(1888PressRelease)
August 07, 2006 - AFRICA is fast bridging the digital divide that had Characterized the continent in the 1990's with innovations that will enable it, not only to sell the continent and products from the continent.
The creation of an interactive and user-friendly Website to market African music is creating excitement among mobile phone users and service providers. This is one of the latest innovations originating from Africa.
Irrespective of the country, with a username and password one can download unlimited authentic ring tones , real music and mp3 music.
information is provide on the styles and genres of the various African musicians and the countries from the” Horn of Africa to the Cape of Good
hope”. Such as South Africa's mbaqanga and bube Iskathamiya, Zimbabwe’s jit, shona and chimurenga; Zaire's soukous; Nigeria's juju, afro beat and fiyi; Algeria’s wahrani; Mali’s kora and Ghana's highlife and hip life, are a few of the tones that would be playing on mobile phones across the world.
Songs include Kpekple, Angelina, Msindo, Amirika, Kiss your bride, Dance the Body Music, Fofo Nye Feme, Pata Pata , Dadadidaa, Africa woman which just won an award and Afika Mato is so far on display at the site.
As a marketing tool for African musicians, both established and new ones there is a built in device which enables musicians to interact with visitors to the site and with access passwords to monitor how many people visit the site and how wide the song was circulating. This innovation is expected to create excitement not only among users of mobile phones in Africa, but also across the world as the continent’s music is sought after worldwide.
Mobile phones now outnumber fixed lines in Africa at a higher ratio than on any other continent, says a United States of America think tank.
A report by the Worldwatch Institute in Washington said mobile services had dramatically increased access to phones in Africa.
Access to mobile phones in Africa has transformed communications for many businesses, which had long complained about unreliable and costly land lines.
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