Sharing the wealth and diversity of Africa’s knowledge, history, culture, and contemporary reality through online contributions is a mammoth task. To achieve as broad an impact as possible, Wiki in Africa takes a multi-pronged approach – working with aligned partners to activate Africa through a network of grant-funded, staffed projects.

Though each individual initiative is designed to stand alone, they all aim to accelerate the growth of online communities and encourage a culture of contribution from Africa to Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects. Click on the logos below to know more about each programme.

Access our programmes below

Wiki Loves Women

African narrative, Community building, Digital skills training, Gender gap, Leadership training
Wiki Loves Women

WikiChallenge African Schools

Access, African narrative, Curated OERs, Digital skills training, Education, Gender gap, Technology
WikiChallenge African Schools

Wiki Loves Africa

Access, African narrative, Aligned Open Movement, Community building, Digital skills training, Leadership training, Photography, Professional training
Wiki Loves Africa

WikiFundi

Access, Curated OERs, Digital skills training, Education, Technology
WikiFundi

WikiAfrica Hour

Access, African narrative, Aligned Open Movement, Community building, Leadership training
WikiAfrica Hour

The ISA Tool

Access, Photography, Structured Data, Technology
The ISA Tool

Partnerships & Collaborations

Research:Wikipedia Primary School SSAJRP programme

2012 – 2017

Wikimedia Primary School
at SUPSI

2014 – 2017

Visual Analytics for Sustainability and Climate Change

2025 –

Text saying Content Partnership Hub, improving the Wikimedia movement's work with content partners

Content Partnership Hub

2025 –

Past Programmes

WikiPack Africa

2016 – 2017

WikiAfrica Schools

2017 – 2018

WikiFocus Africa Environment

2023

Open Knowledge Curriculum Concept

2019

WikiAfrica Offline Resources

– In English
– En Français
– In Spanish

2016 – 2021

French-language introduction to Copyright teaching resources

2020

WikiAfrica Heritage

2020 – 2022

2021