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Wiki Loves Africa

Wiki Loves Africa (WLA) is an annual contest where anyone across Africa can contribute free media that is relevant to their experience to Wikimedia Commons for use on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia communities (Wikimedia movement), and also make this shared media freely available for the Humankind.

Wiki Loves Africa encourages participants to contribute media (photographs, video and audio) that illustrate the specific theme for that year. Each year the theme changes and is chosen by the community from a few universal, visually rich and culturally specific topics (for example, markets, rites of passage, festivals, public art, cuisine, natural history, urbanity, daily life, notable persons, etc).

When

The project is a competition which takes place from March 1st till April 30th 2023

Theme

Wiki Loves Africa particularly encourages participants to contribute media that illustrate a specific theme for that year. Each year the theme changes and could include any universal, visually rich and culturally specific topic (for example, markets, rites of passage, festivals, public art, cuisine, natural history, urbanity, daily life, notable persons, etc).

In 2023, the contest theme will be Climate and Weather;
In 2022, the contest theme was Home and Habitat;
In 2021, the contest theme was Health and wellness;
In 2020, the contest theme was Transportation;
In 2019(*), the contest theme was Play;
In 2017, we worked on People at work;
In 2016, the chosen theme was Music and Dance;
In 2015 the theme focused on Wiki Loves Africa Cultural Fashion and Adornment;
In 2014 the theme was Wiki Loves Africa Cuisine.

(*) If you wonder why there is no 2018... it is not due to skipping a year. In 2014-2015-2016-2017, the contest was taking place around October-November-December. Then in 2019, we decided to move to January-February-March to better accommodate the wikimedia community calendar of photo contests ;))

Where

The project is run at the entire African continent level. However, every year, specific actions (training, communication etc.) are held in some countries with national organisers.

Prizes

At the end of the contest, some national organizers host local ceremonies and prizes (some others do not). This is up to local teams to decide if they want to host ceremonies.

In any cases, there is a global jury, and global selection of international winners (usually between 3 to 6), with prizes.

In 2023, the international prizes are:

Photography

1st prize: US$2,000
2nd prize: US$1,500
3rd prize: US$1,000

Media (Video, Audio, Graphics, Photo Essays)

Best audio or video prize : US$750
Best Video prize: US$1,000
Best graphics : US$750
Africa Environment Video Prize: Best video representation of the impact of climate change : US$2,000
Africa Environment Special Collection Prize: Best collections of images showing the impact of climate change : US$500

Each winner might also receive a pack of branded goodies.

News

All news and meeting details on Wiki Loves Africa 2023/News

Announcement of official theme for WLA 2024 - Africa Create
5 October 2023: Invitation to vote for 2024 theme
29 September 2023: WAH – Meet the Winners meeting
11 September 2023: Official Winners Announcement
4 September 2023: Contacting winners of various categories
24 August 2023: Conclusion of Jury process (Photo and Video)
12 August 2023: International Jury final round commences
11 August 2023: Process for finding 2024 theme commences. Click here to fill suggestions form
4 August 2023: International Jury Round 3 commences
24 July 2023: International Jury Round 2 commences
5 July 2023: International Jury Round 1 commences
July 2023: survey published Wiki Loves Africa 2023/Survey
26 July 2023: Post contest interviews ongoing
15 June 2023: Post-contest survey launched on Qualtrix (survey closed please)
14 June 2023: First review of 13k+ photo uploads commences
10 June 2023: First reviewers call closes
29 May 2023: First Reviewers call for volunteers
18 May 2023: Let's Connect learning clinic – ISA tool Demo
30 April 2023: Official closing date of the 2023 contest
14 April 2023: WLA Webinar – Wikimedia Commons Categories – The Basics, 16H UTC
7 April 2023: WLA training in English – Mobile Photography for Wikimedia Commons 13H UTC
1 April 2023: Introduction to Wikimedia Commons Webinar in English 14:00 UTC
30 March 2023: Formation WLA en français 16:00 UTC
9 March 2023: March Office Hours (English and French)
1 March 2023: official launch of the WikiLoves Africa 2023 contest.
1 December 2023: deadline to apply for a Rapid Grant.
24 November 2022: job position of WLA facilitator is open till Dec 5th. More info here.
15 November 2022: Office Hour Wiki Loves Africa 2023. See meetings
1 November 2022: Call for Wiki Loves Africa general survey announced.
September 2022: A WikiAfrica Hour interactive episode with the Wiki Loves Africa 2022 Int'l winners- Watch
September 2022: International Jury Report published
August 2022: Announcement of the Wiki Loves Africa 2022 winners at Wikimania 2022 virtual Conference. Consult the winning pictures.
August 2022: All national winners are announced: Consult the winning pictures