Afrikanet.info is the first information portal on the web about people of African descent in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. It was first established in 2000 as a mailing list to inform people of African descent in Austria. Afrikanet.info journalists now inform about the lives of people of African origin in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, it rarely provides information on Africa. Because of its excellent work, in October 2005 Afrikanet.info was awarded the Austrian International Cultural Award. A year later, in recognition of its work against racism, the editor-in-chief, Simon Inou, received the European Union’s prize “For Diversity. Against Discrimination”.


Links: http://www.afrikanet.info/

Afrikanet.info was founded by Simon Inou (AT), a journalist living in Austria since 1995. He studied sociology in Cameroon and journalism in Austria. He was co-founder and editor of Le Messager des Jeunes, Cameroon’s first youth newspaper, chief editor of Radio Afrika International and “Informationsportal Afrikanet”, and project director of Black Austria. He is initiator of the Austrian project “Migrant journalists writing for Die Presse”.