Africast E Commerce Service Provider

Africast is a global e-commerce and dynamic media service provider for all Africans, living within and outside the continent, along with those who are interested about Africa. Africast.com has become a site that provides information about business, news, education, entertainment, culture etc. They publish unique African content and special community services as well.

Internet, wireless technology and e-business infrastructure in Africa is growing at a rapid pace and it is trying to provide new opportunities for advertisers and merchants to reach out to a larger market for their businesses and products and service. The B2B Marketplace of Africast allows businessmen to procure products directly from Africa or sell in the continent. A number of chambers of commerce is also trying to develop the e-commerce scenario.

The advanced technology of Africast.com helps to achieve true broadband African media experience consisting of daily weather reports, wireless messaging service, free internet access, multilingual e-mail and chat along with discounted international calling and many other services for Africans and African expatriates. They started a special service in 2000, which enables mobile users to access Africast mobile by creating an account at the site. This feature would provide latest news headlines and personal information to the cell phone via sms.

Africash is a special service started by Africast that allows on-line and off-line money transfers in 50 bank and FedEx branches within Ghana. They allied with The Allied and Metropolitan Bank along with FedEx for this service. According to them, its a low cost, fast and effective way for Africans residing in the US, to send money home. They are also negotiating with other banks in Africa and Europe to widen their network.

Africast has also deployed Wordwalla technology to enable Africans around the globe to communicate in 10 native languages including Swahili, Yoruba, Twi, Ga, Igbo etc. They believe this would help Africans to conduct business as well as talk in their native languages. Africast Educational Foundation aims at providing education to the next generation and linking them with people and resources around the globe. They also want to promote educational opportunities for students in Africa, create an Afro New-World identity, better internet access and better knowledge about the continent in the US and worldwide.

The educational foundation also wants children in certain African school to start a knowledge exchange program with other students worldwide. Its partnership with ePals, the worlds largest online classroom community is the first step forward in that direction. As the 2nd largest continent in the world, Africa is expected to undergo cultural and political changes in the coming years and Africast is trying to create a link between the varied elements of the African diaspora. It is committed to bring about development in technology, education and world partnerships, allowing the continent to compete with other global powers. Africast