African Path: Filling a Huge Void in African Cyberspace

One of the most exciting events in the African cyberspace this year has undoubtedlty been the launching on January 1, 2007 of African Path, an innovative and ambitious news and blog aggregator dedicated exclusively to African affairs.

According to Joshua Wanyama, one of the brains behind African Path initiative, the site was created “to fill a void in the marketplace for a strong Pan-African web site where news content and blogging can be merged into a unified voice.”

The African Path website features news headlines from global and major African media houses, an ever growing group of bloggers covering various topics, and an interactive calendar for events taking place in different cities worldwide.

Topics featured on the site include current events, politics, technology, religion, music, entertainment, sports, health, human rights, AIDS, democracy and much more. The site will share uniquely African experiences based on daily accounts of people within the continent, Africans in the Diaspora and foreigners who have visited Africa.

According to Joshua Wanyama,

“A lot of African bloggers are discussing issues relevant to the continent but online exposure to these blogs is limited. African Path aims to provide this much needed exposure. We aim to fill the void left by big media in covering information on Africa and providing a forum in which Africans can discuss issues concerning themselves both within and outside the continent.”

The site will promote dialogue on issues being discussed and encourage the participation of all site users through comments, letters to the editor, and new blogger recruitment. Special programs will be created to promote dialogue and exposure of work on the continent conducted by human rights groups and not-for-profit organizations aiming to provide solutions to improve living standards, health, technology, leadership or education.

African Path is definitely set to blaze a new trail  for African news and bloggers. To encourage this wonderful initiative, I will be blogging on the site regularly. Other Africans who are interested in intiating or joining discussions about their respective countries or about Africa in general should visit the African Path website and register to join its already vibrant and diverse blogging community. 

Click here to visit African Path.

Those interested in fresh an alternative voices from the Middle East can visit Arabisto, African Path's sister site.

With contributions from Joshua Wanyama.

Comments

[Paula Neal Mooney]

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[beninmwangi]

Hi Dibussi, African Path is a very worthy undertaking. It is one of the sites that I regularly visit and I enjoy the wide range of topics and formats presented there.

By the way, thanks for the visit and words of wisdom that you recently provided on my blog.

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