Wikipedia commemorates 20 years with special focus on Africa
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Wikipedia, an online site for sharing knowledge, is celebrating the 20th anniversary since its inception in 2001 by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger. The site, which is widely described as the online encyclopedia, has more than 56 million articles in 321 languages.
This year’s anniversary has been marked by highlighting one of the biggest criticisms of the site;
The lack of information about Africa.
To address this problem, Wikipedia has worked with Adama Sanneh, co-founder and CEO of the Moleskine Foundation, and thousands of young people across the continent to add more information about the dozens of countries and cultures across Africa.