Startups
Afraha, a new social network from kenya
Afraha is a social network that has recently been launched from Kenya. It joins a number of other African startups in this space such as Nigeria’s Naijapals and South Africa’s Blueworld amongst others. The registration on the site is quick and simple and you cant help but be reminded of Facebook while using the site. [...]
Jobtoria, Nairobi’s Job Search Portal
Jobtoria.com is a job search engine designed to help employers attract quality candidates from around Africa. Jobtoria.com was created with the employer in mind with features designed to link up employers and candidates as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Using jobtoria.com, you can apply for jobs online, track your applications and get information about potential employers [...]
Bongoza, a search engine for Tanzania
Bongoza is Tanzanian search engine that was launched in 2005, completely bootstrapped and funded by founder Ali Damji. Bongoza currently only indexes Tanzanian webpages but there are plans to expand into other markets in East Africa like Kenya, though they have to go up against Google since as Google already has localized version.
Bongoza also features [...]
Buzzfuse, content marketing and promotion?
Buzzfuse, a South African based internet startup is a promotion engine for your content. The features are a mix between social bookmarking where popular content is promoted to the home page, an aggregator of media, social networking and they also throw in some reporting and stats.
Kerawa, Classified ads for Africa
Kerawa a new website that is currently in Beta, offers free classifieds and aims to cover all of Africa. The site is available in French as well, which makes it more accessible. The ads are split by country, city and categories. You can place an ad with out registration, just a simple confirmation via [...]
Frogfoot Wifi, Everyone can earn money
Frogfoot, are not just happy settling for a cool name and a funky logo, they now offer just about anyone to own a WIFI hotspot and bill customers while at the same time offering agents who refer wifi operators a chance to earn commission. Everyone gets a slice of the pie. Technically, frogfoot is not [...]
South African Social News Round Up - laaikit vs muti
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laaikit the new kid in the social news/bookmarking space by News24 was launched late last year. They have all the typical features you would expect for a social news site such as voting up/down and comments. The categories under which sites can be classified are exactly like the news24 site. [...]
Sturvs, Social bookmarking for Nigeria with a twist
Sturvs, Nigerias answer to digg, is a social bookmarking web site with a bit of a twist. Sturv is the colloquial word for ’stuff’ in Nigeria and thanks to Loy at startupsnigeria for the tip. You can view sturvs classified under ‘Hot’ and ‘Latest’. The home page also has two small boxes on [...]
SpringLeap, Crowd Sourcing T-Shirt Design
SpringLeap, a South African based internet startup allows anyone to submit designs for a T-Shirt. Each month a winner is selected based on voting and they receive a cash prize of R7000(+-$1000). The winning designer receives R2 commission and runners up receive R1 commission for every sale. The T-Shirts are distributed locally at selected stores [...]
