Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales, 45, says Yoruba is the most popular African language for Wikipedia, with 29,000 pages. The Swahili Wikipedia version is second among African languages with 23,000.

Wikipedia contributors are few in Africa. The custodians of the free online encyclopedia and other Wiki resources are gathered in South Africa to talk about "decolonizing the internet." "Only ...

Of the millions of subjects you can read about on Wikipedia, Africa gets the least coverage.According to Wikipedia this is mainly because many people don’t know that they can donate their images ...

Plans for an online encyclopedia of African traditions and culture were announced recently. The project, which has been dubbed the "Africa's Wikipedia" has potential, but still faces a lot of ...

Where possible, Wikipedia Zero has been introduced in several countries, where mobile operators have teamed up the Wiki Foundation to provide free access to Wikipedia (13 countries in Africa).

As the Africa Wiki Challenge unfolds, let us embrace the power of storytelling to redefine Africa's narrative. Let us amplify voices, celebrate diversity, and bridge the digital divide.

If nothing is done to preserve African languages and knowledge online, they will die and be non-existent online writes Wesley Diphoko.

What might sound like a provocation was in fact a genuine challenge: Wikipedia should reconsider its current stance against paying editors. The reason? Reducing inequality.

Heather blogs about Wikipedia Academies, which will take place this week in Johannersburg: “Jimmy is in the country to launch the African Wikipedia Academies – a series of Wikipedia sprints, workshops ...

The battles over Harris’s Wikipedia page played out primarily over the specific term African American. That debate began in earnest last week, when Harris was only a much-discussed potential ...