It will be easier to get you the list of all participants, however I will try and see if I can get the contact details of all who were present.
sent from my Nexus 7 Excuse brevity and typing errors. On Jun 30, 2014 7:01 PM, "rupert THURNER" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-GH mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-gh > >
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