AFRICA BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE

AFRICA is fast bridging the digital divide that had

Characterized the continent in the 1990s with

Innovations that will enable it not only to sell the

Continent and products from the continent.

The creation of an interactive and user-friendly

Website to market African music is creating excitement

Among mobile phone users and service providers.This is one of the latest Innovations originating from Africa.



Irrespective of the country, with a username and

Password one can download unlimited authentic ring tones and

Real music and mp3 music, styles and genres of the various African

Countries from the Horn of Africa to the Cape of Good

Hope, such as South Africa's mbaqanga and bube

Iskathamiya, Zimbabwe's jit, shona and chimurenga;

Zaire's soukous; Nigeria's juju, afro beat and fiyi;

Algeria's wahrani; Mali's kora and Ghana's highlife

and hip life, are a few of the tones that would be

playing on mobile phones across the world.



Songs include Kpekple, Angelina, Msindo, Amirika, Kiss

your bride, Dance the Body Music, Fofo Nye Feme, Pata

Pata , Dadadidaa, Africa woman which just won an award and Afika Mato have so far been on display at the site.



As a marketing tool for African musicians,both established and new ones there is a built in device which enables musicians to interact with visitors to the site and with access passwords to monitor how many people visit the site and how wide the song was circulating.

This innovation is expected to create excitement not only

among users of mobile phones in Africa, but also

across the world as the continent's music is sought

After worldwide.



Mobile phones now outnumber fixed lines in

Africa at a higher ratio than on any other continent,

Says a United States of America think tank.

A report by the Worldwatch Institute in Washington

Said mobile services had dramatically increased access

to phones in Africa.

Access to mobile phones in Africa has transformed

Communications for many businesses, which had long

Complained about unreliable and costly land lines.







Joey Nana-Asare and Samuel Doe Ablordeppey.Sam is the business page writer for the Daily Graphic in Ghana and Joey is the webmaster for www.ringringtonesafrica.com , For more information about this uniquely entertaining about what music is coming from the "HORN OF AFRICA TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE" Visit the site http://www.ringringtonesafrica.com