4,000 new articles is incredible! Congratulations to all the winners, and to the organizers!
*Yael Weissburg* (she/her) VP, Community Growth Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> M: (+1) 415.513.6643 I work from San Francisco. My time zone is UTC -7/-8. On Thu, Aug 31, 2023 at 3:58 AM Florence Devouard <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Engene > > This is very impressive. Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all > of the participants AND organizers ;) > > And happy to see a French speaker listed here ;) > > Flo > > > Le 30/08/2023 à 17:55, Eugene Masiku a écrit : > > Hello everyone, > > The African Knowledge Initiative > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Africa_Knowledge_Initiative> > (AKI), > seeks to leverage the Wikimedia tools and platforms to breed innovative > solutions to bridging the content gap on global digital knowledge networks. > > This year Open Foundation West Africa’s <http://ofwafrica.org/> annual > writing contest the Africa Wiki Challenge was used as an avenue to help > achieve AKI’s goal. > > The campaign was named the Africa Day Campaign > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Day_Campaign_2023> and themed "Africa > Free Continent Trade" to align with the Africa Union Day 2023 theme. > > From the Campaign's Program Dashboard > <https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/campaigns/africa_day_campaign_2023/overview>, > we tracked a total of 20 Programs, with 473 editors, from 13 countries > contributing to 4000 articles > > After months of intense and rigorous reviews by the Africa Day Contest > Jury, we are elated to announce the winners of the Africa Day Campaign 2023. > > Congratulations to the winners of the campaign. > > Winners > > Winner- User:Muhammed Idriss Criteria from Nigeria- 502 new articles in > Hausa Wikipedia > > 2nd Winner - User:Gwanki from Nigeria- 183 new articles in Hausa > Wikipedia > > 3rd Winner- User:Charbel1719 Benin - 75 new articles in French Wikipedia > > Top Female Contributor- User:Mercyjamb123 - 66 new articles in Igbo > Wikipedia > > > We are super grateful to our international jury team who worked > effortlessly to ensure that the winners were identified. > > International Jury > > User: Azogbonon - Benin > > User: Yaw Tuba - Ghana > > User: Anani A. George- Ghana > > User: Bile_rene - Cameroon > > User: Justine Msechu -Tanzania > > User: Memoriesghana -Ghana > > User: Kwaku Berko- Ghana > > To all our partners, local organizers, and editors, we appreciate your > efforts in making this campaign a success. > > > Kind Regards, > > Eugene Masiku > > -- > Eugene Makafui Masiku, Communications Officer Open Foundation West Africa > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/J2TA3Y6XZXCQMCG6TS3GFQL7XGJSQNW3/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/EYEOHYOTXDUU6574EYP6ZO6NKFKS4ZGM/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
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