Felix Nartey
Felix Nartey | |
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Born | Tema, Ghana |
Education | Central University College, Hochschule Anhalt, Pope John Senior High School and Minor Seminary |
Occupation | Social entrepreneur |
Known for | Wikipedia editor |
Awards | Wikimedian of the Year (2017) |
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] He is a Co-founder of Open Foundation West Africa and Creative Commons Ghana, where he is also the chapter lead.[3][4][5]
Early life
Nartey was born in
Career
Nartey worked as a banker after his first degree, and was an avid volunteer in other capacities.
As of August 2017,[update] Nartey worked as a consultant in the capacity of a Global Coordinator for the Wikipedia Library at the Wikimedia Foundation.[15] Nartey will go on to work in different capacities at the Wikimedia Foundation, where he currently occupies the position of a Senior Program Officer.[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
Nartey joined the Wikimedia movement in 2012.
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] He was also a member of the core team of the 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
References
- ^ a b Elsharbaty, Samir (2017-08-16). "Felix Nartey named Wikimedian of the Year for 2017". Wikimedia Blog. Wikimedia Foundation. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
- ^ a b c d Sanchez, Cristina (2017-09-23). "El wikipedista del año que dejó su trabajo para poner África en el mapa de internet. Noticias de Tecnología". El Confidencial (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-11-25.
- ^ "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, Creative Commons, 2016-11-29, 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. YouTube. 2017-08-13.
External links
- Media related to Felix Nartey at Wikimedia Commons