thanks for the report as well, excellent! would you be able to share a list of participants including a possibility to contact them?
rupert Am 30.06.2014 12:09 schrieb "Felix Nartey" <[email protected]>: > 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 <%2B233%20242%20844987> * > *| **Check out!! <http://goo.gl/4oHJeQ>* > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-GH mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh > >
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