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Ghanaian social entrepreneur and 2017 Wikipedian of the Year
Felix Nartey is a Ghanaian social entrepreneur and open advocate[clarification needed . He was named the Wikimedian of the Year in August 2017 by Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales at Wikimania .[1] [2] Creative Commons Ghana, where he is also the chapter lead.[3] [4] [5]
Early life
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Nartey was born in Tema , Ghana.[6] Pope John Secondary School in 2008, Central University with a B.Sc. in Banking and Finance in 2013, and completed his M.B.A. from the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences .[7] [2] Central University he was appointed a Google Student Ambassador , a position that surged his interest in technology.[2] [8]
Career
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Nartey worked as a banker after his first degree, and was an avid volunteer in other capacities.[6] [9] [10] [11] open licenses .[12] [13] [14] [2]
As of August 2017,[update] Wikimedia Foundation .[15] [16]
He has also served in different capacities on boards and as an advisor. He served for more than five years as a board chair for Open Foundation West Africa, currently serves as an advisory board member for Kiwix and an advisory committee member for Open Access Week .[17] [18] [19]
Contributions in the Open Movement
[ edit ] Felix Nartey delivers a closing speech at Wikimania 2018
Nartey joined the Wikimedia movement in 2012.[1] GLAM activities, the Wikipedia Education Program, activities targeted at bridging the gender gap, and the Wikipedia Library.[9] [20]
He was a member of the Drafting Committee for the Wikimedia Movement Strategy, a member of the Advisory Group for the transition of the Creative Commons Global Network Strategy and member of the interim Global Network Council for Creative Commons.[21] [22] [23] Firefox Africa Group.[6]
In his Wikipedian of the Year dedication, Wales mentioned that Nartey played a leading role in the organisation of the second Wiki Indaba conference 2017 in Accra, and has been critical in building up the local communities in Africa.[24]
See also
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References
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^ "Chapters" . CC Global Network . 2018-06-09. Retrieved 2018-09-01 .
^ "What image is Ghana's copyright law projecting?" . MisBeeeWrites . 2018-08-16. Retrieved 2018-09-01 .
^ "OFWA - Team" . openfoundationwestafrica.org . Archived from the original on 2018-09-02. Retrieved 2018-09-01 .
^ a b c "Wiki Loves Women Team" . Wiki Loves Women . Retrieved 2017-08-21 .
^ "Felix Nartey" . LinkedIn . Retrieved 2017-08-27 .[permanent dead link
^ "about us" . googleclubcuc.blogspot.se . Retrieved 2017-11-28 .
^ a b Mizrahi, Ruby; Elsharbaty, Samir; Kozlowski, Tomasz (2017-01-11). "Writing Ghana into Wikipedia: Felix Nartey" . Wikimedia Blog . Retrieved 2017-08-27 .
^ Akpah, Prince (2016-03-04). "Ghana Celebrates 15 Years Of Wikipedia" . News of the South . Retrieved 2017-08-27 .
^ Gargantini, Gabriele (2016-07-03). "Esino Lario ha fatto "Modifica" . Il Post (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-08-27 .
^ "WikiFundi launched to help editors contribute to Wikipedia offline" . WikiFundi . 2017-02-03. Retrieved 2017-08-27 .
^ Esson, Theresah (2017-04-19). "PRAAD receives support to digitise archival information" . Graphic Online . Retrieved 2017-08-26 .
^ "Open Foundation West Africa Holds First Creative Commons Salon in Ghana" . OFWA . 2017-01-21. Archived from the original on 2017-02-05. Retrieved 2017-08-31 .
^ "Felix Nartey named Wikimedian of the Year 2017" . Classic Ghana . 2017-08-29. Archived from the original on 20 December 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-25 .
^ "Felix Nartey" . Wikimedia Foundation . 2021-03-08. Retrieved 2021-12-30 .
^ "The Team" . Kiwix . Retrieved 2021-12-30 .
^ Asankomah, Tony (2020-08-08). "NFA Signs Agreement To Kickstart 'WikiProject' . GhMovieFreak . Retrieved 2021-12-30 .
^ Shockey, Nick (25 May 2018). "Open Access Week Advisory Committee" . www.openaccessweek.org . Retrieved 30 December 2021 .
^ Gyesi, Zadok K. "Project created to publish information on Ghanaian women" . Graphic Online . Retrieved 2019-01-16 .
^ global-network-strategy: Action plan to design a model of collaboration for the future of the CC Network , retrieved 2017-11-25
^ "Strategy/Wikimedia movement/2017/People/Drafting Group - Meta" . meta.wikimedia.org . Retrieved 2017-11-25 .
^ "creativecommons/global-network-strategy" . GitHub . Retrieved 2018-09-01 .
^ Wikimania 2017 Closing Ceremony
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