ACTnet: Global Network for Professional Africans
"includes current information on development and information technology in Africa plus HIV/AIDS Crisis and ACTNetwork databases; mission is to bring together organizations, individuals in Africa to share and use information and communication technologies"
Africa Goes Digital: African Continent on CD-ROM and the Web
"an annotated directory of African information in digitized format—with guidelines on mounting Web sites and selecting a service provider; organized into subject categories including culture and heritage, foundations, human rights, health and population and the environment; part of the Project for Information Access and Connectivity"
Africa Online
"contains current news articles and a series of subject pages with links to relevant sites; the information website of the 'premier provider of internet communications services throughout Africa'"
Africa South of the Sahara: Selected Internet Resources
"an extensive resource guide to Internet sites that contain information about Sub-Saharan Africa; supported by the Electronic Technology Group, African Studies Association, USA"
Africa World Press Guide
"contains introductory matter and the texts of the 28 topical chapters in Africa: derived from the print version that is a 200-page annotated guide to educational resources from and about
Africa"
African Access Magazine: Other African Sites
"a collection of various WWW sites that focus on Africa; key categories include General Africa Sites, Africa and North America, Africa Technology and Communications and Africa Travel"
African Digital Library
"an ebook collection of 3000+ titles that is free to residents of Africa; includes fulltext books on health and other topics that are published throughout the world; from the initial page, you must register to receive a free account with username and password; includes keyword search engine"
African Gender Institute
"website of an organization established in 1996 that attempts to further gender equity in Africa by contributing towards transformation of inequitable institutions and social practices; includes information about its programs, research, newsletters (full text) and links to related www sites"
African Human Rights Resource Center
"primarily information on human rights in Africa; does contain category links to numerous www sites discussing economic, political and social topics on the continent"
African Journals Online
(AJOL 2000)
"the tables of contents and abstracts of articles (including some full text) from 50 journals in agricultural sciences, science and technology, health and social sciences, published in Africa; provided by The International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP)"
African Studies Internet Resources
"comprehensive, annotated site with links to African related sites on programs and research centers, electronic journal and newpapers, African studies resources by region/country, organization and topic; maintained by (U.S.) Columbia University, Department of African Studies"
allAfrica.com: News Plus (including PanAfrican News Agency)
"organized by Africa News Service in partnership with Africa's leading news organizations including the Panafrican News agency; links to full text news releases from established news sources; posts daily hundreds of stories from more than 70 African publications"
American & African Business Women's Alliance
"site of the association of professional and business women from Africa and America involved in trade and investment; includes full text articles plus information on export, import and business opportunities, a business directory and event calendar; has a key word search engine and email list"
Contemporary Conflicts in Africa
"a sampling of Internet resources on the prevention, management and resolution of violent conflicts in Africa"
EcoNewsAfrica
"an NGO initiative that analyses global environment and development issues from an African perspective and reports on local, national, and regional activities"
Electronic African Bookworm: A Web Navigator
" a quick-access guide to over 1000 sites on Africa, African studies, African publishing, African and Africanist journals, African newspapers, and to Web sites of libraries in Africa; maintained by Hans Zell Publishing Consultants, Oxford"
Index on Africa
"a comprehensive guide to the continent on the Net maintained by the Norwegian Council for Africa; contains sections on News on Africa, Africa Update, Country Pages, Subject Pages and a Search Index"
OneWorld News: Africa
"organized by theme and countries; contains news updates, highlights or features with an alternative perspective and increased coverage from the South"
Relief Web
"contains substantial information on refugee and natural disaster issues in Africa; produced by United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs (DHA)"
Sagonet: Southern Africa’s Nonprofit Internet Service Provider
" a regional electronic information and communications network for development and human rights
workers; aims to build capacity in organisations through the use of electronic communication and information access"
Science in Africa: Africa's First On-Line Science Magazine
"a 'popular science' magazine for Africa, will contain research and expert views on relevant topical issues; supplies email newsletters to individuals' areas of interest; also contains information on African science related events, organizations and funding opportunities"
South Africa Online
"a comprehensive and sophisticated category listing of links to Internet sites from South Africa"
USAfrica Online
"site serves as a primary, professional news medium for Africans and Americans; promotes pro-development and pro-democracy structure and ideas within Africa"