WikiIndaba conference 2024/Program

Note:

1. Kindly post all related questions to wikiindaba2024programswikimediaorgza
2. All times shown are local South Africa time

Interactive programme schedule

An interactive program is available on Eventyay (WikiIndaba 2024 on Eventyay), where you can see sessions and information about speakers.

To access the online stream and participate in sessions, you must register for a free ticket : Link to ticket registration

Resources

Please follow this link to access the slide deck/template for WikiIndaba 2024 : WikiIndaba 2024 slide deck

Note: Please make a copy for your presentation.

Slides are availabel in Wikimedia Commons, under the category: Wiki Indaba 2024 Slides.

Pre-conference

Day 1 : Thursday, 26th September 2024

Time	Activity
15:00 - 15:30 UTC	Indaba Program launch Program team
15:30 - 16:15 UTC	Training on Eventyay Eventyay Team
16:15 - 16:30 UTC	Break
16:30 - 18:00 UTC	Speaker Clinic Wikimedia Foundation team

Day 2 : Friday, 27th September 2024

Time	Activity
14:30 - 14:50 UTC	Opening remarks Afrika Baraza Working Group
15:00 - 15:45 UTC	Steps towards implementing the Afrika Agenda TBC
15:50 - 16:10 UTC	Baraza trivia
16:10 - 16:20 UTC	Break
16:00 - 17:00 UTC	Proposed Changes to Resource Distribution : Inviting Feedback and Input TBC

Main conference : Day 1 - Friday 04 October 2024

Time	Sisonke	Ubuntu	Injabulo	Umkhosi	Gidani	Time
09:00 - 10:00	Welcome Ceremony Ceremony and Introduction Bobby Shabangu (Wikimedia South Africa President)					09:00 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:45	Keynote Session The importance of online Indigenous Language Preservation Professor Langa Khumalo (SADiLaR)					10:00 - 10:45
10:45 - 11:00	Coffee Break					10:45 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:45	Conversation: Information integrity and the role of the Media The role of media in information integrity and the importance of digital literacy Maryana Iskander (WMF) Anusha Alikhan (WMF), Ferial Haffejee (Daily Maverick)					11:00 - 11:45
11:50 - 12:15	Connection Time	What skills and tools do you need to manage a big User Group? Managing executive meetings of an User Group Emmanuelle Guebo, Abiba Pauline Traore, Anass Sedrati, Rachid Ourkia, Reda Benkhadra	The African Games 2023 Coverage a Wikimedia Ghana User Group Experience Justice Okai-Allotey, Amuzu Gabriel Joe	Wikidata editing session on Lexemes Mohammed Abdulai Sadat	Hackathon	11:50 - 12:15
12:20 - 12:45			iNaturalist: the biodiversity gap for African Wikimedians Kamal Deen Fuseini			12:20 - 12:45
12:45 - 14:00	Lunch break					12:45 - 14:00
14:00 - 14:25	Wiki African Independence Month Mermoze Adodo	Affiliate health criteria and changes to User Group recognition process Mwintirew	The Role of OpenStreetMap in Crisis Mapping and Wikimedia's Contribution Kingsley Chukwu	How to Implement a Capacity Building Program for your Community: Lessons Learned from WM DRCongo Abel Mbula	Hackathon	14:00 - 14:25
14:30 - 14:55	Let’s Connect Learnings on emerging communities in Sub-Saharan Africa through in-person peer learning session Justice Okai-Allotey	Building the Internet we want across Africa through policy advocacy Franziska Putz (WMF)	Vulgarisation du patrimoine culturel béninois Abdel Karim, Mermoze Adodo	Photography jurors Workshop : for Photographers who want to become a Juror for wiki loves Africa and all wiki photography contests Faycal Rezkallah		14:30 - 14:55
15:00 - 15:25			Mastering 7 tools in Wikimedia Commons Habib Mhenni	15:00 - 15:25
15:30 - 15:45	Coffee break					15:30 - 15:45
15:45 - 17:00	Resourcing Wikimedians in Africa: what we are learning & what’s next Veronica Thamaini (WMF)					15:45 - 17:00

Day 2 : Saturday 05 October 2024

Time	Sisonke	Ubuntu	Injabulo	Umkhosi	Gidani	Time
09:00 - 09:40	Keynote 2 Thando Khumalo The value of fact-checking for open knowledge Amanda Strydom (Code for Africa)					09:00 - 09:40
09:45 - 10:10	Tomorrow's Wikimedia: Youth at the Helm Today Euphemia Uwandu (WMF)	Africa Wiki Challenge Eugene Makafui Masiku	Oral Documentation:Kente Weaving in Ghana User:Mwintirew User:Jemima2019	African Librarians WikiIndaba meetup LIASA, WMF	Hackathon	09:45 - 10:10
10:15 - 10:40	The importance, role and powers of the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) Ibrahim Elaidy	The Nigeria Micro-Grant: Process, Lessons, and Success in Replication Ayonkanmi, Olaniyan Olushola	Updates from the Language Diversity Hub Sadik Shahadu			10:15 - 10:40
10:45 - 11:00	Coffee Break					10:45 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:25	How to become a mentor and help newcomers Habib Mhenni (WMF)	Exploring the Capacity Exchange: Connect, Share, and Build your Community Capacities Tochi Precious,Andi Inacio, Amanda Jurno	Flash lecture ci sama làkk Adjovi Essenam Fumey, Fatima Oury Sow	Free room	Hackathon	11:00 - 11:25
11:30 - 12:45	Volunteer culture Dumisani Ndubane, Bobby Shabangu	Wiki Womens Lunch Ruby Damenshie-Brown, Jael Boateng	Wikimedia, the cultural & the creative space: A case of AfroCreatives WikiProject / The Afrocreative WikiProject Ceslause Ogbonnaya, Pellagia Njau	How to Tackle Mis/Disinformation on African Content on Wikipedia Amanda Strydom (Code for Africa), Martins Ayotunde, Bukola James		11:30 - 12:45
12:45 - 14:00	Lunch / Poster Session					12:45 - 14:00
14:00 - 14:25	Lightning talk showcase	Governance Models in Africa's Wikimedia Movement Isla Haddow	ReCreate ZA ReCreate ZA team	Working across wikis: Wikidata, Commons, and Wikipedias Mike Peel	Hackathon	14:00 - 14:25
14:30 - 14:55						14:30 - 14:55
15:00 - 15:30		Women Support in the Wikimedia Movements Pellagia Njau	Librarians at the Forefront: Establishing the Wikimedia Community User Group Namibia Martin Hipangwa, Shikoha Tautiko	Impacts des ateliers Wikimediens sur les Contributeurs au Sénégal Adjovi Essenam Fumey, Fatima Oury Sow		15:00 - 15:30
15:30 - 15:45	Coffee break					15:30 - 15:45
15:45 - 16:45	Conversation with Wikimedia Foundation Leadership Manar Yacoub Criner (WMF)					15:45 - 16:45

