The 2025 Open Source Contribution Campaign is a series of events and workshops aimed at empowering individuals to contribute to open source projects. The campaign focuses on various contribution areas including code, documentation, design, and community management. Through hands-on sessions, participants will gain practical skills and knowledge to make meaningful contributions to the open source ecosystem.
Launch & Run Online Ads & Post on Social Media
1st August, 2025
Announcement of the campaign launch along with online ads to create awareness and engagement with local audience
Speak during other Tech Events
1st August, 2025
Featuring: Eth Enugu, Web3Conf Enugu, Code and Create Bootcamp, DevFest Enugu, Limitless, Buildathon, and more.
Brief intro to Open Source at external tech events.
GitHub Workshop
1st September, 2025
Featuring: Lucky Joseph, Ndubuisi Mark, Alex Mkwizu, Kato Trevor, Peter Benjamin, Ezeugwu Romanus, Salim Oyinlola, and Nworie Kingsley
Teach GitHub basics and contribution workflow.
Campaign in Linguistics Dept, University of Nigeria, Nsukka
10th September, 2025
Engage the Linguistics department to support the campaign—discuss voice contributions, promote the Contribute-athon event and inform them about open datasets available for research.
How to Contribute as Writer Workshop
19th September, 2025
Featuring: Gordian Etim, Ayanwumi Tunde, and Michael William
Focus on docs, technical writing, creative writing, Wikipedia, etc.
Common Voice Contribute-athon event (Ịtụ Utụ)
11th October, 2025
In collaboration with Mozilla Common Voice
Hold an in-person Contribute-athon event at Roar Hub featuring live voice contributions, DPG showcases, and workshops on how to contribute to OSS.
Inform AI/Data Pros of Free Datasets
14th October, 2025
In collaboration with Mozilla Common Voice
Awareness of public datasets for NLP and research
Village Voice Collection & Digital Access Campaign
16th October, 2025
In collaboration with Mozilla Common Voice
Visit Nsukka villages to collect Igbo voice data (including dialects), talk about DPGs, and promote inclusivity through access to relevant digital tools.
OSS Code Contribution Workshop
28th November, 2025
Featuring: Chukwuebuka Ezeokeke, Amber Adamson, and others
Focus on contributing through code with tracks of Software Development, Cloud, and AI/ML.
How to Contribute as Designer Workshop
5th December, 2025
Focus on contributing through design
How to Contribute as Community Manager Workshop
12th December, 2025
Focus on contributing through community management
Takeoff by OSN
30th January, 2026
Wrap-up event to reinforce open source involvement, inspire open source growth & showcase impact
Join Africa’s most vibrant open source initiative and start making an impact today.