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Wiki Loves Africa is an annual public contest organised by Wiki In Africa in collaboration with the Wikimedia movement across Africa. The contest encourages people across Africa can contribute media (photographs, video and audio) about their environment to Wikimedia Commons for use on Wikipedia and other project websites of the Wikimedia Foundation.

| | Welcome to the Wikimedia Commons portal for Wiki Loves Africa! Wiki Loves Africa particularly encourages participants to contribute to media that illustrates a specific theme for that year. Each year the theme changes and could include any universal, visually rich and culturally specific topic (for example, markets, rites of passage, festivals, public art, cuisine, natural history, urbanity, daily life, notable persons, etc). The project is run across the whole continent. However, some specific actions (training, communication, etc.) are held in some countries with national organizers. Wiki Loves Africa has achieved much over 11 years: Over 146,698 images have been entered by 12,854 competitors from up to 55 countries under a free licence (CC-BY-SA). Wiki Loves Africa images have illustrated 32,515 pages across 437 Wikimedia projects, such as Wikipedia, Wikivoyage and Wikiquote. 64 Wikimedia communities from 45 African countries have committed 417 times to hosting participation events, information sessions, and training workshops. The competition attracts high levels of new contributors to the Wikimedia projects – an average of 75% of participants are newbies; The images entered to Wiki Loves Africa are viewed over 36,9 million times each month (Aug 2025) Wiki Loves Africa’s images have been viewed over 2,4 billion times altogether (Aug 2025) since Jan 2017. Wiki Loves Africa’s ISA Tool has won the Cool Tool: Eggbeater Category at Wikimania 2024 and WikiData Award for Best Multimedia Tool in November 2019. Mohamed Hozyen, a prize winner for Wiki Loves Africa 2019, was selected for the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC), Prins Claus Fonds and Magnum Foundation Arab Documentary Photography Programme. A Wiki Loves Africa image Firefighter, Ashton Bay, March 2017 submitted by South African photographer user:StevenTerblanche for the Wiki Loves Africa 2017 contest under the theme of People at Work. The stunning image was selected for 3rd position for the Picture of the Year 2021 award and depicts a courageous firefighter battling against a veld-fire at Ashton Bay, Jeffreys Bay, Eastern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa. A Wiki Loves Africa prize-winning image was included in the Journeys Through Our Fragile Heritage exhibition at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |

Editions

Wiki Loves Africa can refer to:

Wiki Loves Africa 2026 around the theme of Rites & Rituals (images)
Wiki Loves Africa 2025 around the theme of Farm to Plate (images)
Wiki Loves Africa 2024 around the theme of Africa Create (images)
Wiki Loves Africa 2023 around the theme of Climate and Weather (images)
Wiki Loves Africa 2022 around the theme of Home and Habitat (images)
Wiki Loves Africa 2021 around the theme of Health and Wellness (images)
Wiki Loves Africa 2020 around the theme of Africa on the Move (images)
Wiki Loves Africa 2019 around the theme of Play! (images)
Wiki Loves Africa 2017 around the theme of People at Work (images)
Wiki Loves Africa 2016 around the theme of Music and Dance (images)
Wiki Loves Africa 2015 around the theme of Fashion and Adornment (images)
Wiki Loves Africa 2014 around the theme of Cuisine (images)

Posters from each contest (in English)

All the Wiki Loves Africa Prize Winners

2025: Farm to Plate

’1st prize winner’: ‘’’Aerial view of a busy tomato market in Lagos Nigeria by User:Ayorinde Ogundele (Nigeria)
’2nd prize winner’: At the very beginning by User:Aabdulazim (Egypt)
’3rd prize winner’: ‘’’Abakaliki rice mill 71 by User:MediaMOF (Nigeria)
_Reportage Video_ː Le voyage de l'atoukpou by Ecran bleu
Narrative Video: Eeman Saalih Corn to Corn Flour Meal Farm to plate by Saalyha Eeman
Clip Video: An aerial view of a 10,000 hectares of rice farm by Ahbeegyd
’1st Prize’: Fabrication de l'attiéké by BorisAhonon

