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  • Appfrica is a blog that covers African technology, innovation, news and the changing role of the continent throughout the rest of the world. Below you’ll find some of the most popular editorials organized by topic. In this case popularity is determined by number of comments, traffic, e-mail forwards and interaction from other social media sites.

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    Appfrica News

    “Appfrica Joins KUV Capital”
    Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/1582

    Arts

    “Where are the African Designers?”
    Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/167

    Business

    “20 Ideas for Social Entrepreneurs - Part 1″
    Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/868

    “A Breakdown of the Costs of Doing Business in Africa”
    Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/326

    “Customer Service: Where Business in Africa Often Breaks Down”
    Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/244

    “How to Save Money as an African Startup”
    Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/1793

    “Introducing Afridex”
    Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/536

    “Interview with MTN’s Erik Van Veen”
    Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/636

    “Moving From Prepay to Subscription”
    Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/211

    “The State of eCommerce in Africa”
    Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/135

    China

    “The Next 2 Billion: SinoAfrica Rising”
    Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/293

    Conferences

    Campala2008 Day 1 Recap
    Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/349

    Campala2008 Day 2 Recap
    Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/357

    “Notes from TEDC and IMTS-DC08 at Makerere University
    Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/205

    Development

    “G8 Summit Turns it’s Attention towards Africa, Climate and Oil”
    Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/98

    “Restating the Case Against Aid”
    Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/403

    “Is Developmental Aid Stifling Africa’s Growth?”
    Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/60

    “Women: The World’s Greatest Untapped Resource”
    Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/62

    Education

    “10,000 African Hours”
    Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/1882

    Government

    “…an African form of Democracy”
    Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/323

    Internet

    “A Web Without Africa”
    Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/373

    “Affordable Bandwidth for Africa”
    Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/141

    “The Current State of Internet Penetration In Africa”
    Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/248

    “Dreaming of an Internet Co-Op”
    Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/453

    “How Datanet Serves Premium Internet to East Africa
    Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/176

    Investing

    “8 Facts About Investing in Africa”
    Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/86

    Journalism

    “Citizen Propaganda and Failures of the Blogosphere”
    Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/431

    “The One Sided Narrative About Africa”
    Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/157

    Language and Computational Linguistics

    “Advances in Computational Linguistics”
    Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/119

    “Kamusi: The Semantic Search Engine of African Languages”
    Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/82

    Literacy and Reading

    “Blogging an African Novel”
    Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/1350

    “Literacy and the Legacy of Comic Books in Africa”
    Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/279

    “Looking for the African Akira”
    Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/1156

    Micro-Finance

    “Kiva.org Responds to Fraud”
    Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/130

    Programming

    The Popularity of Programming Languages in Africa
    Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/263

    Social Media

    “CARE’s Social Network: A Missed Opportunity”
    Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/105

    “David Kobia Talks Mashada”
    Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/36

    “‘Global’ Web Services Failing the World Market”
    Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/592

    South African Twitter Mashups
    Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/53

    “On Social Media and Utility”
    Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/129

    “Was South Africa’s Afrigator Ripped off by Regator?”
    Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/89

    “Ten Social Entrepreneurs to Follow on Twitter”
    Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/1047

    Technology

    “Is the Rift Valley the next Silicon Valley?”
    Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/148

    Web

    “‘Global’ Web Services Failing the World Market”
    Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/592