
1. The local content
Everything about Africa is available online even from the sites which are
not originated from Africa what’s makes our site interesting is when they possess
the local content; the content from the local community. The content that
touches the community directly include things that someone in Africa does not
expect to find them online. And all of a suddenly just like that there it is; a
story of a certain kid in a certain street in Kigali.
2. The language factor
If you can find the language translator for example Google
Translate bar, will be so helpful
since. Your viewers can easily navigate through the available languages and if
you can create a complete local language version of your site would be more
helpful for the local visitors to come and read.
3. Light website
You should always consider the African internet speed and circumstances
that we are having while trying to access the networks. Most of the time people
are in Internet Café where there is limited bandwidth for each user so I would definitely
prefer to open site which are light and consumes less time to load. So you must
consider the technology you are using and the content of your website. If you
have to use Flash or JavaScript am sure you know which one to use to accomplish
your task.
4. Going Mobile
Most of the people in Africa they access internet using mobile phones and
other, hand held devices. It is the time to consider the mobile version of your
site so that you can reach more number of visitors who can only be accessed through
mobile phones and gadget. A lot of easy to use platform are available online to
help you to do just this for example mobify and onmobile