Internet content has been growing dramatically during the recent years. African connectivity has also shown progress during the last decade. Almost all countries in Africa are on now on the Internet. However, this has not been matched with use of web content to advance knowledge to solve local problems in the region. Indigenous knowledge and content from Africa did not yet reach millions of users on the ‘net’. This paper analyzes the web content for Africa, issues and opportunities to make give Internet an African voice.
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