Wiki Loves Africa 2021/Communications Materials

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This project page documents a project currently in progress.

Wiki Loves Africa 2021 general survey can be filled here

Wiki Loves Africa theme ideas

Main links

Communications links:

Discussion channels:

Communications materials from previous years:

Generic Wiki Loves Africa video

Reports:

2021 Contest Communications Materials

Wiki Loves Africa will run for the 7th time in 2021. Along the years, a lot of material has been created and is available for organisers to use and adapt as they see fit. Or you might prefer to create your own material.

Marketing Materials developed for Wiki Loves Africa 2021

These are .jpeg files below, but the .pdf versions can be found in Wiki Loves Africa 2021 Communications category, on Commons.

Wiki Loves Africa 2021 contest poster in French
Wiki Loves Africa 2021 contest poster in English
Wiki Loves Africa 2021 contest poster in Arabic

Social media cards used to announced the winners

Wiki Loves Africa 2021's 1st prize winner announced on social media
Wiki Loves Africa 2021's 2nd prize winner announced on social media
Wiki Loves Africa 2021's 3rd prize winner announced on social media
Wiki Loves Africa 2021's traditional culture prize winner announced on social media
Wiki Loves Africa 2021's video prize winner announced on social media
Wiki Loves Africa 2021's cover for Facebook winners announcement on social media

Branding elements for local organizers during 2021 context

This year, the branding elements for Wiki Loves Africa can include a few things that can be used when constructing national communication elements like posters and social media posts:

Colours used in Wiki Loves Africa 2021 awareness compaigns

#009491
R0, G148, B145
C87, M20, Y47, K2
Pantone 7716 C

#fd9808
R253, G152, B8
C0, M48, Y100, K0
Pantone 1375 C

#fdfcfe
R253, G252, B254
C0, M1, Y0, K0
Pantone 663 C

#b2d8d8
R178, G216, B216
C29, M3, Y14, K0
Pantone 628 C

#35;000000
R0, G0, B0

Talk about the 2021 Contest

Press releases

Below are the international press releases for the launch of Wiki Loves Africa 2021. These press releases can easily be adapted to press releases that feature local details and events.

Launch Press Release

Winners Press Release and Jury Report

Press Kit

The Wiki In Africa association and the work it does, created for the Wiki Loves Africa 2021 press kit
Wiki Loves Africa 2021's jury process and introduction to each juror

Press/Media mentions 2021

it.globalvoices.org about Wiki Loves Africa 2020 - January 2021
cameroon-tribune about Wiki Loves Africa 2021 - February 2021
ij Net, 9th March 2021 (Portuguese)
Opportunities Madagascar, 2nd March 2021 (French)
Opportunities For Cameroonians, 26th February 2021
Wiki Loves Africa Competition 2021 ($USD 2,000+ Prize), AFRICA AWARDS BOTSWANA, By Baralaye, 25 February 2021
Wiki Loves Africa 2021 Competition now open by Abimbola, i79media, 24 February 2021
Concours Wiki Loves Africa 2021 (prix de plus de 2000 USD) Opportunite Africa (French)
Wiki Loves Africa 2021 Competition ($USD 2,000+Prize)}, Opportunities For Africans, 25th February 2021
2021 WIKI LOVES AFRICA COMPETITION on Empowerment Opportunities, 26th February 2021
Announcement of the winners by Moment News, Lahza News, Sunday 14 February 2021 (Arabic)
An Egyptian wins the Sony International Photography Award Albawabh News Sunday 14 February 2021 (Arabic)
Concours Wikimedia Common: l’Extrême-Nord abrite la 6e edition, by Joël Maman, 5 February 2021
All-Africa Photographic and Media Competition Invites Applications, Artmatters, Kenya, By Khalifa Hemed 29 January 2021
"Wiki Loves Africa" 2020 presenta le immagini di un continente in movimento, scritto daAmanda Lichtenstein, tradotto da Cristina Bufi Poecksteiner on Global Voices, 25 gennaio 2021 (Italian)

