Grants:Regions/Middle East and Africa

This funding region includes the following countries:

Africa: Algeria; Angola; Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cameroon; Cape Verde; Chad; Comoros; Ivory Coast; Djibouti; Egypt; Equatorial Guinea; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Gabon; The Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Kenya; Lesotho; Liberia; Libya; Madagascar; Malawi; Mali; Mauritania; Mauritius; Morocco; Mozambique; Namibia; Niger; Nigeria; Republic of the Congo; Rwanda; São Tomé and Príncipe; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Somalia; South Africa; South Sudan; Sudan; Eswatini; Tanzania; Central African Republic; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Togo; Tunisia; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe

Middle East: Iran, Iraq, Jordan, State of Palestine, Bahrain, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.

Apply for the MEA Regional Committee!

Program Officer[edit]

Veronica Thamaini

Senior Program Officer for the Middle East and Africa

vthamainiwikimedia.org

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Timezone: UTC+3

Language(s) spoken: English, Swahili

VThamaini (WMF)

Regional calendar[edit]

General Support (Wikimedia Community Fund)

Upcoming Round 2 (2022-23)

• Applicant proposal support starts: February 6, 2023
• Submission deadline: March 10, 2023
• Eligibility check: February 6 - March 10, 2023
• Application translation: March 10 - March 17, 2023
• Review process starts: March 27, 2023
• Feedback received: April 13, 2023
• Engaging with feedback: April 13 - April 28, 2023
• Decisions announced: May 11, 2023
• Agreement signed: May 5 - May 19, 2023
• First payment sent: May 19 - June 1, 2023
• Midterm report due: January 15, 2024
• Final report due: July 31, 2024
• Yearly report due for multi-year funds: August 15, 2024

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Please reach out to your Program Officer if you are interested in applying before making any application or if you need flexibility on dates.

Contact us[edit]

Rapid Fund[edit]

If you want to apply or if have any questions about the Rapid Fund, please reach out to the Regional Program Officer at: mea_rapidwikimedia.org

General Support Fund[edit]

If you have any questions about the General Support Fund, please reach out to the Regional Program Officer at: mea_fundwikimedia.org

Conversation Hours[edit]

Office hours are available for questions, comments, and any general support around our funding programs in the region. Please review the table below for information and links to these meetings:

Regional Committee[edit]

• Yamen, August 2021 - I'm a Collateral and Asset Management business expert from Tunisia. Co-founder of the Wikimedia Tunisia User Group, the Wiki World Heritage User Group and the Wikiarabia regional conference. A former member of Wikimania 2021 COR team.
• Azogbonon, August 2021 - Engage in the promotion of free knowledge, the development of Beninese and African content (history, culture, men and women, etc.).
• Aristidek5maya, August 2021 - I am a photography consultant and professional image reporter in working life. As a Wikimedian, I am a volunteer trainer and head of the Wikiquote project within Wikimedia Cote d'Ivoire. Finally, I am President and co-founder of an NGO which fights for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in Côte d'Ivoire.
• Mwintirew, August 2021 - I am Harriet Henry Bayel from Ghana. I am an open advocate who is very passionate about volunteerism and bridging the digital gender gap. Open Knowledge, women and youth empowerment are matters of great concern to me.
• Joy_Agyepong, August 2021 - I am a Social Entrepreneur and Director with Fact Lens Gh in Ghana. I am also a Co-founder with an environmentally oriented NGO and Team Lead with Wiki Hour Initiative.
• Ptinphusmia, August 2021 -
• Kaizenify, August 2021 - I’m a professional and well travelled photographer with various photography exhibitions. On the Wikimedia project, I bridge gender/minority gaps on Wikipedia by leading various gender/minority edit a thons and also the program strategist for the Wikimedia Nigeria Usergroup.
• Tebhogho, August 2021 - Tebhogho is Librarian at the University of Botswana. Enjoy contributing on gender gap issues. I have participated in the AfLIA #1lib1ref campaigns since 2020. I also hold other volunterring responsibilities within the wikimedia movement that include:
• Ndahiro_derrick, August 2021 -
• CaliBen, August 2021 - I am an Information Technology expert from Tanzania. I am the founder of the Wikimedia Community Arusha, Community Liason for The AfroCine Project, and a certified trainer for Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom program.
• Fjmustak, August 2021 - I'm a Palestinian volunteer editor on Wikipedia from Jerusalem, founding member and former treasurer of Wikimedians of the Levant User Group and a member of the Arabic Wikimedians User Group.I have been a Wikimedian since 2005, editing both the English and Arabic Wikipedias. I have a passion for the free dissemination of knowledge. Most recently, I have been coordinating activities of the Wikipedia Education Program in Palestine, at both the high school and university levels.
• NANöR, September 2021 - I'm from Syria and living in Sweden. I'm a geologist and have a master's degree in Palynology from Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris.I'm a volunteer editor on Arabic Wikipedia where I created my account in July 2019. My contributions are very various between: Biology, Art, Geology, Currency, History and Movies, but I most focus on lists and featured lists. I believe on teamwork and encourage it by creating and participating in workshops.

Inactive and Past Committee Members

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