AfroCROWD Heads to Nairobi: Making History at Wikimania 2025

 

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AfroCROWD Heads to Nairobi: Making History at Wikimania 2025

All Roads lead to Nairobi! 

In what is expected to be a landmark event in the history of the Wikimedia movement, AfroCROWD is proud to announce its participation in Wikimania 2025, to be held in Nairobi, Kenya — the heart of innovation and cultural vibrancy on the African continent.

This will not be just another conference. Wikimania 2025 is predicted to host the largest number of African participants in the history of the event, a powerful sign of the growing momentum of open knowledge in Africa. And AfroCROWD is proud to be a part of the movement dedicated to increasing the representation of people of Africans and people of African descent on Wikipedia and the wider Wikimedia projects.

A Homecoming of Knowledge

Since its founding in 2015, AfroCROWD (Afro Free Culture Crowdsourcing Wikimedia) has worked tirelessly to bridge the digital knowledge gap by organizing edit-a-thons, trainings, and global outreach. Our participation in Nairobi is not just symbolic — it is a homecoming. It reflects the strength of a growing movement that has grown from the grassroots and now returns to Africa, where oral histories, intellectual legacies, and living traditions are as vast as the continent itself.

Why Nairobi, Why Now?

Kenya’s capital city is known as the "Silicon Savannah," a hub of digital innovation and open data. It’s only fitting that Nairobi plays host to Wikimania 2025, an event dedicated to open knowledge and global collaboration. With its vibrant youth population, rich cultural diversity, and tech-forward vision, Nairobi provides the perfect landscape for AfroCROWD to connect, learn, and uplift.

This gathering will be a celebration of African voices joining the global Wikimedia conversation. From editors and technologists to scholars and community leaders, the African presence will be undeniable — and transformational.

What to Expect from AfroCROWD at Wikimania 2025

  • AfroCROWD-led panels and workshops on content equity, digital activism, and diaspora history.
  • Cross-continental collaborations between African editors and Afro-descendant Wikimedians from the Americas, Europe, and the Caribbean.
  • On-the-ground storytelling, oral history digitization, and Wikipedia trainings with African youth.
  • Moments of cultural exchange, celebration, and community building that remind us knowledge is not only written — it is lived, shared, and sung.

History in the Making

This will be a Wikimania for the books. For the first time, thousands of Africans are expected to converge around a shared commitment: to shape the world’s knowledge, not just consume it. AfroCROWD’s journey to Nairobi is about creating space, lifting voices, and ensuring that the global Wikimedia ecosystem reflects the brilliance of African and Afro-descendant peoples.

We invite all knowledge lovers, open culture champions, and AfroCROWD supporters to follow our journey to Kenya. If you are unable , join us in Nairobi you can participate virtually and become part of this historic moment.

History is not just made — it is edited. And this time, Africa is at the table.

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