AfriGadget

AfriGadget makes Time Magazine’s “50 best sites for 2008″ list.

We just received some great news.

AfriGadget was included in Time Magazine’s list of 50 best sites for 2008.

This is quite an honor especially in light of the fact that AfriGadget is run entirely by volunteers. Good news though, our posting frequency should go up shortly as we have a team in the field sourcing stories right now.

As a primer to all things AfriGadget, here are links to our Flickr Group and Grassroots Reporting Project as well as a list of some of our favorite/most popular stories.

AfriGadget Innovator Series: Simon Mwacharo of Craftskills
The amazing story of William Kakwamba and his home made windmill. William later went on to tell his story at TED and has embarked on even more ambitious projects that you can read about on his blog
The Made-from-scratch model airplanes of Phillip Isohe
The knife-sharpening bicycle

thanks,
The AfriGadget Team.

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13 comments for this post.

Comment from emdoozie
16 June 2008 - 2:45 pm - :

Congratulations! That is great news, and an even better accomplishment. To all the contributors, well done!

Comment from Mwangi - the Displaced African
16 June 2008 - 5:37 pm - :

Honours of this magnitude are bound to come when you consider that what you offer is so unique and has immediate application and value. The lights from Just a band for example can immediately cut costs dramatically for any film maker.

Comment from Luhmann
16 June 2008 - 5:38 pm - :

Firefox 3 is reporting this site as an “attacked site” and is blocking users from visiting based on the fact that there was one recent attack. I don’t know how you can get removed from the list of attacked sites, but it will certainly limit the number of people who come here from Time, as I did.

Comment from Jeff
16 June 2008 - 9:35 pm - :

Unfortunately, they got the link to your site wrong.

Comment from VillageTalk (VT)
16 June 2008 - 10:12 pm - :

AfriGadget was included in Time Magazine’s list of 50 best sites for 2008. —AfriGadget12am

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Comment from Tzaadi
17 June 2008 - 8:07 am - :

Congratulations to the editors of Afrigadget. The recognition is well-deserved and a testament that people are listening.

Comment from Lazy Music for a Lazy Day…But Wait, There’s More » The Displaced African
17 June 2008 - 9:08 am - :

[...] please stop by his site or check out the story Afrigadget did on his lights ( props to them for being one of Time’s 50 best websites of 2008 ) which links to his Afrigadget page and show him some love, esp if you love yourself some [...]

Comment from Gitts
17 June 2008 - 12:27 pm - :

Congratulations people, hey you even beat Askmen!

Comment from Matthaeus Flexibilis
17 June 2008 - 4:09 pm - :

Huzzah! A well-deserved honor.

Comment from Loz
18 June 2008 - 11:48 am - :

AS Jeff says, they messed up the link - one too many Ws! I’ve emailed them to say so and hopefully they’ll change it.

Comment from Saul Wainwright
23 June 2008 - 5:29 pm - :

Hey I am stoked to see you guys get the recognition. Your site is one of my favorite blogs. Thanks and congrats.

Comment from AfriGadget in Time Magazine - Appfrica
24 June 2008 - 4:00 am - :

[...] African innovation blog AfriGadget was profiled as part of Time Magazine’s “50 Best Sites for 2008″. Congrats to the [...]

Comment from naya
12 July 2008 - 9:08 am - :

congrats! i found this blog because of the time story, and love it. as a teenager i went to Kenya on a school trip, and Africa has become an obsession of mine since (not an uncommon phenomenon - i’ve talked to at least two others who have had the same experience). i am so pleased to be able to read about the good things that are happening all over the continent, stories that highlight the genius, independence, and innovation of a group of people who are all too often painted as complete victims.

thank you.