Three African journalists, including two from Nigeria and one from Kenya, have won the 2026 Open the Knowledge Journalism Awards for reporting that expands publicly accessible knowledge, particularly for Wikipedia.

• Nigerian freelance journalist Rakiya Muhammad won first prize for her story on West African women traders.
• The awards, a partnership between the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) and the Wikimedia Foundation, received 320 entries from 40 African countries.
• Winning stories focused on topics like cross-border migration, women's cricket, and maternal health.