2024: Africa Creates

1st prize: L'artisan graveur by User:Fawzi_Demmane (Algeria)
2nd prize (tied): “Drying moonflowers” by Doaa Adel2023 (Egypt)
2nd prize (tied): “Harvesting Tea” byUser:Germain92 (Rwanda)
3rd prize: “MN004“ Molten metal craft by Negonasr (Egypt)
Narrative video prize: “Ahmadu Bello University Zaria Students works for Africa create.webm“ by User:Saalyha Eeman (Nigeria)
Reportage video prize: “File:The Master Carver and a Message” by Green Wilfred Somoni
Best short clip: Dying textiles in Côte d’Ivoire by Charlesyaobrou225
Best Audio:The African Anthem by Abdullahi Tanimu Abubakar (Nigeria)

2023: Climate & Weather

1st prize: Auyo village flood by Sani Maikatanga (Nigeria)
2nd prize: Stormy day in Somalia by Mohamed Nasr (Somalia)
3rd Prize: Kids and the river by Mohammed Osman (Sudan)
Best Audio Prize: Change Immersion by Abdullahi Abubakar(Nigeria)
Best Video Prize: GOOD YESTERDAYS by Green Wilfred Somoni(Nigeria)
Africa Environment Video Prize: Best video representation of the impact of climate change :: Last Stand by Aminu Mohammed (Nigeria)

2022: Home+Habitat

1st prize: A Nubia by User:Summering2018 (Egypt)
2nd prize: Home is my Work by Mohamed Hozyen (Egypt)
3rd Prize: Planning Ahead by Ayorinde Ogundele (Nigeria)
Best Video Prize: My Dream Home by Green Wilfred Somoni(Nigeria)
Special collection prize: Windows Stories by User:Myousry6666 (Egypt)

2021: Health+Wellness

1er prix /1st prize: Crazy Love by Ewien van Bergeijk-Kwant
2ème prix /2nd prize: Malaria microscopy training (Nigeria) by Ozavogu Abdulsalam Khalid uploaded by eHealth Africa EHA Clinics
3ème prix /3rd prize: Pupil (Ghana) by Amuzujoe
Culturally specific or traditional representations of health or wellness: Oldest Healing Dance (Botswana) by Kgara Kevin Rack
Best Video Prize: Santé et Bien-être réalisé par Bouba Kam's
Special Collection award: Laquintini Hospital photo essay by Max MBAKOP, Happi Raphael, and Destiny Deffo, coordinated by Serieminou

2020: Africa on the Move!

1st prize winner: My Homeland by Mohamed Ahmed Yousry (Egypt) User:Myousry6666
2nd prize winner: Bread delivery by bicycle by Abd Elhamid Fawzy Abd Elhamid Tahoun (Egypt) User:Abdo tahoon
3rd prize winner: A Mess by Summer Kamal Eldeen Mohamed Farag (Egypt) User:Summering2018
4th traditional culture winner: Salt transport by a camel train in Ethiopia by Olivier Siret (France) User:LeFnake
Video Prize Winner: Le Transport Lagunaire à Abidjan (STL) réalisé par Bouba Kam’s by Aboubacar Kamaté (Côte d’Ivoire) User:Kamboo19. Link to video

2019: Play!

1er prix / 1st prize: Yida refugee camp in South Sudanese territory by Marco Gualazzini from Italy
2ème prix / 2nd prize: Peek-a-boo by Summer Farag from Egypt
3ème prix / 3rd prize: Street football is one of the most famous games in Africa and boys play hard and show their skills and how talented they are by Mohamed Hozyen Ahmed from Egypt
Women in Sport Prize / Prix Femmes et Sport: by Yvonne Youmbi from Cameroun
Culture and Tradition Prize / Prix Culture et tradition: Fantasia by Sofiane Mohammed Amri from Algeria

2017: People at Work

1st Prize: Gift of the Ocean, Tanzania by User:Yann Macherez
2nd Prize: A man carries a huge hammerhead through the streets of Mogadishu, Somaliland by User:Marco Gualazzini
3rd Prize: Traditional goat herders in Egypt by User:Hassanelsayadd
Photo essays prize #1.
Women at Work : Zanzibar seaweeds in Tanzania by user:Rachelclarareed.
Sample 1
Photo essays prize #2.
Rare or threatened traditional ways of working : The making of thatch in Nigeria by user:Eric Atie.
Sample 2
Organizer price to : Glass in Swaziland photo essay by user:Bentaylor13413. Sample 1:Glass blowing a large terrarium
Sample 2: Here, we have a team of glass blowers creating wine glasses. The wine glass becomes apparent as it passes through the various team members.

