WikiConference Nigeria 2024


WikiConference Nigeria 2024 is the national conference for all Nigerian Wikimedia contributors, which provides a common platform to learn, meet, connect, and share experiences, best practice and challenges related to the Wikimedia movement in Nigeria. The 2024 and maiden edition of the conference will happen on 12-14 September 2024 in Abuja, FCT, Nigeria.

12 – 14 September, 2024
Abuja, Nigeria


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Theme of WCN 2024

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Empowering Knowledge Equity: Building a Stronger Nigerian Wikimedia Community

Aims

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  • to build capacity for Nigerian Wikimedians
  • to promote, develop, strengthen, and support the collaboration between Wikimedia users, projects, communities, affiliates, and stakeholders in Nigeria.
  • to support sharing the knowledge, experience and best practices among participants, and offer a space to improve their skills, discuss persistent issues and cherish each other’s work.
  • to document the learning from various activities, which include projects, campaigns, events, etc. by various community members in the past four years, for later use.
  • to strategize for the next few years, on how we can together shape up the movement in Nigeria.

Timeline

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  • The call for committee volunteers - 23 May - 31 May 2024.   Done
  • Scholarship Applications - May 15 - June 16 2024   Done
  • Call for Program Submissions - June 15 - July 12 2024   Done
  • Finalization and notification of scholarship recipients - 27 July 2024   Done
  • Notification of Program submissions' decisions - 4 August 2024   Done
  • Finalization and notification of scholarship recipients - TBD   Done
  • Publication of Final Conference Programme - TBD   Done
  • WikiConference Nigeria 2024 - September 12-14 2024   Done

Location and Event dates

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  • Date: 12‒14 September 2024

Organizers

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