Day 3 : Sunday 06 October 2024

Time	Sisonke	Ubuntu	Injabulo	Umkhosi	Time
09:00 - 10:10	The Afrika Agenda: Fostering Effective Collaboration & Inclusion for African Wikimedians Ceslause Ogbonnaya, Winnie Kabintie				09:00 - 10:10
10:15 - 11:15	Wiki Wake Up Afrique : Activer et dynamiser les communautés pour un Mouvement Wikimedia inclusif et durable |Madagascar : Du potentiel pour la communauté Wikimédienne en Afrique |Wikimédia Gabon : Saliousoft, Andriah Laingo Rakotomavo, Reine Moussavou, Marie Ella	Proposed Changes to Resource Distribution: Inviting Feedback and Input Veronica Thamaini (WMF)	Enhancing visibility of women journalists on Wikipedia Agnes Abah	Unlocking community impact: The power of the Event Registration Tool in organizing Euphemia Uwandu (WMF) Antoni Mtavangu (WMF)	10:15 - 11:15
11:15 - 11:30	Coffee Break				11:15 - 11:30
11:30 - 11:45	Hackathon Shareout				11:30 - 11:45
11:45 - 13:00	Future of Indaba				11:45 - 13:00
13:00 - Onwards	Lunch and farewells				13:00 - Onwards

Lightning Talks

Time	Session	Presenter
14:00 - 14:10	Dynamics of Organizing WLM in the African Region[	Lucy Iwuala
14:10 - 14:20	Introduire l'enseignement des projets Wikimédia dans les écoles et universités du Burkina Faso	Kokou Ronny Ezin
14:20 - 14:30	Community-led growth: A case of Zimbabwe	Sichelesile Ndlovu , Phephile Tshabangu, Hope A.Ncube
14:30 - 14:40	Wikimedian collaboration in human knowledge: Wiki For Climate Change in the Maghreb region	Muhammed Amine Benloulou
14:40 - 14:50	Wiki For Boxing in Uganda	Faith Kwera
14:50 - 15:00	The situation of CEE online communities - a comparison	Philip Kopetzky
15:00 - 15:10	Retour d'expérience Gender equality in Benin	Abigail Agbenomba
15:10 - 15:20	Empowering and Documenting Minority Groups in Nigeria: Gombe Network experience	Ismail Atiba
15:20 - 15:30	Building formidable community partnerships : Lessons from the Wikimedia usergroup Nigeria	Olaniyan Olushola
15:30 - 15:40	How to recruit volunteers for smaller language Wikipedia: The Central Notice Banner Approach (Online)	Isaac Olatunde
15:40 - 15:50	The effectiveness of individual initiatives in the Wikipedia space: a case study of Egypt	Walaa Abdel Manaem

Hackathon

Day 1 → 4th October, Friday

Time	Activity	Responsible	Time
11:50 - 12:05	Agenda setting Intros and Welcome	Alice, Purity & Felix	11:50 - 12:05
12:05 - 12:15	Global Majority Wikimedia Technology Priorities	Michaelgraaf	12:05 - 12:15
12:15 - 12:45	Empowering African Developers: Contributing to Wiki Technical Projects and Outreach Programs	User:OOnifade-WMF & User:Afimaame	12:15 - 12:45
14:00 - 15:00	Leveraging Kiwix4Schools to Bridge the Digital Divide in African Education	User:Jael28 & User:Kaffzz	14:00 - 15:00
15:00 - 15:45	Datacasting to update Kiwix libraries	Michaelgraaf	15:00 - 15:45

Day 2 → 5th October, Saturday

Time	Activity	Responsible	Time
09:45 - 10:45	Translatewiki	Purity & Lucy	09:45 - 10:45
11:00 - 11:45	Content translation	Purity & Lucy	11:00 - 11:45
11:45 - 12:45	Section Translation	Purity & Lucy & Ayo	11:45 - 12:45
14:00 - 14:45	Translation Quality	Uzoma, Purity	14:00 - 14:45
14:45 - 15:30	Language Support	Mary, Amir	14:45 - 15:30

Day 3 → 6th October, Sunday

Time	Activity	Responsible	Time
11:30 - 11:50	Hackathon Share Out (Plenary session)	Michaelgraaf, Felix	11:30 - 11:50