The Akan Wikipedia was closed to editing in April 2023. While the closure of a wiki may signal the end of its cause, for Akan Wikipedia, it is an opportunity for clarity and growth for Akan languages in Wikimedia, and here is why. The wiki was created in the mid-2000s without the realization that Akan is a language… Read More
February 2, 2022 Accra, Ghana Wikimedia Ghana User Group, a Ghanaian community of Wikipedia editors, has launched the second phase of its 500 Notable People photo project. The project aims to collect and upload photos of notable people in Ghana who do not have their images available for use on Wikipedia yet. The project’s first… Read More
Data scholarships by Wikimedia Ghana User Group for Wikipedia editors Recently, as part of our Ghana Edits Wikipedia (#GhanaEditsWikipedia) activities, we have held offline workshops and edit-a-thons to improve the content on Wikimedia wikis and also train and engage editors. For these events, we have provided travel support (T&T), refreshment and free Wi-Fi for participating… Read More
Putting the spotlight on a Wikipedia Education Program tutor who was once its student. Meet Ismael Andani Abdulai, a part-time lecturer at Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) in Accra. Ismael did his master’s in law, at the University of California, Berkeley. At Berkeley, he took part in a Wikipedia Education Program (WEP).… Read More
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