This paper sets out a research agenda for the analytical study of the monopolisation of information and the implications for finance capital, by examining the processes and strategies that can be implemented to democratise information . through the use of information technologies such as compact disk read only memory, desk top publishing, scanners, modems and computers in order to collect African based information and knowledge in the form of databases that can be net-worked across the continent. The main idea is to develop Africa’s information capacity by building upon its existing socio-political, economic, cultural, scientific and technological base, in a manner that makes it possible for African knowledge to be developed further.