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Create noise about the 2024 theme: Africa Creates

On this page, you will find ideas and resources to help you to communicate about the Wiki Loves Africa 2024 contest theme Africa Creates.

This is one part of the Wiki Loves Africa 2024 Communications Hub for Organisers.

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Messaging for Wiki Loves Africa 2024: Africa Creates

For more guidance on what images could be used in the theme, share the Wiki Loves Africa 2024: Theme

The 2024 prize categories

There will be several winners. The international prizes are:

Photography:

  • 1st Prize : USD 1,000
  • 2nd Prize : USD 900
  • 3rd Prize : USD 800

Media (Video, Audio, Graphics, Photo Essays):

  • Best audio prize: USD 800
  • Narrative Video prize – Narrative: USD 1,000
  • Reportage Video prize – Reportage : USD 1000
  • Clip Video – Clip : USD 200
  • Jury Prize : USD 800

In addition, some of the local national teams will host national ceremonies and national prizes.

Local teams can decide to award separate national prizes at their discretion. Please review the countries page to see what is happening where and what prizes are available at a local level.

Why this theme

The theme Africa Creates, celebrates the creation, manufacture, and/or production of items, objects, commodities, and products by Africans across the continent. As a theme, Africa Creates encompasses the creation of art in all forms: craft, fashion, film, dance, literature, textile design and fabrication, beverages, or street or restaurant food, using traditional methods or modern processes of manufacture. It could also document the creation, manufacture, or processing of items for sale or production in factories at an industrial scale, such as food processing, beverage production, manufacture of ceramics, clothes, and household items, and industrial manufacture, for example, smelting works, industrial engineering, or glass production.


Wiki Loves Africa's theme for 2024 Africa Creates is interested in the submissions that depicts the process of creation rather than the final product and aims to celebrate and capture human ingenuity as it happens. The focus of the photographer, filmmaker, or audiophile should be on capturing the process of creation or manufacture, not on the final product itself. If the final product is featured, please do not make it the central focus of the image.


The highlight of winning submissions will be focused on media that depicts the process (of creation or manufacture) and not on the finished work itself.

The types of images accepted under this theme

Wiki Loves Africa 2024 Communications Platforms

You can follow Wiki Loves Africa 2024 on the following Communications Platforms

Communications Platforms

Discussion channels:

Communications materials from previous years:

2024 Contest Communication Materials

Wiki Loves Africa will run for the 10th time in 2024. All marketing materials for Wiki Loves Africa 2024 can be found on the Wiki Loves Africa 2024 Communications category on Commons. The communications materials for previous years can be found on the Wiki Loves Africa brand identity page.

Africa Creates theme logo
Africa Creates theme logo

Theme Colours

There are 3 colour sets for Wiki Loves Africa this year. Please use one of the following colour palettes.
Option 1

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C32, M0, Y20, K0

#f79431
R247, G148, B49
C0, M50, Y91, K0

#5d3a79
R93, G58, B121
C72, M88, Y17, K14

Option 2

#cdcece
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C17, M13, Y13, K2

#e35498
R227, G84, B152
C5, M82, Y4, K0

#3f4483
R63, G68, B131
C87, M82, Y15, K10

Option 3

#b9e3ea
R185, G227, B234
C77, M0, Y7, K0

#f1615f
R241, G97, B95
C0, M77, Y58, K0

#714361
R113, G67, B97
C55, M80, Y40, K21

Marketing and Social Media visuals

Publicity Posters (editable pdfs)

Publicity poster (jpgs)

Social media cards

Social media information 'cards' are available on Canva for organisers at these links: Facebook: Launch Posts in English

Instagram: Launch Posts in English

X/Twitter: Launch Posts in English

LinkedIn: Launch Posts in English

Talk about the 2024 Contest

Use the Media and Partner Toolkit to engage with the press and partners about your Wiki Loves Africa 2024 activities and events

Be Social!

Make some noise on social media about Wiki Loves Africa 2024 - Check out the Social Media Guidelines to find out how!

Talking about Wikimedia: Branding and communications guidelines for Organisers

The Wikimedia Movement has its own set of branding guidelines that are separate from Wiki Loves Africa.

Consult the Communications Resource Centre to get guidance on how to use Wikimedia materials: