2025:Program/The Voice of Africa Wikimedians WikiAfrica Hour

Session title: The Voice of Africa Wikimedians WikiAfrica Hour

Session type: Poster

Track: Community Engagement

Language: en

WikiAfrica Hour is a monthly vodcast activated by Wiki In Africa to support the activities of the WikiAfrica movement and wikimedians across Africa. WikiAfrica Hour intends to: 1. Share current updates, and highlights of Africa Wikimedians activities 2. Interact with guest(s) (if any), and take questions from community members 3. Promote synergy within the Wiki community by discussing topics, projects, constraints, collaborations, and opportunities.

Description

The WikiAfrica Hour has been on for over four years now, and has done a lot in promoting synergy within the Wiki community by discussing topics, projects, constraints, collaborations, and opportunities, among other achievements. With thousands of YouTube viewership, and over 44 informative episodes, we would like to use the poster to share our various achievements with the 2025 Wikimania audience and let people know that we are ready to do more to contribute to the Wikimedia movement in entirety. Links to WikiAfrica hour in Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiAfrica_Hour, https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_In_Africa/Community

How does your session relate to the event theme, Wikimania@20 – Inclusivity. Impact. Sustainability?

Not only WikiAfrica Hour has an impact on African Wikimedians but also it has a great impact on Wikimedias all over the world. The vodcast which has so far broadcasted 44 episodes, plus two special editions for Wikimania 2021 and another 3 for offline wikis, has been viewed over 10100 times on YouTube; and Since its launch in 2021, 379 Wikimedia News items have been shared; and The vodcast has welcomed 235 guest speakers from both within the Wikimedia movement and outside of it, who have shared diverse knowledge that benefits the WikiAfrica Hour audience.

What is the experience level needed for the audience for your session?

Everyone can participate in this session

Speakers

• Donia

I am a board member of Egypt Wikimedians User Group the communication manager. I have been active in Wikimedia projects since 2019, organising many event: edit-a-thons, campaigns, photo contests, and writing contests.