Capacity Development
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African Wikimedia Developers Project
Partnering with Open Foundation West Africa to train developers and computer science students in open-source MediaWiki tool development.
Project Objectives
- Recruit volunteer developers across West Africa.
- Contribute upstream code to MediaWiki and community tooling.
- Resolve technical localized localization hurdles for African language wikis.
Key Activities & Execution
Intensive hackathons and workshops facilitated by software engineers Felix Nartey and Alangi Derrick.
Outcomes & Deliverables
Dozens of software engineering students onboarded to open-source Wikimedia developer pathways.
Impact Statement
Transforming African youth from passive consumers of software into active architects of open-source knowledge infrastructure.
Project Overview
Status
completed
Geographic Scope
Lagos & Kwara, Nigeria
Timeline
Jan 2018 - May 2018
Movement Documentation
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