The Top 20 African tech blogs and websites

African_tech_blogsAs Africa continues its inexorable rise from the Dark Continent to the Rising Continent, it is sometimes difficult to see through all the data and to know who to follow and read.

This list of 20 wonderful sites reporting on African innovation, technology, entrepreneurship should serve as a guide as where to find information. This will be a movable feast and updated every month to show how quickly things change in Africa.

So here are the Top 20 African tech blogs…

* AfriGadget – Solving everyday problems with African ingenuity

* Affrinnovator – Technology, innovation and entrepreneurship

* Afromusing – ‘Beyond Africa’ musings from one of Ushiandi’s founders

* Appfrica – Pan-African and Ugandan mobile technology

* Bankelele – Kenyan insights into African technology business

* Geek Rebel – African entrepreneurship and technology

* Human IPO – African technology news, startups, mobile and social

* IT News Africa – Technology, telecoms, mobile and gadget news

* Kiwanja – Where African tech and innovation meet anthropology

* Mobile Web Africa – Seminal trade events in Lagos, Nairobi and Johannesburg

* Mobithinking – African news on mobile marketing and advertising

* My Heart’s in Accra – Ethan Zuckerman reports from Ghana’s capital

* Open Source Africa – German language blog with excellent (English) info graphics

* Otekbits – News about African startups and developers

* Startup Africa – Growing African startups and small businesses

* Tech 360 – News, views and reviews

* Techloy – Nigerian-based comprehensive look at African Tech

* Tech Trends – ICT news from across Africa

* Timbuktu Chronicles – Entrepreneurship, innovation and technology

* White African – Where Africa and technology collide

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Monty Munford has more than 15 years' experience in mobile, digital media, web and journalism. He is the founder of Mob76, a company that helps tech companies raise money and exit. He speaks regularly at global media events with a focus on Africa, writes a weekly column for The Telegraph, is a regular contributor to The Economist, Wired, Mashable and speaks regularly on the BBC World Service.