WikiIndaba conference 2021/Jadnapac/Report

Participant

Jadnapac

Sessions attended

Below are the sessions I submitted and attended as a Speaker during the Wikiindaba 2021.

1. WikiIndaba conference 2021/Program/East Africa Wiki Communities Collaboration Discussion
2. WikiIndaba conference 2021/Program/Wiki Heritage in Africa
3. WikiIndaba conference 2021/Program/Swahili Wikipedia for SADC Countries

Below are other sessions I attended as a participant during the Wikiindaba 2021.

1. WikiIndaba conference 2021/Program/Maryana Iskander's Listening Tour
2. WikiIndaba conference 2021/Program/Wiki Loves Africa 2022
3. WikiIndaba conference 2021/Program/Wiki For Refugees in Uganda
4. WikiIndaba conference 2021/Program/Challenges for Quality Control in Small Wikipedias
5. Wikimedia CEE Online Meeting 2021/Programme/Submissions/CEE Meets African Wikimedians
6. WikiIndaba conference 2021/Program/Wikimedia and African Libraries: envisioning future pathways
7. WikiIndaba conference 2021/Program/Leveraging on the Youth Factor for a Sustainability
8. WikiIndaba conference 2021/Program/Wikimedia activities and the Sustainable Development Goals
9. WikiIndaba conference 2021/Program/Wiki Loves Women Focus Group Panel discussion
10. WikiIndaba conference 2021/Program/State of Wikimedia in Africa

Connections made

New contact made	Some topics we talked about
Houcemeddine Turki	Collaborated in planning Wikiindaba 2021 programs my colleague volunteer for the Wikiindaba 2021 programs team
Phephile	My colleague volunteer for the Wikiindaba 2021 programs team Talked about the Wiki Loves Monument project in Zimbabwe Talked about the future collaboration between Wikimedia Tanzania and the emerging community in Zimbabwe
Kelly	Worked together evaluation of the sessions submitted for the Wikiindaba 2021. We were both part of the Wikiindaba 2021 programs team.

Learning points

Below are some of the key things I gained through attending Wikiindaba 2021 and through participating as a volunteer for the Wikiindaba 2021 Programs team.

1. I learnt how to organize different submitted sessions and arrangement of those sessions in a form of Birds of a feather flock together, a form that made easy similar programs/topics to be grouped together to easy the discussions and help Wikimedians of the similar interests to network easily.
2. I learnt new skills from my wonderful team members on how to organize the programs on meta
3. I learnt how myself and my fellow community members can organize Wikiindaba event in Tanzania
4. I learnt how scholarship was effective to ensure online participation of Wikimedians on this conference

Outcome

1. Work with my other fellow Wikimedians on establishment of East Africa Regional and Thematic Hub (EARTH).
2. Work on Establishment of Wiki For Universities (Wiki4Uni) project to help Wiki communities in SADC countries learn to contribute to swwiki and other WMF projects.
3. Continue to support communities that seeks to add effort on the documentation of African Heritatge Sites on Wikipedia and other WMF projects such as Wikidata
4. I will use the experince gained during Wikiindaba 2021 to organize similar events back in my community, example Wikiindaba 2021 in Tanzania in future.
5. Use the learning from the presentations and insights discussed during Wikiindaba to build a sustainable community in Tanzania, East Africa and globally.
6. Looking forward to implement WikiFor Refugees in Tanzania after having some experience from Geoffrey Kateregga on about this similar project in Uganda
7. I will continue to network with other Wikimedians to explore more common areas of interest towards promoting open knowledge.

Special thanks

I sincerly thank the WMF for supporting me and my other community members to participate in this conference. I would like to congratulate all the team members who participated in organizing this first ever amazing conference and all other fellow Wikimedians for participating in this conference. I hope to get connect more in future as we move on!