Creating entry points and return touchpoints that build interest, momentum, and integration into the Wikimedia movement.

Activation is an integral part of Wiki In Africa's identity. This is strongly reinforced in the 2025 Community Survey, where Wiki In Africa's role in providing accessible entry points is highlighted.

What belongs here: 

All activities that create entry points and momentum for newcomers and communities

The explicit and implicit support that our staff and programs provide, ensuring that communities thrive.

Enablement combines the crossovers between Support and Service, ensuring that both areas are considered in all programs and activities, and where they overlap.

What belongs here: 

All activities that are designed to provide the essential (and often invisible) support that enables communities to function and grow.

Making explicit our investment in people, thus creating longer-term sustainability.

There is a clear desire for further investment in leadership, particularly through mentorship, advanced training, and partnership development. Over half of respondents to the 2025 Community Survey expressed a need for targeted upskilling, including spcifically in administration and governance. Strengthening the movement’s people infrastructure is key to future growth.

What belongs here: 

All activities that invest in the people that make up the Wiki In Africa community and larger Wikimedia movement

Building relationships that strengthen and sustain the wider open-knowledge movement.

Partnerships are a critical enabler for scale and sustainability. Participants note the importance of collaborating not only within Wikimedia, but externally with schools, governments, and aligned organisations. These partnerships expand reach, unlock new opportunities, and embed open knowledge more deeply in social systems.

What belongs here: 

All activities that build relationships and strengthen the open knowledge infrastructure beyond Wikimedia.