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We wrote a list of African technology startups which have amassed a following or at the very least raised awareness about themselves in the Africa cyberspace in 2009. The list is below

• 24.com: A South African destination portal in the vein of Yahoo
• Afrigator: An African aggregrator, based in South Africa
• Africanpath: An African destination portal and Social network
• Afrikeo: An African news Aggregrator
• Afrigadget: African low end technology blog
• Afroromance: A dating site
• Afrovibe: African music centered social network
• Akopo: French nased African blogging platform and aggregrator
• Akouba: A Congolese microblogging platform
• Alarena: An African Matchmaker
• AllAfrica: Pan African news and information portal
• AmaRadio: A Desktop application
• Amatomu: South African blog aggregrator
• BabaWatoto: An online store for Kenyans
• Blogspirit: Ugandan blog aggregrator
• Blueworld: South African Social Network
• Bundublog: African blogging platform
• Chesscube: Social and game platform for you guessed it. Chess
• eNow Now: A service for tracking traffic in Lagos, Nigeria
• FrontLine SMS: An grassroots initiative to use mobile phones for social change
• GhanaMusic: A Music and Gossip portal for Ghana
• Got Issuez: A Quality Control Community, for and by the public based in East Africa
• Ijol: South African event tracker
• Izogmovies: Watch Nigerian movies online
• Jiqa: A South African browser with innovative social features
• KenTV: A Online Kenyan news show, and information portal
• Kenya Social Network: A Kenyan Social network
• Kerawa: African online classifieds service
• Kukurooku: A Micro-blogging platform based on bird terminology
• Maneno: A Multi-lingual blogging platform
• Mibli: Grants powers to ordinary mobile phone
• Mtaafm: African music portal for Artists
• Mtaatv:
• Muti: South African social bookmarking platform
• Mxit: Mobile IM Client for South Africa
• MyVideo: South African video sharing platform
• NiajaLingo: Online dictionary for Nigerian pidgin/broken english terminology
• Naijaborn: Nigerian Social Network
• Naijapals: One of the biggest Nigerian Social Networks
• Naijapulse: A Micro-blogging platform for Nigerians
• NairaList: Online classifieds for Nigerians
• ngBot: A Nigerian Mobile community
• Nubly: A directory of Nigerians on microblogging platforms
• Online Nigeria: Nigerian Social Network
• Pambazuka: Social Science meets pan African news
• RiRanWo: Many things but foremost a Nigerian media aggregrator
• Sturvs: A Nigerian Social Bookmarking platform
• The Grid: South African mobile Social Network
• Turenchi: A Nigerian News Aggregrator
• Twyka: A East African microblogging platform
• Uchuuzi: A Kenyan online supermarket
• Ushahidi: Crowd-sources crisis information
• View Naija: Nigerian video sharing platform and community
• Vottle: A South African online classified
• Zoopy: A South African video and picture sharing community
• Zoopedup: A South African based Social network based around automobiles

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