Commons:Wiki Loves Africa 2022 in Nigeria/Media
Wiki Loves Africa (WLA) is an annual contest where people across Africa can contribute media (photographs, video, and audio) about their environment on Wikimedia Commons for use on Wikipedia and other projects websites of the Wikimedia Foundation. Wiki Loves Africa particularly encourages participants to contribute media that illustrate a specific theme for that year. Each year the theme changes and could include any universal, visually rich, and culturally specific topic (for example, markets, rites of passage, festivals, public art, cuisine, natural history, urbanity, daily life, notable persons, etc).
Theme for 2022
For more ideas, head over to the theme page
7 years of Wiki Loves Africa
Wiki Loves Africa is an annual competition that crowdsources photographs, videos, and recordings of Africa to form an open licensed archive of materials that tells the story of Africa on Wikipedia through the eyes of its people. Over the last 7 years, Wiki Loves Africa has achieved the following:
- Over 64,000 images have been entered by 8,120 competitors from up to 59 countries under a free license (CC-BY-SA),
- The images entered to Wiki Loves Africa are viewed 41 million times each month (May 2020),
- Wiki Loves Africa's images from the first 5 years have been viewed 466 million times altogether (May 2020),
- Wikimedia communities from 24 African countries have hosted participation events, information sessions and training workshops; this year, the African-Brazilian community also got involved,
- Over 250 participation and training events have been held up until 2020,
- A Wiki Loves Africa prize-winning image was included in the Journeys Through Our Fragile Heritage exhibition at the UNESCO, Paris (organised by John Cummings, WIR at UNESCO), and
- Wiki Loves Africa’s ISA tool created to support Structured Data on Commons won best multimedia tool at the Wikidata Awards 2019.
How the competition is organised
The project is a on-month competition which will start on the 15th February 2022 and end on the 15 April 2022. The project runs across the entire continent, however there are local and national groups of Wikipedians that have volunteered to host specific actions (training, upload events, communications, etc.) in their countries. In addition, there are several groups of individuals within Africa, and Wikimedia groups outside Africa that are (and encouraged to be) involved.
The project is a contest where, after the contest closes, the best media at the continental level are selected and prizes are awarded. An international jury will determine the best entries for the continental competition. Where there are local organising groups, they will decide to organise (or not) judging and local prizes for their country.
Wiki Loves Africa was created and developed, and is managed by the principals at Wiki in Africa, it is funded by the Wikimedia Foundation. Actions in each country are supported by the Wikimedia community in the form of Usergroups and volunteers across Africa.
2022 Winners and prizes
There will be several winners. The international prizes are:
- 1st prize: US$2000
- 2nd prize: US$1500
- 3rd prize: US$1000
- Culturally specific or traditional representations : US$750
- Prize for best quality video: US$1000
- Special Collection: US$750
In addition, some of the local national teams will host national ceremonies and national prizes.
Local teams can decide to award separate national prizes at their discretion. Please review the Countries page to see what is happening where and what prizes are available at a local level.
Press contacts per country
This space aims to link press contacts where availableto be reviewed.
