Open Foundation West Africa/Community
Open education, African culture and heritage, technology and free knowledge across West Africa.
COMMUNITY
People powering open knowledge across West Africa.
OFWA brings together volunteers, educators, students, developers, researchers and open knowledge advocates who contribute their skills, experience and time to communities and programmes across the region.
OUR PEOPLE
Board
OFWA's Board provides governance, strategic guidance and institutional oversight for the organisation.
COMMUNITY REPRESENTATION
Community-elected Board Representatives
These Board seats are filled through community elections, providing a direct connection between OFWA's wider community and the organisation's governance.
OFWA periodically conducts community elections for these representative seats. Learn about community Board elections →
DAY-TO-DAY LEADERSHIP
Core Team
The Core Team coordinates OFWA's programmes, administration, partnerships, technology and communications.
TECHNICAL COMMUNITY
Africa Wikimedia Technical Community
AWMT
The Africa Wikimedia Technical Community brings together developers and technical contributors interested in Wikimedia technology, collaborative learning and strengthening technical participation across Africa.
COMMUNITY DIRECTORY
Community Members
OFWA's Community Members directory contains the Wikimedia usernames of members in the wider community. The directory will also be used to establish voter eligibility for upcoming community Board elections.
Make sure your name is on the community list
If you are an OFWA community member, add your Wikimedia username before the announced voter-registration deadline.
Become part of the community.
Contribute to a programme, attend an event, share your skills, support community activities or collaborate with OFWA on an open knowledge initiative.