Wiki Loves Africa 2025/News

Grant Office Hours [En+Fr+Ar]

Tuesday 26 November 2024.
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Grant Office Hours [English]

Saturday 09 November 2024.
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Grant Office Hours [French]

Saturday 09 November 2024.
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2025 Events Calender

S/NO	TOPIC	TRAINER/LEAD	LANGUAGE	NARRATIVE	TARGET AUDIENCE	DATE	TIME	EVENT PAGE
1	Uploading Files to Wikimedia Commons	Olla Ohmandi	Arabic	Understanding the basics of Wikimedia Commons, the different file formats (for audio, video and image), the importance of description the use of categories and the step by step process of uploading files to Wikimedia Commons.	Wiki Loves Africa 2025 organizers and participants from the Arabic communities and anybody interested in contributing to Wikimedia Commons.	7th March 2025	14:00 UTC (Check time in your timezone)	Event page
2	Uploading Files to Wikimedia Commons	Hilary Ogali	English	Understanding the basics of Wikimedia Commons, the different file formats (for audio, video and image), the importance of description the use of categories and the step by step process of uploading files to Wikimedia Commons.	Wiki Loves Africa 2025 organizers and participants from the English communities and anybody interested in contributing to Wikimedia Commons.	7th March 2025	16:00 UTC (Check time in your timezone)	Event page
3	Uploading Files to Wikimedia Commons	Mermoze Adodo	French	Understanding the basics of Wikimedia Commons, the different file formats (for audio, video and image), the importance of description the use of categories and the step by step process of uploading files to Wikimedia Commons.	Wiki Loves Africa 2025 organizers and participants from the French communities and anybody interested in contributing to Wikimedia Commons.	7th March 2025	17:00 UTC (Check time in your timezone)	Event page
4	Photography basics for Wikimedia Commons	Dappa Solomon	English	Mastering the fundamentals of photography including: working with angles and perspective, capturing and manipulating light to create mood and atmosphere, editing and refining images to achieve the desired look.	Wiki Loves Africa 2025 organizers and participants from all the African communities and anybody interested in contributing to Wikimedia Commons.	8th March 2025	16:00 UTC (Check time in your timezone)	Event page
5	Wiki Loves Africa 2025 Launch	WLA international team	English	Official launch of Wiki Loves Africa 2025 photography campaign	Old and new participants from all African countries.	12th March 2025	16:00 UTC (Check time in your timezone)	Event page
6	Videography basics for Wikimedia Commons	Bouba Kams	French	Mastering the art of visual storytelling through introduction to videography, working with light, video editing techniques, and the principles of compelling storytelling.	Wiki Loves Africa 2025 organizers and participants from the French communities and anybody interested in contributing to Wikimedia Commons.	14th March 2025	16:00 UTC (Check time in your timezone)
7	Videography basics for Wikimedia Commons	Samuel Daniel	English	Mastering the art of visual storytelling through introduction to videography, working with light, video editing techniques, and the principles of compelling storytelling.	Wiki Loves Africa 2025 organizers and participants from all the African communities and anybody interested in contributing to Wikimedia Commons.	15th March 2025	16:00 UTC (Check time in your timezone)
8	Creating audio for Wikimedia Commons	Abubakar Abdullahi	English	Designing, editing, and mixing audio elements to elevate the audio-visual experience and create a rich, immersive soundscapes.	Wiki Loves Africa 2025 organizers and participants from all the African communities and anybody interested in contributing audio to Wikimedia Commons.	21st March 2025	16:00 UTC (Check time in your timezone)
9	Video Clip, Video Documentary, Video Narrative	Isla	English	Creating video clip, video documentary and video narrative for Wiki Loves Africa campaign.	Wiki Loves Africa 2025 organizers and participants from all the African communities and anybody interested in contributing video to Wikimedia Commons.	28th March 2025	16:00 UTC (Check time in your timezone)
10	Make image description shine	Florence	English	Transforming images from mere visual content to rich, informative, and accessible resources that benefits the global Wikimedia community.	Wikimedians and anybody interested in improving the quality and use of media files on Wikimedia commons by improving the description.	11th April 2025	16:00 UTC (Check time in your timezone)
11	National Jury - Charter/creating good national jury	Isla	English	How to select jury members, informing about charter, conflict of interest, financial support best practices, international support members	Wiki Loves Africa organizers.	26th April 2025	16:00 UTC (Check time in your timezone)
12	Jury Training	TBD	English	Understanding what makes a quality photo and what to look out for during jury process	Organizers, International first round reviewer and local community jurors of photography campaigns.	5th May 2025	16:00 UTC (Check time in your timezone)