…Independent Platform For Information, Expression Without Rsk Of Censorship
Afree App, regarded as the network of the future, was unveiled to Nigerian phone users on Monday July 29, 2024 at the Multipurpose Hall C, Education Department, University of Lagos. Afree, a platform specifically designed for the African continent, its entire branding, advertising campaign, and other elements are linked to Africa.
It’s also designed to work in areas with low internet coverage, has an intuitive interface for people with low literacy levels, and offers a multitude of features for connected youth.
According to the Chief Executive Officer of Afree, Mr. Abati Joe, the platform gives an opportunity for the users to advertise their businesses and products to members of the public. Joe, who spoke to the audience virtually from his base, added that Afree is a movement of unity and equality.
“The App combines the features of most modern messaging and social networks. Afree features instant messaging, calling, video calling, and video conferencing capabilities. At the same time, Afree offers features for short and long videos, as well as their processing. You can’t find all this in one tool in other App!
“What makes Afree African is its mission, which give African countries their own social network, free from Western influence, Western censorship, and its concept that is embodied in its advertising campaign targeting African countries with its own specificities,” he said.
Also speaking, Dr. Joshua Orabiyi said that Afree provides a platform for people to earn income through earning coins, he elaborated on the platform, also lectured the audience, most of whom were secondary schools students and university undergraduates, on the importance of education.
According to him: “education is the first thing”. For instance, in Russia, education is free from kindergarten to university level! We need to give back to the society and focus on education and youth empowerment.
“So, we should help the children to grow and give them space to express themselves. Afree is majorly African. Afree is in Cameroon and Nigeria is the country we operating from.” While saying that it might not be easy to stop cybercrime, Dr. Orabiyi said that efforts are on top gear to stop scammers from hacking people’s accounts.
In her contributions, another expert in the field, Dr. Tope Alakija, said that Afree is quite different from other platforms and that it has been doing well because it is unlike others that she said are not providing ‘value’ for the people.
Alakija stated that Afree will help the users grow their businesses as it can be used for advertising campaigns and for purchase of items. “The shortcomings of other platforms and embedded in Afree Apps. You will be paid according the likes, shares and comments your posts attract.
“Afree is unique from other social networks because of its focus on people’s benefit. The application provides an independent platform for information and expression without the risk of censorship.
“We also help users become more independent and financially literate. All the necessary functions – watching videos, sending messages, making calls and advertising – are combined in one application.
“Afree was created to unite everyone in Africa on one platform, freeing them from total censorship and giving them a voice. We are also helping to improve lives, business development and learning, ultimately promoting unity, equality and prosperity on the continent,” she said.
Introduction About Afree:
The creation of AFREE was a response to the total censorship of existing social networks and media, especially during the COVID-19 epidemic. We also wanted to help people who want to learn, develop and create businesses, but do not have the opportunity to do so.
Many social networks created by Africans have not had the success they deserve. What do you plan to do to become part of Africans’ daily lives?
Many African social networks have failed because they do not provide real value. AFREE proposes to improve the financial situation of users by monetising within the app. Part of the advertising revenue will be used to support small and medium sized businesses within the app, and the AFE coins received can be used for advertising campaigns and the purchase of training materials.
Afree is currently targeting 10 million users and are already implementing plans to scale further. Afree provides a web platform and application for creating profiles, adding friends, publishing and sharing content, interacting with it (likes, comments, reposts), participating in chats and groups, and making video calls.
Algorithms are used to personalise content according to interests and to monetise the viewing and creation of content. There is a mechanism to launch advertising campaigns for businesses and freelancers.
Afree translates a portion of the advertising revenue into AFE Coins, which users can earn for watching videos, creating content and participating in challenges.
In 2019, the founders met in an online game before the COVID-19 epidemic. They continued to communicate without knowing each other’s real identities, and came together due to similar principles and understanding of total censorship in social networks and media.
In April 2020, they decided to create AFREE, an app where everyone could express their point of view. They developed the terms of reference, but were faced with a lack of money. The parents of one of the creators offered to lend the initial capital on the condition that part of the revenue would be used to help people in Africa. After gathering a team of freelancers and a few other investors, the project was launched.
Afree are now focusing on improving the performance of the app in poor internet signal conditions so that it can be used everywhere. The next step is to improve the AFREE Bazar feature for small and medium businesses and launch the full AFREE Education feature, which is currently in beta.
The next step will be to open offline stores in Nigeria to sell our own mobile phones and tablets that are specifically designed to work perfectly with the app. They are carefully selecting components to ensure that the devices are as compatible with the software as possible and are reasonably priced. Next, they plan to expand into other African countries and are currently in discussions with almost every country on the continent.