Wiki Loves Africa 2025/Participating communities
It should be noted that Wiki Loves Africa runs in EVERY African country (and beyond !). In most countries, there is usually a wikimedia team willing to host events and activities. If this is the case and you are the lead organizer, please add your country below. But if your country is not listed here and you still want to participate in the contest or related activities, and maybe also submit pictures, you are encouraged to go ahead but please add your details in the second table below.
Activities for organizing teams
editWe are excited and really look forward to working with you on this 11th iteration of the project and getting some great results also!
- Typically the process consists
- Identifying what needs to be done
- Plan your events
- Apply for a Rapid Grant
- Prepare for your event
- Communicate with international organizers and local community members about your activities
- National Juries
As an organizing team, you may decide to organize a National best images selection process, with national winners. Most organizing teams do that. But this is not mandatory. Unlike Wiki Loves Monument, the national selections and the international selection are independent.
So if you want to organize a best national images selection, a ceremony, gifts for national winners, certificate... please do. It is great. But it is also fine to not have a national winner selection. Some countries do not have enough volunteers to run a selection process and ceremony. This is absolutely fine. Please do what is best for you.
If however, you choose to organize a national selection process, please check these Jury process guidelines.
You can see national winners of the 2024 contest here.
Participating communities in 2025
editIf you intend to host specific events, lead local actions and you are certain that you will be participating in 2025 please list your chapter, your user group, or your name+country in the table over there :
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2025/Countries
Funding
editIt is not mandatory to run a pretty successful activity, however that could boost your range and impact. You can apply for Rapid Grants offered by the Wikimedia Foundation at Project/Rapid. Review all propositions here Grants:Project/Rapid/Browse applications. The deadline to submit was 1st DECEMBER 2024. Applications are closed. Grants were announced
- You may check out other Funding requests from Wikimedia groups and individuals former requests 2021 for inspiration.
- Or Grant requests for WLA 2022
- Or Grant requests for WLA 2023
- Or Grant requests for WLA 2024
- Or Grant requests for WLA 2025
- To help you in preparing your Rapid Grant, we propose the following Office Hours
- Office Hours in English
- Saturday 09, November 2024 (09:00 UTC)
- Office hours en français
- Vendredi 09, Novembre 2024 (10:00 UTC
Supported organizations
editEdit this table/Add your affiliatte
| Name of participating community or solo organizer | Previous participant? | Country | Point of Contact 2025 | Funding in 2025 | Previous participation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Igbo Wikimedians User Group | 
|
Nigeria | Pascaline | Rapid grant 2025 | 2022, 2023,2024 |
| Wiki For Senior Citizens Network |
|
Nigeria | Oby Ezeilo | Rapid grant 2025 | 2023, 2024 |
| Tyap Wikimedians User Group |
|
Nigeria | Kambai Akau | Rapid grant 2025 | 2023, 2024 |
| Igala Wikimedia Community |
|
Nigeria | AgnesAbah | Rapid grant 2025 | 2024 |
| Wikimedia Community Senegal |
|
Senegal | Yvonneberthe | Rapid grant 2025 | 2024 - 2023 - 2021 - 2020 |
| Wikimedia Community Niger |
|
Niger | Barke11 | Rapid grant 2025 | 2023 - 2024 |
| Libya and Morocco Community |
|
Libya and Morocco | Ali Alaswad | Rapid grant 2025 | |
| Wikimedia User Group Botswana |
|
Botswana | Shoodho | Rapid grant 2025 | 2023, 2024 |
| Amuzujoe |
|
Ghana | Amuzujoe | Rapid grant 2025 | 2022- 2023 - 2024 |
| Côte d'Ivoire Community |
|
Côte d'Ivoire | Dadrik | Rapid grant 2025 | |
| Wikimédia Centrafrique |
|
Centrafrique | Daniel236 | Rapid grant 2025 | 2024 |
| Côte d’Ivoire Fan Club |
|
Côte d'Ivoire | kamboo19 | Rapid Grant 2025 | 2024 |
| Wikimedia Community of Togo |
|
Togo | Ubkoumbogny | Rapid Grant 2025 | 2022 - 2023 - 2024 |
| Wikimedia Fulfulde Community |
|
Nigeria | De-Invincible | Rapid grant 2025 | 2023 - 2024 |
| Wikimedia community of Zimbabwe |
|
Zimbabwe | Hope A Ncube | Rapid Grant 2025 | 2022 - |
| Wikimedia Sudan User Group |
|
Sudan | Maram ali ahmed | Rapid Grant 2025 | 2020 - 2023 - 2024 |
| Wikimedia Community of Angola |
|
Angola | Maryleine, Junior NGAMI | Rapid grant 2025 | |
| Wikimedia Community User Group Madagascar |
|
Madagascar | Chirocca77 | Rapid Grant 2025 | 2024 |
| Wikimédiens du Burkina Faso |
|
Burkina Faso | KONATEYaya226 | Rapid grant 2025 | |
| Mahuta | No | Nigeria | Mahuta | Rapid Grant 2025 | This is the first |
| Wikimedia Gabon |
|
Gabon | Mel61226 | Rapid grant 2025 | |
| Northern Nigeria | No | Nigeria | Ishaku Ajeje and Fulani215 | Rapid Grant 2025 | This is the first |
| Niger Delta | No | Nigeria | Iwai-Dialax and Dappasolomon001 | Rapid Grant 2025 | This is the first |