Launch of WikiAfrica Cameroon
See detailsThe Africa Centre starts has a WikiAfrica desk in Cape Town, South Africa.
See detailsShare Your Knowledge is launched to involve cultural institutions in contributing to WikiAfrica’s milestone.
See detailsA milestone is set of 30,000 contributions of African knowledge to Wikimedia projects by 2012.
See detailsWikiAfrica is launched by lettera27 Foundation in collaboration with Wikimedia Italia
See detailsWikiAfrica 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 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.
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The organisations that have hosted or are collaborating on Wiki Africa projects include: