From 16 to 18 October 2025, the 4th United Nations Open Science and Open Scholarship Conference convened in Tokyo, Japan, at the United Nations University and online, bringing together policymakers, researchers, librarians, publishers, and civil society to accelerate the transformation of science and scholarship in line with the UN Pact for the Future. I had […]
Wiki In Africa was formally established in November 2016 as a South African-based non-profit to create a legal framework for the WikiAfrica movement that was already being shaped through impactful initiatives that amplify African voices on global knowledge platforms. Projects like Wiki Loves Africa, launched in 2014, and Wiki Loves Women, initiated in 2016, laid […]
2023 was a year of growth, collaboration, and powerful storytelling—cerebral, visual and encyclopedic— across Wiki In Africa’s seven core projects. From harnessing the energy of volunteers in more than 54 countries, involving 263 individual organisers and 270 partner organisations and Wikimedia user groups, to elevating African content on global platforms, our community has continued to […]
