WikiAfrica focuses on getting external Africa-based, cultural organisations, museums and archives, as well as bloggers and journalists, to contribute their knowledge to Wikipedia.

[2] This project will contribute to building a free and open encyclopedia that provides greater access and visibility to current information and historic archives about Africa.

WikiAfrica began in 2007,[3] its leadership focusing on producing content, ensuring the involvement of experts and institutions, assessing and utilizing other assets and dealing with other critical aspects of the project.

[3][4][5] In terms of marking events, people and places of global historic importance, literature, science, art or any other information Africa has been the least visible continent on the internet.

[3][6] Pan-African based organisations and WikiAfrica users are asked to create new articles, expand the African content across multiple Wikipedias and improve the information that has already been given.