Comments on: AfricaKnows: An African Photo Project

By: AfricaKnows: Rebranding the Continent

AfricaKnows: Rebranding the Continent — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:54:12 +0000

[...] Hersman wrote a review of AfricaKnows in their very early days that's worth a read. Share Innovation, Startups africa, [...]

By: John

John — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:03:41 +0000

Jepchumba, I think Africaknows may be taking a non-stock approach to their pictures. Kind of like fotomoto. For stock photos on Africa you can try upixes.com. They claim to offer ‘genuine african moments’ in stock, special and exclusive images. Photographers can also sign up and offer their pictures there.

By: Thanh Lu

Thanh Lu — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:10:07 +0000

wow this is fantastic and the pictures look awesome

By: David Castaneda

David Castaneda — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:38:17 +0000

By: Global Voices Online » Africa: AfricaKnows Project

Global Voices Online » Africa: AfricaKnows Project — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:12:30 +0000

[...] Erik discusses AfricaKnows Project: “AfricaKnows is a new project by TED Fellows Josh Wanyama and Sheila Ochugboju. Their job: to tell a different story of Africa, through big pictures that let you see directly into the heart of African cities.” Cancel this reply [...]

By: sadique ismael

sadique ismael — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:37:47 +0000

id suggest a weekly or monthly prize for the best pic, voted by users. the photographers profile and semi-monetization are good ideas.

By: Scarlett Lion | Seeing Africa Differently

Scarlett Lion | Seeing Africa Differently — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:31:39 +0000

[...] first is Africa Knows (HT: White African) that is a huge databank of the kind of images you can’t find anywhere else – everyday [...]

By: Paul G

Paul G — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:20:01 +0000

Great idea. See http://www.pictorymag.com/ for ideas on making this submission- and contest-friendly.

By: Scarlett Lion

Scarlett Lion — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:11:39 +0000

I have to interject again – this is a cool project and all these people are saying that they’d pay small fees to liscence images, yet now the javascript is disabled and it will not be necesary to pay a fee to liscence an image.

If this site were monetized, it would be a great opportunity for photographers to make a bit of extra cash and encourage them to spend more time and energy taking pictures and sending the pictures in, which takes just as much time as the original snapping.

This would also have the added benefit of ensuring that more day-to-day photos of Africa re in circulation.

By: Oliver

Oliver — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:46:34 +0000

This is a great idea. I like your comments regarding embedding, and particularly letting go a little. I think there’s quite a lot of evidence which would suggest that releasing more content can certainly benefit businesses with more traffic and awareness and subsequently more demand for tailored work.