- South Africa: Isla Haddow-Flood: islawikiinafrica.org
- France: Florence Devouard: fdevouardanthere.org
- Algeria: Mohammed Bachounda: bachoundagmail.com or Reda Kerbouche: presswikimedia-dz.org
- Nigeria: Olaniyan Olushola: olaniyanolushola15gmail.com
- Cameroon: Aminou Ndala TITA: aminou20022001yahoo.com
- Tunisia: Habib Mhenni: habib.mhennigmail.com
- Uganda: Kwera Faith: quera1204gmail.com
- Ghana: Stella Agbley: sagbleygmail.com and Raphael Berchie: rberchiegmail.com
- Mali: N'fana Diakité: nfanadiakite92gmail.com
- Kenya: Faith Mwanyolo: faithchugugmail.com or Leonard Kisuu: lennykisuugmail.com
- Benin: Fawaz Tairou: fawaz.tairougmail.com
- Rwanda: Boris Bahire: boris.bahiregmail.com
- Sudan: Ola Mahadi: sd.wikimediagmail.com
- Morocco: Rachid Ourkia: rc.ourkiagmail.com
Documents
- Wiki Loves Africa logo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki-Loves-Africa-logo.png
- Material: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wiki_Loves_Africa_2022_Communications
Videos
2021 Documents
Press releases
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The template of the launch press release for Wiki Loves Africa
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The press release sent by Wiki In Africa for the launch of Wiki Loves Africa 2021
Winners announced and press kit (English)
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The full and final press release for Wiki Loves Africa 2021
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The full jury report for Wiki Loves Africa 2021
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The Wiki In Africa association and the work it does, created for the Wiki Loves Africa 2021 press kit
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Wiki Loves Africa 2021's jury process and introduction to each juror
Marketing materials
Theme-based marketing material
Social media cards used to announced the winners
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Wiki Loves Africa 2021's 1st prize winner announced on social media
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Wiki Loves Africa 2021's 2nd prize winner announced on social media
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Wiki Loves Africa 2021's 3rd prize winner announced on social media
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Wiki Loves Africa 2021's traditional culture prize winner announced on social media
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Wiki Loves Africa 2021's video prize winner announced on social media
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Wiki Loves Africa 2021's cover for Facebook winners announcement on social media
Generic marketing material
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Generic Wiki Loves Africa email banner
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Generic Wiki Loves Africa French and English Pull Up banner
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The pull-up banner template with space for local organisers and partners logos
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The English version of the A5 Generic Flyer
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The French A5 version of the generic flyer
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Square, Round and Rectangular stickers
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The generic t-shirt design elements
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A beanie to be used as a goodie for participant or winner
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Example of "I edit Wikipedia from Africa" cap. Also shows a branded battery (not WLA)
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Other resources
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5 years poster
Reports in the media
- eHealth Africa, 31st August 2021 (English)
- ij Net, 9th March 2021 (Portuguese)
- Opportunities Madagascar, 2nd March 2021 (French)
- Opportunities For Cameroonians, 26th February 2021
- Wiki Loves Africa Competition 2021 ($USD 2,000+ Prize), AFRICA AWARDS BOTSWANA, By Baralaye, 25 February 2021
- Wiki Loves Africa 2021 Competition now open by Abimbola, i79media, 24 February 2021
- Concours Wiki Loves Africa 2021 (prix de plus de 2000 USD) Opportunite Africa (French)
- Wiki Loves Africa 2021 Competition ($USD 2,000+Prize)}, Opportunities For Africans, 25th February 2021
- 2021 WIKI LOVES AFRICA COMPETITION on Empowerment Opportunities, 26th February 2021
- Announcement of the winner of the 2021 Sony World Photography Award by Moment News, Lahza News, Sunday 14 February 2021 (Arabic)
- An Egyptian wins the Sony International Photography Award Albawabh News Sunday 14 February 2021 (Arabic)
- Concours Wikimedia Common: l’Extrême-Nord abrite la 6e edition, by Joël Maman, Cameroon, 5 February 2021 (French)
- All-Africa Photographic and Media Competition Invites Applications, Artmatters, Kenya, By Khalifa Hemed 29 January 2021
- "Wiki Loves Africa" 2020 presenta le immagini di un continente in movimento, scritto daAmanda Lichtenstein, tradotto da Cristina Bufi Poecksteiner on Global Voices, 25 gennaio 2021 (Italian)
- Révolution en ligne : ces activistes qui tentent de rendre Wikipédia moins macho, mention par Alexandra Lagarde, on France Inter, 13 Jan 2021 (French)
In relationship to Nos Jardins training initiative in Cameroun and its photo exhibition in October 2021
- armellesitchoma.com - 19 10 2021 (French)
- doualatoday.com - 19-10-2021
- Vision 4 TV - 20 10 2021
- TamTam du Mboa, 8th September 2021 (French)
- Ndengue.com - 15 10 2021
- auletch.com
- lequatriemepouvoir.com
- Joelpro-motivation.com
- Hôpital Laquintinie Blog
- La Voix du Koat