This is a series of addresses by world-class digital innovators who share their leading insights into the ways that the Internet is being leveraged to affect social change – from within the board room, the classroom or the virtual meeting room.On Tuesday, 13 November, The Innovation Series was launched with a talk by Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, who spoke about the growth of this online, collaborative encyclopaedia that is the 8th most popular website in the world, and his new project, Wikia Search. The event was held in collaboration with IT Web, and with media partners Mail & Guardian Online and MindShift. Less