Launched: Afriville.com
I came across Afriville.com today on Digg and was intrigued. As I researched this website I began to learn more and more about a whole Africa 2.0 movement. Whether I read criticism or encouragement, both sides seem to be driven by a passion for developing awareness around African Web 2.0 sites and applications. Look for posts about this topic in the near future.
Back to Afriville.com…
Afriville.com started out as a social networking site similar to MySpace (a place to meet friends, look at photos, give comments, look for events happenings) however it is now more similar to YouTube then MySpace. Most content on the site consists of video and audio that is user generated.
Afriville is self described as “…a place designed to stimulate the African man or woman, through the tools of social communication whether its meeting people, sharing opinions on the forum, starting groups on issues important to you…” While Afriville is still in Beta it plans to expand to other states within Africa and other countries including the US. Some additional features users can expect in the future are a photo sharing and browsing platform, an African stock & share discussion application and an African Blog Aggregator.
Afriville’s mission is most beautifully stated by its creator: “I have a dream, a wish to live to see, a dream of a continent saving itself through the minds and hardwork of its youth. War , poverty and socio-economic conditions has dispersed Africans all around the world. Afriville is the place to reunite all Africans, and REBUILD our beloved continent.”
September 13th, 2007 at 9:36 pm
I just checked out Afriville.com moments ago @ was turned off by the topics in the forum. It seems like people who enter theses types of forums constantly have sex on their mind. There is so much more to life.
Bygbaby
September 13th, 2007 at 10:04 pm
Yes I agree there is so much more to life! I still think there is potential here, the same potential BlackPlanet.com had in its early days. I remember feeling the same why back then about BlackPlanet as you do now with Afriville. BlackPlanet however did try to grow away from that, I am not saying that it is not on there now because it is and it will probably always be but by expanding their channels (Professional, dating, jobs) users can now choose what content they want to be associated with. Thanks for commenting!
September 13th, 2007 at 11:06 pm
I love all things techy so I will be back!!!
September 14th, 2007 at 9:46 am
GREAT!
June 8th, 2008 at 8:56 am
you should also check out http://naijaconnects.com/ another African web 2.0 offering