<p>Afridex is an online aggregator of African business information data related to specific companies.  It was created for the purpose of making it easier to track down specific information about companies operating throughout the continent.  Afridex can also be used as a reference tool for press and bloggers interested in linking to company information.  All information included in the Afridex is either public knowledge or volunteered by the organizations themselves.  Much of the information is acquired from public sources like websites and articles.  In some cases information may be inaccurate or outdated.  In these cases anyone can apply to moderate an entry, all changes are subject to review by our staff before they go live and you may be asked to verify your identity if acting on the behalf of a business entity.</p>

<p>In addition to listing contact information, employees and other information, Afridex has a few other features.  '<strong>Persistent Search</strong>' queries a search engine in combination with select keywords to track mentions of your company around the web.  '<strong>Blogstream</strong>' syndicates the ten most recent posts from a company blog.  '<strong>Comments</strong>' allows consumer feedback and comments about a group or organization.  '<strong>Brand Watch</strong>' is a feature that allows users to monitor mentions of a company across various social networks, blogs and websites.</p>

<p>Afridex can also be configured to work offline either as is with the most recent data, or as an internal company directory.</p>

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<p><strong><u>Afridex Offline</u></strong>
Afridex can be configured to work offline.  You might be asking yourself why anyone would want a living database offline?  The answer is simple.  In Africa bandwidth can be both expensive and slow.  With the offline version you'll periodically receive updates to the database either as a download or via post to avoid this problem.</p>

<p><strong><u>Afridex <em>A La Carte</em></u></strong>
Afridex <em>A La Carte works both on and offline and is and comes as an empty database that users can populate with their own data.  If you want to create and internal directory of clients, companies or contacts then it's a practical solution.
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