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About Afridex

Afridex is an online aggregator of African business information.  It was created for the purpose of making it easier to look-up information about companies operating throughout the continent.  Afridex can also be used as a reference tool for members of the press and bloggers interested in linking to company information. All information included in the Afridex is either public data or volunteered by the organizations themselves.  Much of the information is acquired from public sources like websites and articles.  In some cases information may be inaccurate or outdated.  In these cases anyone can apply to moderate an entry (in true wiki fashion), all changes are subject to review by our staff before they go live and you may be asked to verify your identity if acting on the behalf of a business entity.

In addition to listing contact information, employees and other information, Afridex has a few other features: 

• Persistent Search queries a search engine in combination with select keywords to track mentions of your company around the web as they occur. When new information about a group appears online it should appear here.
• Blogstream syndicates the ten most recent posts from a company blog. People can also use it to follow company blogs by subscribing to the RSS feed.
• Comments allows consumer feedback and comments about a group or organization.  Get instant feedback from your customers, crowd source a product review, or offer public customer service.
• Portable Data Widget allows users to export standards compliant code that will allow them to embed information related to a company in their profile. This allows data from the Afridex to be 'portable'. This information can be used as a quick citation tool for blogs, news articles, email or online reports. See the example.
• vCards offer a one-click way to add the information in the Afridex to your personal address book like Outlook.

Who Uses Afridex?

• News Organizations (ex. to quickly cite company information)
• Independent Bloggers and Journalists (ex. to embed company information on a webite)
• Researchers (ex. to see who’s operating in a given area doing what)
• NGOs and Nonprofits (ex. for finding potential partner groups)
• Government Institutions (ex. to list projects)
• Businesses (ex. as a web business card for quick referrals)
• Students (ex. for finding potential vacancies and groups to work for)