Lira | On August 24, 2024, digital journalists, bloggers, vloggers, and technology experts will gather in Lira City for the inaugural WordCamp conference.
Lira Town College will host the first-ever conference in Lira City and northern Uganda as a whole.
A WordCamp is a sizable gathering centred around WordPress, the most widely used content management system (CMS) for website development.
WordCamps are WordPress events that are approved by WordCamp Central and are organised by the local WordPress community. They are recognised globally.
Hundreds of WordCamps are held in various cities around the world each year. The August edition is expected to be a transformative event that sparks our community’s spirit of innovation and creativity.
“With WordCamp’s rich history of encouraging collaboration and learning, WordCamp Lira 2024 will be a beacon of inspiration for WordPress enthusiasts and digital creators in Lira City and the surrounding areas,” says Emmanuel Angoda, the conference’s main convener.
Angoda, an ICT teacher at Lira Town College, has used ICT (STEM) to mentor and produce dozens of the country’s most technologically advanced and innovative minds.
WordCamp Lira 2024, themed “Empowering Digital Creativity,” aims to realise WordPress’ full potential as a platform for innovation and expression.
Attendees from northern Uganda and other parts of Uganda will learn new ways to use WordPress to unleash their creativity and drive positive change through interactive workshops, insightful presentations, and collaborative sessions.
Overall, the goal of a WordCamp is to empower and inspire attendees to make the most of the WordPress CMS and its ecosystem.
“This includes the knowledge, skills, and resources required to thrive in today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape. WordCamp Lira 2024 aims to empower individuals to use WordPress’s power to bring their ideas to life by providing comprehensive training, networking opportunities, and access to industry experts,” Angoda adds.
Lead organiser
Emmanuel Angoda is the lead organiser of WordCamp Lira 2024 and the Lira WordPress community leader. He is an award-winning teacher, and an alumnus of the Mandela Washington Fellowship (2019).
He is also the founder of TESI (Triskelion Education & Skills Initiative), an educational non-profit that uses ICT to improve education outcomes in northern Uganda.
Pius Owiny, Desire Asiimwe, Oscar Okwanga, Patricia Aceng, Erick Ogwal, and Milton Emmy Akwam, all members of Lira City’s WordPress Community, are assisting him in organising this upcoming event.
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