Thank you for the report, Felix. Just in case some are wondering if they could feast their eyes on some pictures and enjoy most of the presentations, here you go:
I have uploaded the pictures I took to here: http://goo.gl/pqSVOp Habib also shared his pictures here: http://goo.gl/A9SBXX The presentations of the conferences are found on this Channel: Wikimedia South Africa <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBFQLpvHnAWXcrVFMxdYLPw> Enjoy On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 11:44 AM, Felix Nartey <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings, > > > Wiki Indaba was a gathering of African Wikimedians and Open Source > Advocates. The convention sought to realize, analyze and address situations > peculiar to the continent while churning ideas for the future of Wikimedia > projects on the continent. There was a representation from 10 countries > spanning the entire regions on the continent. Ghana, Nigeria and Cote > Divoire, Cameroon, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Tanzania, Egypt and Tunisia and > South Africa, Botswana, Namibia and Malawi represented the Western, > Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern African Regions respectively. There > was also a representation from the Wikimedia Foundation and other countries > such as Iran, France and Italy, resulting in a total of about 35 > participants at the conference. > > > Day1 > > > The general focus for the first day was to introduce and acquaint > ourselves with the other participants while each country presented > challenges and success stories that pertained to their specific countries. > In the evening we had dinner at the House of Baobab. The restaurant had > delicacies sprawling the entire African continent. The flagship jollof and > bissap juice (popularly known in Ghana as sobolo) from the West African > Region were served. Not forgetting the fried plantain with tomato sauce > that was served as a starter. > > > > Day 2 > > > Day 2 started with great enthusiasm as we were gaining into the main > agenda for the convention. Sectional meetings were hosted, ideas presented > and trainings on more specific related programs. Success stories, > suggestions and further education were done in these sessions. The day > wouldn't have been any better without the excellent film show on > copyright by the creative commons team at the Jozi Hub. It was great > insight to Wikimedians, artists and producers who were present. > > > > Day 3 > > > Day three was result oriented. The focus was on addressing the many > concerns that were raised and drawing conclusions on the way forward. This > was facilitated through allotment of groups which were tasked to solve or > perhaps provide solutions to topics or issues that were deemed essential to > the gathering. Day 3 was doleful as many were just not in the mood to come > to a close to the summit I dubbed, "the gathering of the world's most > positive minds" > > > > Generally I will say it was an event worth attending and hope it hosts > more Africans next year so as to increase the pool of knowledge and ideas > that will be shared. > > Regards > -- > > > > *Felix Nartey | DSE CAL Bank Ltd. | Co-manager GBG TEMA > <https://plus.google.com/u/0/106882654487622047846/posts> **| Community > Manager WMGH <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Ghana> | About me > <http://about.me/felix.nartey> | +233 242 844987 <%2B233%20242%20844987> * > *| **Check out!! <http://goo.gl/4oHJeQ>* > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-GH mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh > > -- +Rexford <http://google.com/+Nkansahrexford> | Africa Center <http://africacenter.net> | WiR <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence> | WikiAfrica <http://wikiafrica.net> | User:Nkansahrexford <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nkansahrexford>
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