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Websites featuring the works of South African poets, the Afrian Panos Institute, and the African Virtual University in Makarere, Uganda are among the Top 50 of African websites in the area of education, science, culture, public information and community development. This list was established by Woyaa, a search engine for African contents, under the auspices of UNESCO

10 African specialists in the five areas of content identified above, all of them experienced Internet users, formed the Jury. The 50 websites selected were given the labels "informative, educative, credible, easy to use and navigate, well designed with an effective use of multimedia techniques and allowing communication with site owners and managers" by the Jury. The goal of the initiative was to support a quality African Web-content as it is a key component for strengthening an African Information Society.

  • see also: background and methodology

    Here are the awarded sites

    EDUCATION

  • University of Cape Town
  • APK Consultancy
  • Education With Enterprise Trust (EWET)
  • Makerere African Virtual University
  • Lincoln Community School Ghana (temporarily unavailable)
  • Creating Learning Networks for African Teachers, Zimbabwe
  • Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD)
  • SchoolNet SouthAfrica
  • Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane
  • Association of African Universities (AAU)

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    SCIENCES

  • Health Systems Trust
  • NEPRU - The Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit
  • IRD / ORSTOM - L'Institut de Recherche pour le Développement du Niger
  • IRIS - Imhotep Research and Informatics Society
  • Forestry Information Network of Ghana
  • Ghana Civil Aviation Authority
  • Consortium d'Etudes et de Réalisations Immobilières
  • Soil Water Plant Laboratory
  • The Ultimate Guide to North African Anthropology
  • African indigenous science and knowledge systems

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    CULTURE

  • UCT Poetry Web
  • Accra's Viberant Street Carnival
  • CAMA - Contemporary African Music and Arts
  • FESPACO - Festival Panafricain du Cinéma et de la Télévision de Ouagadougou
  • Sankofa Productionz
  • Art Gallery
  • Mozambique
  • Libyana
  • Weltmusik Worldmusic by AFRICA
  • Bachot Muna : a artist from Cameroon

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    COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

  • SIUP - Systeme d'Information Urbain Populaire
  • The Virtual Souk, Le Souk Virtuel
  • Red Cross Children's Hospital and the Children's Hospital Trust
  • 11th Under-20 Youth Football Championship
  • Health Systems Trust
  • CEDEAO
  • Association des femmes du Camerounaise
  • ONG ENDA Tiers-monde
  • SADC - Southern African Development Community
  • Universal Service Agency of South Africa

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    PUBLIC INFORMATION

  • New Africa
  • Africa Online
  • IRIN - Integrated Regional Information Network
  • Panos Institute
  • The Arab Sports Network (ASN)
  • Senebotin - Annuaire des Entreprises
  • Africa.com
  • Swaziland National Trust Commission
  • DELGI Niger
  • PANA
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      Contact: Axel Plathe, UNESCO, Information and Informatics Division

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