African & Proud (AP)/Programs

Ongoing Programs/Projects

Doing... Culture Connect Africa: Culture Connect Africa 2024 is an initiative encompassing three transformative projects; AfroCuisine, Wiki Festival, and African Cinema/Film Editathon. These projects collectively aim to amplify the rich tapestry of African cultures, filling content gaps on Wikimedia platforms and fostering a more inclusive representation of African heritage.

Done August 2024 Afroyanga Bootcamp 2.0 August 21st - 26th, 2024. This year, we're bringing together young Africans from various backgrounds to connect, learn, and contribute to Wikimedia projects.

Done September 2023 Afroyanga Bootcamp 1.0: The Afroyanga 1.0 Bootcamp is a physical capacity-building conference held in Nigeria, with participants from various states across the country. This boot camp is dedicated to empowering individuals with the knowledge and skills necessary to contribute effectively to Wikimedia Foundation projects while focusing on personal development and networking opportunities.
Done June - July 2023 AfroCuisine: A follow-up project to Nigerian Cuisine, the contest aims at documenting African cuisines and further showcasing the African cuisines on Wikibooks' cookbooks, Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons and other project. The project will build on the success recorded during the pilot Nigerian Cuisine, by now extending to create more African cuisine content.

Done September - October 2022 WikiClassroom Campaign: WikiClassroom is a promotional movement where both students and teachers are sufficiently informed and enlightened on Wikipedia and its sister's project and its potential as a reliable learning resource.
Done July 2022 - September 2022 Art+Feminism 2022 Campaign: The project joined the Art+Feminism 2022 campaign by creating/improving articles about Nigerian women on Wikipedia.
Done May 2022 - July 2022 Nigerian Cuisine: The project aims at bridging the content gap on Nigerian Cuisine on Wikipedia and cookbooks on Wikibooks, with special emphasis on training on how to edit the Cookbook, and at the time, the cookbook had little or no content, this project bridged that gap.
Done March 2022 Promotion of Wikimedia Projects to Edo State NYSC Corp members: Promoting Wikimedia Projects to NYSC Corp members in Edo State, Nigeria with the aim of equipping them with knowledge about Wikipedia and Wikivoyage and how they can use the platforms and become a part of it.
Done December 2021 - January 2022 Nigeria Transportation and Recreation Expedition: The project aimed at creating and improving the content on Nigeria's Transportation and Recreational centers on Wikivoyage and English Wikipedia while promoting travel information and tourism in Nigeria. The project saw over 4.820K articles relating to Nigeria's Transportation and Recreational centers created/improved.

Done July - August 2021 WikiFestival Nigeria: The project aimed at bridging the festival gap that exists on Wikipedia with a focus on Nigerian-related festival content. The project saw over 236 articles relating to Nigeria Festivals created/improved.