Felix Nartey

Felix Nartey is a Ghanaian social entrepreneur and advocate. He was named the Wikimedian of the Year in 2017 by Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales at Wikimania. He is co-founder of Open Foundation West Africa and Creative Commons Ghana, where he is also the chapter lead.

Early life Nartey was born in Tema, Ghana. While studying at Central University, he was appointed a Google Student Ambassador, a position that surged his interest in technology.

Career Nartey worked as a banker after his first degree, and was an avid volunteer in other capacities. He served as the community manager for Wikimedia Ghana. He later co-founded Open Foundation West Africa, a non-profit organisation whose goal is to encourage the creation of content under open licenses. Nartey will go on to work in different capacities at the Wikimedia Foundation, where he currently occupies the position of a Senior Partnerships Manager, Sub-Saharan Africa.

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.

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. He was also a member of the core team of the Firefox Africa Group.