Chalo Chatu

Chalo Chatu translated as our world in the Zambian language is an English-language wiki-based free encyclopaedia project created by Jason Mulikita[5][6] dedicated to documenting the entire Zambia only and[7] also try to preserve the history and pride of Zambia covering historical events and current events, notable public figures, companies, organizations, websites, national monuments and other notable key features of Zambia.[8] The site uses MediaWiki software to maintain a user-created database of information. The site's content is under a Creative Commons license(CC BY-SA 3.0) which means that it is available free to the public, but cannot be used for commercial purposes and should not be modified by people who are not part of the community of the website. Chalo Chatu is a work-in-progress, with articles in various stages of completion.[7]

Chalo Chatu
Screenshot
Chalo Chatu main page
Type of businessCharitable organization
Type of site
Online encyclopedia
Available inEnglish
FoundedJune 1, 2016 (2016-06-01)
Headquarters
Lusaka
,
Zambia
Area servedZambia (2016–present)
Worldwide (2017-present)
OwnerChalo Chatu Foundation [1]
Founder(s)
  • Jason Mulikita
Key peopleJason Mulikita (Founder and CEO)
Chabota Kanguya
(COO)[2]
IndustryInternet
URLchalochatu.org
Alexa rank 4,485 ( Zambia, September 2018)
RegistrationOptional[notes 1]
Users 60
Current statusActive
Content license
Creative Commons licenses[3][4]
Most text is also dual-licensed under GFDL; media licensing varies
Written inMediaWiki

History
Jason J Mulikita, founder of Chalo Chatu.

The web site was opened on 1 June 2016[9] and has been active since then.[10] The website was launched with the ".org" top-level domain denoting its non-commercial nature.[4][6]

Nature of the project

Chalo Chatu Foundation is documenting an entire nation[9] which no easy task according to the site itself.[11] Because of that, they have a number of passionate writers and contributors who have voluntarily come on board to gather information from various locations of the country. The main aim of the project is to document everything to-do with Zambia. The stated aim of the project is "preserving the History and Pride of Zambia ".[4][10]

Funding
Isaac Chabota Kanguya Jnr C.O.O of Chalo Chatu

According to Chalo Chatu's C.O.O Chabota Kanguya[2] he said in interview with Zambian Hype Magazine that Chalo Chatu is a highly-efficient non-profit project driven by a dedicated team of volunteers from all across Zambia and so it gets fundings through the donations that people make.[9][5][12] In order to research and gather information on various topics from all parts of the country, they use logistical costs such as travel and internet bandwidth. This organization that runs the project does not have its own equipment and is constantly relying on individual volunteers to use their own equipment, such as computers and cameras, to gather information.[4]

Notes
  1. Registration is required to perform tasks such as editing, creating pages on Chalo Chatu, and uploading files.

References
  1. "Chalo Chatu Foundation". Chalo Chatu, Zambia online encyclopaedia. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  2. "Biography: Isaac Chabota Kanguya Jnr". Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  3. "Chalo Chatu:Main Page". Chalo Chatu. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  4. "Chalo Chatu about us". Chalo Chatu, Zambia online encyclopedia. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  5. "Introducing Chalo Chatu "The Zambian Online Encyclopedia"". Zambian Hype Magazine. ZHM. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 2017-07-28.
  6. "Zambia now literally has its own version of Wikipedia called chalochatu.org". Imanga Kay. Archived from the original on 2018-02-26. Retrieved 2016-06-06.
  7. "Zambia's first online encyclopedia to document the entire country". Staff Writer. Archived from the original on 11 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  8. "Zambian Online Encyclopaedia". Africa Updates. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  9. "Chabo Chatu the next big thing". AskChabota Blog. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  10. "CHALO CHATU: ZAMBIA'S OWN WIKIPEDIA !" (September 29, 2017). Tuneworth.com.
  11. "Writers and contributors". Chalochatu.org. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  12. "Donations". Chalo Chatu. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
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