WikiIndaba conference 2024/Program

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Pre-conference

Day 1 : Thursday, 26th September 2024

Time	Activity
1500 - 1530 UTC	Indaba Program launch Program team
1530 - 1615 UTC	Training on Eventyay Eventyay Team
1615 - 1630 UTC	Break
1630 - 1800 UTC	Speaker Clinic Wikimedia Foundation team

Day 2 : Friday, 27th September 2024

Time	Activity
1430 - 1450 UTC	Opening remarks Afrika Baraza Working Group
1500 - 1545 UTC	Steps towards implementing the Afrika Agenda TBC
1550 - 1610 UTC	Baraza trivia
1610 - 1620 UTC	Break
1600 - 1700 UTC	Proposed Changes to Resource Distribution : Inviting Feedback and Input TBC

Main conference : Day 1 - Friday 04 October 2024

Time	Sisonke	Ubuntu	Injabulo	Umkhosi	Gidani	Time
0900 - 1000	Opening Ceremony Ceremony and Introdcuction _{Bobby Shabangu(Wikimedia South Africa President)}
1000 - 1045	Keynote 1 The importance of online Indigenous Language Preservation _{Professor Langa Khumalo (SADiLaR)}					1000 - 1045
1045 - 1100	Coffee Break					1045 - 1100
1100 - 1145	Panel session with Maryana _{The role of media combating misinformation and the importance of digital literacy} _{Maryana Iskander (WMF) Anusha Alikhan(WMF), Ferial Haffejee (Daily Maverick)}					1100 - 1145
1150 - 1215	Building Bridges in the Wikimedia Movement - A Movement Communications Collaboration session Managing executive meetings of an user group _{Belinda Mbambo}	What skills and tools do you need to manage a big User Group?/Managing executive meetings of an User Group _{Emmanuelle Guebo, Abiba Pauline Traore, Anass Sedrati, Rachid Ourkia, Reda Benkhadra}	The African Games 2023 Coverage a Wikimedia Ghana User Group Experience _{Justice Okai-Allotey, Amuzu Gabriel Joe}	Wikidata editing session on Lexemes _{Mohammed Abdulai Sadat}	Hackathon	1150 - 1215
1220 - 1245			iNaturalist: the biodiversity gap for African Wikimedians _{Kamal Deen Fuseini}		Hackathon	1220 - 1245
1245 - 1400	Lunch break					1245 - 1400
1400 - 1425	Wiki African Independence Month _{Mermoze Adodo}	Affiliate health criteria and changes to User Group recognition process _Mwintirew	The Role of OpenStreetMap in Crisis Mapping and Wikimedia's Contribution _{Kingsley Chukwu}	How to Implement a Capacity Building Program for your Community: Lessons Learned from WM DRCongo _{Abel Mbula}	Hackathon	1400 - 1425
1430 - 1545	Resourcing Wikimedians in Africa: what we are learning & what’s next Veronica Thamaini (WMF)				Hackathon	1430 - 1545
1545 - 1600	Coffee break					1545 - 1600
1600 - 1625	Let’s Connect Learnings on emerging communities in Sub-Saharan Africa through in-person peer learning session. _{Justice Okai-Allotey}	Building the Internet we want across Africa through policy advocacy _{Franziska Putz (WMF)}	Vulgarisation du patrimoine culturel béninois _{Abdel Karim, Mermoze Adodo}	Photography jurors Workshop : for Photographers who want to become a Juror for wiki loves Africa and all wiki photography contests _{Faycal Rezkallah}	Hackathon	1600 - 1625
1630 - 1700			Mastering 7 tools on Wikimedia Commons _{Habib Mhenni}		Hackathon	1630 - 1700