2016: Music and Dance

1st Prize: The Kuru Dance Festival at Dqae Qare Lodge, Botswana by SanDanceVR
2nd Prize: A pot and drum seller on his way to work in Rwanda by Tuyizere Nkinzingabo Jean Pierre
3rd Prize: Kiduku dance in Tanzania by Rasheedhrasheed
The 4th Prize (Organisers Prize): Nubian Flute Player by Ahmed Emad H (Egypt)

2015: Cultural Fashion and Adornment

Another busy afternoon in Kenya by Isaac Kaigi
Fashion designer in St Louis in Senegal by Lucas Takerkart, from France
Lady in Gele, an African headdress in Ghana by Dili Osuhor
Women in haïk at the port of Algiers, Algeria
by Mustapha Brahim Djelloul

2014: Cuisine

Nutmeg by Terrence Coombes from Tanzania
Egyptian grains by Dina Said Eid, from Egypt
Girls cleaning coffee by Natnael Tadele, from Ethiopia
[](/wiki/File:Kisra%5Fmaker.jpeg "Sudanese woman making the traditional baking called "Kisra, by User:Alfateh2005 (Mohamed Elfatih Hamadien), from Sudan")
Sudanese woman making the traditional baking called "Kisra,
by User:Alfateh2005 (Mohamed Elfatih Hamadien), from Sudan

Supported by

Wiki Loves Africa is activated by the Wikimedia community. The competition was conceptualised by Florence Devouard (Anthere) and Isla Haddow-Flood as a fun and engaging way to rebalance the lack of visual representations and relevant content that exists about Africa on Wikipedia and support the WikiAfrica movement.

The 2020 competition is hosted by wikiinafrica.org. It is funded by the Wikimedia Foundation and local partners in individual countries.
Content and events were participants or organizations in : Wikimedia Algeria, Cameroon, Wikimedia Tunisie, m:Wikimedia User Group Nigeria, Open Foundation West Africa, Wikimedia Morocco, Mali, Uganda, Angola, Bénin, Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Guinée, Sénégal, Libya, Botswana, and Zambia.

The 2019 competition is supported by Ynternet.org. It is funded by the Wikimedia Foundation and local partners in individual countries.
Content and events were participants or organizations in : Wikimedia Algeria, Ivory Coast UserGroup, Cameroon, Wikimedia Tunisie, m:Wikimedia User Group Nigeria, Open Foundation West Africa, Mali, Uganda, Angola, Bénin, Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Guinée, Sénégal, Libya, Botswana, and Zambia.

The 2017 competition is supported by Ynternet.org. It is funded by the Wikimedia Foundation and local partners in individual countries.
Content and events were participants or organizations in : Wikimedia Algeria, Ivory Coast UserGroup, Cameroon, Wikimedia Tunisie, Wikimedia Egypt, m:Wikimedia User Group Nigeria, Open Foundation West Africa, Malawi, Mali, Uganda, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe.
In 2017, the competition is also supported by Unesco, through its programme Unite4Heritage! [1]

The 2016 competition is supported by Ynternet.org. It is funded by the Wikimedia Foundation and local partners in individual countries.
Content and events were participants or organizations in : Tanzania, Ivory Coast UserGroup, Wikimedia Tunisie, Wikimedia Egypt, Wikimedia Algeria, Cameroon, Uganda, m:Wikimedia User Group Nigeria, Ghana User Group, Zimbabwe.
In 2016, the competition is also supported by Unesco, through its programme Unite4Heritage ! [2]

In 2015, the competition was managed by Florence and Isla, supported by the Africa Centre and funded by the Wikimedia Foundation and local partners in individual countries.
Content and events partners were participants or organizations in : Tanzania, Ivory Coast UserGroup, m:Wikimedia Tunisie, Wikimedia Egypt, Wikimedia Algeria, Cameroon, Uganda, m:Wikimedia User Group Nigeria.

For the 2014 competition, the project was managed by Florence and Isla, supported by the Africa Centre and funded by the Wikimedia Foundation and the Orange Foundation and local partners in individual countries.
Content and events partners were participants or organizations in : Ivory Coast, Wikimedia Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana User Group, Malawi, m:Wikimedia South Africa, m:Wikimedia Tunisie, Uganda, Wikimedia Algeria.