Pan-African News Website Launches Mobile Platform

Press Release

20 January 2009

Africa Interactive, the publisher of the pan-African news website AfricaNews.com, is announcing the release of their mobile news website: http://m.africanews.com.  This latest innovation follows an unprecedented mobile phone revolution in Africa in the past years. The mobile version of AfricaNews.com makes the company one of the few African media outlets to both source and publish content via mobile devices.

The mobile website is unique as it is the only mobile service dedicated to broad news on Africa. As internet on mobile devices flourishes in Africa the company has again taken the lead to serve new and emerging audiences.

This website is optimized for mobile devices and gives a clear overview of the latest news submitted by the more than 400 AfricaNews.com reporters who report from 35 African countries. Visitors of the mobile website can also send in their own news tips and contributions to the editorial team by using the ‘News Tip’ application. Everyone can now report the latest news from anywhere in Africa!

This mobile website is realised by GNR8, a student company of the Hogeschool Inholland, based in Haarlem, the Netherlands. The students work on different creative projects for companies in their region.

AfricaNews.com

AfricaNews.com is the most compelling interactive Africa community, sharing news, photos, opinions, videos, mobile reports and the untold stories by African people. All content on the website is created by African reporters. Media professionals are free to send in their stories. The editorial team of Africanews.com in Accra, Ghana supervises all content in the news section.

Africa Interactive, the publisher of AfricaNews.com, is a fast growing multimedia press- and content agency focused on Africa. The company has previously been recognized for its efforts in mobile reporting, receiving a nomination from the Webby Awards in 2008.

Website AfricaNews Mobile website: http://m.africanews.com
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For questions, please contact Africa Interactive: info@africa-interactive.net 

Peter Vlam: peter@africanews.com 
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