Ceslause Ogbonnaya
Ceslause joined the Wikimedia movement in 2018 and has been actively involved in the Igbo Wikimedians User Group. He joined Wiki In Africa, a South African NGO in 2021 where he was the Project manager for Wiki Loves Africa Int’l media contest and WikiAfrica Hour vodcast.
He wass Wikimedian-In-Residence at Africa No Filter, leading the African Union’s and Wikimedia Foundation’s partnership project, Africa Knowledge Initiative, aimed at leveraging three AU holidays (Africa Youth Day, Wangari Maathai Day, Africa Day), Wikipedia and its sister projects to close the digital divide about Africans and Africa.
He currently is the Wikimedian-In-Residence leading the AfroCreatives WikiProject, leading the effort to close the gap that exists on the digital space about African film and TV and African literature using Wikipedia and its sister projects.
Sessions
ReCreate is an umbrella group, co-founded by Wikimedia South Africa, that represents users and creators of copyright. The session aims to explore the ReCreate ZA as a collaborative model for civic organisations and experts to drive advocacy and conversations around copyright policies in the public interest. This includes user access and rights for information creators in Africa and the global south.
The Lightning Talk Showcases are a fun, fast-paced afternoon event filled with 5-minute lightning talks in rapid succession on a range of topics. Wikimania Nairobi will have two Lightning Talks Showcase sessions to highlight some of the most compelling concepts and powerful thinking developing across the Wikimedia Movement. Read more at: https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2025:Program/Lightning_Talk_Showcases.