Wiki Loves Africa brand

The logo

Logo colours

#f16160
R241, G97, B96
C0, M77, Y57, K0
Pantone 7416 C

#08ad9d
R8, G173, B157
C77, M7, Y47, K0
Pantone 7465 C

#ffda27
R255, G218, B39
C1, M11, Y93, K0
Pantone 115 C

#fdfcfe
R253, G252, B254
C0, M1, Y0, K0
Pantone 663 C

Wiki Loves Africa generic identity elements

the existing visual identity
a “pitch deck” explaining the project
a generic leaflet about the project
a Pull-up banner design
T-shirt design
Buttons, badges, stickers (square, round and rectangular)
“App button” version of the logo for use on web, devices and other pages
Logo as used in press releases, social media, presentations, on banners, etc.
Generic leaflet

Why Wiki Loves Africa is important
Wiki Loves Africa's video
The English version of the A5 Generic Flyer
The French A5 version of the generic flyer
Square, Round and Rectangular stickers
The pull-up banner template with space for local organisers and partners logos.
The generic t-shirt design elements
This is a beanie to be used as a goodie for participant or winner
5 years poster

You can find Wiki Loves Africa materials whatever the year, and for every year on Commons.

Social media guidelines

It is exciting to support WikiLovesAfrica’s 2021 and show people what is happening with the competition in your country! There is an international communications team for the duration of the competition, but we would love your support wherever possible! Here are some ways you can do just that:

SHARE OUR POSTS

Keep an eye on our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram feeds and share our posts. The more organic reach we get the more we will be rewarded with so every share counts.

COMMENT ON OUR POSTS

Comment and tag on the comments of a post. Any words of encouragement or tagging a friend or organization on the comments feed will also help Wiki Loves Africa to be seen by more people, more often.

MAKE YOUR OWN POSTS

We realise you may want to personalize your call to enter or mention your own events happening locally, but please make sure you note the following:

Use the contest colour pallette above
Include the hashtag #wikilovesafrica on all your posts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
The shortlink to the info page and entry is bit.ly/EnterWLA2021 photographs you post on Social Media
Make sure that the photos you use are big enough, and do not distort or pixelate
When writing a post about a local event, please include the location or country in your post (this can be done straight away or as a hashtag) – this will cause less confusion when people repost or share your post with their individual accounts
There are standard headers for Facebook and Twitter as well as a standard Instagram post that you are welcome to use. Please find them in the Social Media templates section below (to come)
Be sure to include these bits of info – not necessarily all at once but over a few posts.
- The competition is open to anyone, anywhere but the subject matter Health+Wellness must represent something that took place in Africa or relates to African culture.
- You can enter as many times as you like
- All work entered is subject to a Creative Commons licence
- The competition runs from 15th Feb-15th April

Please use the hashtags:

#wikilovesafrica
#Health+Wellness
#CelebrateAfrica or #Celebrate[your country] e.g. #CelebrateEthiopia
#Instagood
#photoAfrica
#loveAfrica
#photooftheday
#instaafrica
And you can # the subject e.g. #health #wellness etc…

Please seriously consider adding cautionary hashtags to make sure people do not put themselves at risk to get the photograph. Consider using these hashtags:

#StaySafe
#BeCautious
#WearAMask
#EnterArchivePhotos

Branding and communications help for Organisers

Design and photographic manipulation tools

If you wish to create your own branding, please consider using the following design tools. Many of the application listed below require specialist knowledge of design and photographic principles. Inkscape is free and open source. However there are many other platforms that can help you if you are new to communications and design, especially these non-open source platforms.

They are not open source, but many have a free 'plan' that allows limited functionality:

Please note: the following is a list of (mostly) open source options. While many of these products are exceptional we do not recommend or endorse one over another. Always be careful when downloading software.

Photographic manipulation:

Design creation and manipulation:

Find more marketing materials. Do not hesitate digging into previous years.