VENTURES AFRICE – Credited as one of Africa’s hottest tech start-ups by Forbes in 2012, leading Pan-African Social Network, Afroterminal, in partnership with United Kingdom, TV channel, OH TV has announced the launching of its $3000 ‘I Love Africa’ video competition.

Afroterminal is launching ‘I Love Africa’ video competition to celebrate the launch of its new ‘Communities’ feature, Afroterminal.com. The on-line social network has recently launched a new ‘Communities’ ethos that encourages new and existing members to join Communities, based on their location and topics of interest. The Communities model re-enforces Afroterminal.com’s focus on the African culture – which is rich in mutual respect, family and community spirit.

Afroterminal.com also provides users with mobile and desktop chat functionalities, lively forum discussions, chat rooms, photos, videos, music and much more.

Explaining the idea behind the ‘I Love Africa’ video competition, UK-based co-founder/ CEO of Afroterminal.com, Charles Akpom, explains that, “There is so much bad press about Africa – and yet, for those of us from the beautiful continent – we know Africa is the future. We want to allow everyone express why they love our Motherland, through video. Most Africans are proud of where we come from; we just need to tell the world and show Africa in a positive light. The competition encourages users to create short videos showcasing why they love Africa. The videos can be as creative or simple as the users want it to be. It could be a dance, a song, a poem or a simple monologue (talking to the camera).” CONTINUES