decision-making
Regional focus	Sub-Saharan Africa • Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Language focus	English
Links	https://m.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wiki_Mentor_Africa
Stage	Execution / Implementation
Seeking collaboration?	Yes
Seeking collaboration with	- Software Developers, Technical Communities.
Collaboration needs	Other • Exchange to learn from each other • Co-design a new activity
Contact person	Tochiprecious
Wikimedia affiliation	Affiliate (user group, thematic org, chapter)
Affiliate	Igbo Wikimedians User Group

We're looking for Mentors who are skilled I'm software development to help mentor young Africans. Kindly get in touch with me if you can assist. No matter what it is: tools development?, tools maintenance? Anything at all.

Thank you a dm looking forward to having you.