Capacity Development
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Naija Wiki SkillUp
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A comprehensive nationwide skill acquisition campaign empowering editors, content creators, and students with practical digital literacy, encyclopedic research, and advanced wiki editing competencies.
Project Objectives
- Democratize digital literacy and encyclopedic research skills among Nigerian students and young professionals.
- Onboard and train hundreds of new contributors on Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wiktionary.
- Deliver bilingual training sessions supporting English and Nigerian indigenous languages (Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, Tyap, Nigerian Pidgin).
- Equip participants with verifiable digital skills in open licensing, factual research, and collaborative documentation.
- Channel trained participants into active regional hubs and specialized thematic programs.
Key Activities & Execution
Virtual masterclasses, campus hands-on editing clinics, weekend skill sprints, interactive Q&A office hours, and peer editing review sessions.
Outcomes & Deliverables
Thousands of articles improved, hundreds of new editors onboarded, and increased proficiency in open-web research across participating university cohorts.
Impact Statement
Bridging Nigeria's digital skills divide while empowering a new generation to document their communities, cultures, and discoveries with global standards of authority.
Project Overview
Status
ongoing
Geographic Scope
Nationwide (Hybrid Virtual & Physical Hubs)
Timeline
Jan 2024 - Ongoing
Movement Documentation
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