Day 2 : Saturday 05 October 2024

Time	Sisonke	Ubuntu	Injabulo	Umkhosi	Gidani	Time
0900 - 0940	Keynote 2 _{Thando Khumalo , Code for Africa}					0900 - 0940
0945 - 1010	Tomorrow's Wikimedia: Youth at the Helm Today _{Euphemia Uwandu (WMF)}	Africa Wiki Challenge _{Eugene Makafui Masiku}	Oral Documentation:Kente Weaving in Ghana _{User:Mwintirew}	Workshop: The basics of Smartphone Photography for higher quality photos on Commons and greater cognitive value on Wikipedia _{Faraji Ibrahim}	Hackathon	0945 - 1010
1015 - 1040	The importance, role and powers of the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) _{Ibrahim Elaidy}	The Nigeria Micro-Grant: Process, Lessons, and Success in Replication _{Ayonkanmi, Olaniyan Olushola}	Updates from the Language Diversity Hub _{Sadik Shahadu}		Hackathon	1015 - 1040
1045 - 1100	Coffee Break					1045 - 1100
1100 - 1125	How to become a mentor and help newcomers _{Habib Mhenni (WMF)}	1Lib1Ref : A status update _{Sailesh Patnaik (WMF),} _{Gorana Gomirac,} _{Alice Kibombo (WMF)}	Exploring the Capacity Exchange: Connect, Share, and Build your Community Capacities _{Tochi Precious,Andi Inacio}	Flash lecture ci sama làkk _{Adjovi Essenam Fumey}	Hackathon	1100 - 1125
1130 -1245	Volunteer culture _{Dumisani Ndubane,} _{Bobby Shabangu}	Wikimedia, the cultural & the creative space: A case of AfroCreatives WikiProject / The Afrocreative WikiProject _{Ceslause Ogbonnaya, Pellagia Njau}	Wiki Womens Lunch _{Ruby Damenshie-Brown,} _{Jael Boateng}	How to Tackle Mis/Disinformation on African Content on Wikipedia _{Bukola James}	Hackathon	1130 -1245
1245 - 1400	Lunch / Poster Session					1245 - 1400
1400 -1425	Lightning talk showcase	Governance Models in Africa's Wikimedia Movement _{Isla Haddow}	ReCreate ZA _{ReCreate ZA team}	Working across wikis: Wikidata, Commons, and Wikipedias _{Mike Peel}	Hackathon	1400 -1425
1430 - 1455			ReCreate ZA _{ReCreate ZA team}			1430 - 1455
1500 - 1530		Women Support in the Wikimedia Movements _{Pellagia Njau}	Librarians at the Forefront: Establishing the Wikimedia Community User Group Namibia _{Martin Hipangwa, Shikoha Tautiko}	Impacts des ateliers Wikimediens sur les Contributeurs au Sénégal _{Adjovi Essenam Fumey}		1500 - 1530
1530 - 1545	Coffee break					1530 - 1545
1545 - 1645	Conversation with the Wikimedia Board of Trustees _{Mahuton Possoupe (WMF)}					1545 - 1645

Day 3 : Sunday 06 October 2024

Time	Sisonke	Ubuntu	Injabulo	Umkhosi	Time
0900 - 1010	The Afrika Agenda: Fostering Effective Collaboration & Inclusion for African Wikimedians _{Ceslause Ogbonnaya}				0900 - 1010
1015 - 1115	Wiki Wake Up Afrique : Activer et dynamiser les communautés pour un Mouvement Wikimedia inclusif et durable \|Madagascar : Du potentiel pour la communauté Wikimédienne en Afrique \|Wikimédia Gabon : _{Saliousoft, Andriah Laingo Rakotomavo, Reine Moussavou, Marie Ella}	Proposed Changes to Resource Distribution: Inviting Feedback and Input _{Veronica Thamaini (WMF)}	Enhancing visibility of women journalists on Wikipedia Agnes Abah	Unlocking community impact: The power of the Event Registration Tool in organizing _{Euphemia Uwandu (WMF)}	1015 - 1115
1115 - 1130	Coffee Break				1115 - 1130
1130 - 1145	Hackathon Shareout				1130 - 1145
1145 - 1300	Future of Indaba				1145 - 1300
1300 - Onwards	Lunch and farewells				1300 - Onwards

Lightning Talks

Session	Presenter
How to recruit volunteers for smaller language Wikipedia: The Central Notice Banner Approach	Isaac Olatunde
Introduire l'enseignement des projets Wikimédia dans les écoles et universités du Burkina Faso	Kokou Ronny Ezin
Dynamics of Organizing WLM in the African Region	Lucy Iwuala
Community-led growth: A case of Zimbabwe	Sichelesile Ndlovu , Phephile Tshabangu, Hope A.Ncube
Wikimedian collaboration in human knowledge: Wiki For Climate Change in the Maghreb region	Muhammed Amine Benloulou
Wiki For Boxing in Uganda	Faith Kwera
Retour d'expérience Gender equality in Benin	Abigail Agbenomba
Empowering and Documenting Minority Groups in Nigeria: Gombe Network experience	Ismail Atiba

Hackathon

Day 1 → 4th October, Friday

Time Activity Responsible Time

11:50 - 12:05 Agenda setting Intros and Welcome Alice, Purity & Felix 11:50 - 12:05

12:05 - 12:15 Global Majority Wikimedia Technology Priorities Michaelgraaf 12:05 - 12:15

12:15 - 12:45 Empowering African Developers: Contributing to Wiki Technical Projects and Outreach Programs User:OOnifade-WMF & User:Afimaame 12:15 - 12:45

14:00 - 15:00 Leveraging Kiwix4Schools to Bridge the Digital Divide in African Education User:Jael28 & User:Kaffzz 14:00 - 15:00

15:00 - 15:45 Datacasting to update Kiwix libraries Michaelgraaf 15:00 - 15:45

10:15 - 11:15 Datacasting to update Kiwix libraries Michaelgraaf 10:15 - 11:15

Day 2 → 5th October, Saturday

Time Activity Responsible Time

09:45 - 10:45 Translatewiki Purity & Lucy 09:45 - 10:45

11:00 - 11:45 Content translation Purity & Lucy 11:00 - 11:45

11:45 - 12:45 Section Translation Purity & Lucy & Ayo 11:45 - 12:45

14:00 - 14:45 Translation Quality Uzoma, Purity 14:00 - 14:45

14:45 - 15:30 Language Support Mary, Amir 14:45 - 15:30

Day 3 → 6th October, Sunday

Time Activity Responsible Time

11:30 - 11:50 Hackathon Share Out (Plenary session) Michaelgraaf, Felix 11:30 - 11:50

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