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Wiki Indaba

Wiki Indaba is a regional conference for African Wikimedians both within the continent and in the diaspora. Topics of presentation and dialogue include Wikimedia projects such as Wikipedia, other wikis, open-source software, free knowledge, free content and how these projects affect the African continent.

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WikiIndaba
StatusActive
GenreConference
LocationVarious
Inaugurated2014 (2014)
Most recent
2025
Previous event
Wiki Indaba 2024
Organised byLocal volunteer teams
Filing statusNon-profit
Websitewikiindaba.net
Welcoming Words of Wiki Indaba 2023 in Agadir, Morocco.

Wiki Indaba is a regional conference for African Wikimedians both within the continent and in the diaspora.12 Topics of presentation and dialogue include Wikimedia projects such as Wikipedia, other wikis, open-source software, free knowledge, free content and how these projects affect the African continent.

COVID-19 impact

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, affiliate usergroups selected to host the conference would organise to host it in-person. However since the onset of COVID-19, the format has changed to hybrid where participants can attend both online and physical. Uganda was the recent affiliate country to host it solely online in 2021 which saw the numbers of participants double from when it hosted in person.

Overview

Logo Conference Date Host country
WikiIndaba 2014 June 20–22 Johannesburg, South Africa3
WikiIndaba 2017 January 20–22 Accra, Ghana4
WikiIndaba 2018 March 16–18 Tunis, Tunisia5
WikiIndaba 2019 November 8–10 Abuja, Nigeria6
WikiIndaba 2021 November 5–7 Kampala, Uganda
WikiIndaba 2022 November 4–6 Kigali, Rwanda
WikiIndaba 2023 November 3–5 Agadir, Morocco
WikiIndaba 2024 October

4–6

Johannesburg, South Africa

Pictures

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    2017
  • 2018
    2018
  • 2019
    2019
  • 2022
    2022
  • 2023
    2023
See also

See also

References

References

  1. Fripp, Charlie (2014-06-24). "What does Wikipedia need to do in Africa?". htxt.africa. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
  2. "Wiki Indaba 2017". Opensource.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-13. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
  3. June, Charlie Fripp on 24th (2014-06-24). "What does Wikipedia need to do in Africa?". htxt.africa. Retrieved 2017-02-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. "Wiki Indaba Kickstarts in Accra, Ghana – The African Dream". www.theafricandream.net. 15 January 2017. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  5. "WikiIndaba conference 2018". Retrieved 2017-12-24.
  6. "WikiIndaba conference 2019". Retrieved 2019-08-25.
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