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WikiAfrica is an international movement that takes place on the African continent and beyond. It encourages individuals, interested groups and organisations to create, expand and enhance online content about Africa. This involves motivating for the representation of the continent’s contemporary realities and history, its peoples and its innovations on the world’s most used encyclopaedia, Wikipedia. WikiAfrica is not owned by one organisation and it belongs to all people and organisations contributing to its scope.

In its various guises and hosted at several institutions (including Lettera27, Africa Centre, Ynternet.org, and Wikimedia CH), the WikiAfrica movement has consistently instigated and led multi-faceted innovative projects. These projects have activated communities and driven content onto Wikipedia. Examples include Share Your Knowledge, #OpenAfrica training Courses and Toolkits, Kumusha Bus (in Ethiopia and Ghana), WikiEntrepreneur (in Ethiopia and Malawi), Kumusha Takes Wiki (Cote d’Ivoire and Uganda) and Wiki Loves Africa.

Over 2016/17 it is working on Wiki Loves Women (in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut), WikiPack Africa, WikiFundi and the WikiChallenge African Schools (funded by the Orange Foundation), WikiAfrica Schools (funded by lettera27), Wikipedia Primary (funded by SUPSI) and Wiki Loves Africa (funded by Wikimedia Foundation).

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More about The Impact of WikiAfrica

WikiAfrica was started in 2006 as a collaboration between Wikimedia IT and lettera27, since then – via the support of several organisations and the work of a few people – it has grown to embrace the continent and build communities. It has been pivotal in driving the current contributions done by communities across sub-Saharan Africa.

The Wiki Africa movement timeline 2006-2017

The projects detailed below form the main backbone of the WikiAfrica movement. They have all been conceptualised, instigated and led by three members of Wiki In Africa, although until 2017 through the agency or fiscal sponsorship of different organisations.

2006

WikiAfrica is launched by lettera27 Foundation in collaboration with Wikimedia Italia, led by Iolanda Pensa.

2009

A 30’000 African contributions to Wikimedia projects by 2012 milestone is set.

2011

The Africa Centre begins working on WikiAfrica projects, led by Isla Haddow-Flood.
Share Your Knowledge is launched to involve cultural institutions in contributing to the WikiAfrica milestone.

2012

WikiAfrica Cameroon is launched
The WikiAfrica Primary School Feasibility Study is created.
Share Your Knowledge, the collaboration between lettera27, Africa Centre and over 100 GLAM partners, achieves the milestone of 30,000 African contributions to Wikimedia projects.

2013

The WikiEntrepreneur project is launched in Malawi and Ethiopia.

2014

The Kumusha Takes Wiki project is launched in Uganda and Cote d’Ivoire. Florence Devouard becomes involved with the WikiAfrica Movement as co-lead on Kumusha Takes Wiki.
The Wiki Loves Africa photographic competition is launched under the theme Cuisine.
OpenAfrica Toolkits is launched.
The OpenAfrica14, a four-week training course in Cape Town, is held.
Kumusha Bus is launched in Ethiopia in June and Ghana in November.
Wikipedia Primary School is launched at SUPSCI under the Wikipedia Primary School SSAJRP programme

2015

The OpenAfrica15, a week-long WIR training course training 6 Wikipedians across Africa at the Goethe-Institut in Johannesburg.
2015. The second edition of Wiki Loves Africa photographic competition is held and completed under the theme Cultural Fashion and Adornment.

2016

Wiki Loves Women is launched with the Wiki Loves Women Writing Contest #15Challenge. The Africa Destubathon partners with Wiki Loves Women in October and November.
2016. Wiki Loves Africa holds its third photographic competition under the theme of Music and Dance (funded by WMF).
2016. Wikipack Africa is launched and involves the development of WikiFundi and WikiChallenge African Schools from Orange Foundation (hosted by Wikimedia CH).

2017

Wiki In Africa is registered as an NGO in South Africa.
Official launch of WikiFundi, a software that provides off-line editing environment that mimics the Wikipedia environment.
#16WikiWomen translation drive is held to celebrate International Women’s Day for Wiki Loves Women.

WikiAfrica projects across Africa since 2013

Hosts and Partners

The organisations that have hosted or are collaborating on Wiki Africa projects include:

Goethe-Institut Johannesburg: www.goethe-institut.de
lettera27 Foundation: lettera27.org
The Africa Centre: www.africacentre.net
SUPSI: www.supsi.ch
Ynternet.org: www.ynternet.org
Wikimedia CH: www.wikimedia.ch
Wiki In Africa www.wikiinafrica.org

Credit: This website is managed and run by Wiki In Africa in order to ensure all contributions to WikiAfrica are recorded.