Great additions
On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 10:07 AM, Nkansah Rexford <[email protected]> wrote: > 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> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-GH mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh > > -- *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 **| **Check out!! <http://goo.gl/4oHJeQ>*
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