{"id":22589,"date":"2023-02-22T15:42:01","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T15:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/a-content-aggregation-platform-rifaly-launched"},"modified":"2023-02-22T16:59:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T16:59:07","slug":"a-content-aggregation-platform-rifaly-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/a-content-aggregation-platform-rifaly-launched","title":{"rendered":"A Content Aggregation Platform Rifaly, Launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. <\/strong><\/span><b>Smart African Group (SAG) a company that builds technology solutions for Africa has launched Rifaly, a content aggregation platform aimed at sharing information and knowledge about the continent through digital media.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Riflay is a creation of Smart Foundry, a subsidiary of Tanzania-based Smart Africa Group. The company says the platform is made available and accessible to anyone with a smartphone and internet access. There is a wide collection of content that visitors can read, listen to, or stream.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRifaly is a curated digital content library. Focusing on the discovery of Africa\u2019s trusted content creators through the convenience and accessibility of a mobile device.\u201d Says the company in a statement on its LinkedIn profile.<\/p>\n<p>Rifaly, the company explains, is a fusion of the word \u201crifa\u201d; an extract from the Words \u201cTaarifa\u201d and \u201cMaarifa\u201d meaning News and information, and the word digitally. Implying Rifaly is a digital enabler for access to news and information.<\/p>\n<p>The company hopes that this product morphs into \u201cthe Amazon for Africa\u201d. Speaking during the launch, Smart Africa Group CEO Mr. Edwin Bruno said, \u201cAcademics, local publishers, and online influencers now have a home-grown solution to help them monetize their content online.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether it\u2019s print publications like books, newspapers, and magazines, or audio content like podcasts, Rifaly provides a reliable distribution channel and scalable revenue model that meets the users\u2019 needs, at their convenience,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Across the continent, there are increased efforts to build platforms that create and curate African-centered content, a move that\u2019s aimed at reversing the traditional focus on Westernized content.<\/p>\n<p>A few weeks ago, African Stream, a pan-African social-media platform was launched in Nairobi Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>In Nigeria, Breach, a platform that previously focused on crypto education pivoted into a publication platform where creators can build an audience and build their support communities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\">Botswana<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. Smart African Group (SAG) a company that builds technology solutions for Africa has launched Rifaly, a content aggregation platform aimed at sharing information and knowledge about the continent through digital media. Riflay is a creation of Smart Foundry, a subsidiary of Tanzania-based Smart Africa Group. The company says the platform is made [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":22588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,9],"tags":[233,237,234],"class_list":["post-22589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-miscellaneous","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-botswana","tag-botswana"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Content Aggregation Platform Rifaly, Launched - Botswana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Smart African Group (SAG) a company that builds technology solutions for Africa has launched Rifaly, a content aggreg ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/a-content-aggregation-platform-rifaly-launched\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Content Aggregation Platform Rifaly, Launched\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Smart African Group (SAG) a company that builds technology solutions for Africa has launched Rifaly, a content aggreg ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/a-content-aggregation-platform-rifaly-launched\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Botswana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-02-22T15:42:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-02-22T16:59:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1677070558.26.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"743\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/a-content-aggregation-platform-rifaly-launched#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/a-content-aggregation-platform-rifaly-launched\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"A Content Aggregation Platform Rifaly, Launched\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-22T15:42:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-22T16:59:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/a-content-aggregation-platform-rifaly-launched\"},\"wordCount\":319,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/a-content-aggregation-platform-rifaly-launched#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1677070558.26.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Botswana\",\"Botswana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"miscellaneous\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/a-content-aggregation-platform-rifaly-launched#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/a-content-aggregation-platform-rifaly-launched\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/a-content-aggregation-platform-rifaly-launched\",\"name\":\"A Content Aggregation Platform Rifaly, Launched - Botswana\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/a-content-aggregation-platform-rifaly-launched#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/a-content-aggregation-platform-rifaly-launched#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1677070558.26.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-22T15:42:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-22T16:59:07+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Smart African Group (SAG) a company that builds technology solutions for Africa has launched Rifaly, a content aggreg ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/a-content-aggregation-platform-rifaly-launched#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/a-content-aggregation-platform-rifaly-launched\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/a-content-aggregation-platform-rifaly-launched#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1677070558.26.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1677070558.26.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":743,\"caption\":\"A Content Aggregation Platform Rifaly, Launched\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/a-content-aggregation-platform-rifaly-launched#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A Content Aggregation Platform Rifaly, Launched\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/\",\"name\":\"Botswana\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A Content Aggregation Platform Rifaly, Launched - Botswana","description":"Smart African Group (SAG) a company that builds technology solutions for Africa has launched Rifaly, a content aggreg ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/a-content-aggregation-platform-rifaly-launched","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"A Content Aggregation Platform Rifaly, Launched","og_description":"Smart African Group (SAG) a company that builds technology solutions for Africa has launched Rifaly, a content aggreg ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/a-content-aggregation-platform-rifaly-launched","og_site_name":"Botswana","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-02-22T15:42:01+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-02-22T16:59:07+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":743,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1677070558.26.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/a-content-aggregation-platform-rifaly-launched#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/a-content-aggregation-platform-rifaly-launched"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"A Content Aggregation Platform Rifaly, Launched","datePublished":"2023-02-22T15:42:01+00:00","dateModified":"2023-02-22T16:59:07+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/a-content-aggregation-platform-rifaly-launched"},"wordCount":319,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/a-content-aggregation-platform-rifaly-launched#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1677070558.26.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Botswana","Botswana"],"articleSection":["all news","miscellaneous"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/a-content-aggregation-platform-rifaly-launched#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/a-content-aggregation-platform-rifaly-launched","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/a-content-aggregation-platform-rifaly-launched","name":"A Content Aggregation Platform Rifaly, Launched - Botswana","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/a-content-aggregation-platform-rifaly-launched#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/a-content-aggregation-platform-rifaly-launched#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1677070558.26.jpg","datePublished":"2023-02-22T15:42:01+00:00","dateModified":"2023-02-22T16:59:07+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Smart African Group (SAG) a company that builds technology solutions for Africa has launched Rifaly, a content aggreg ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/a-content-aggregation-platform-rifaly-launched#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/a-content-aggregation-platform-rifaly-launched"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/a-content-aggregation-platform-rifaly-launched#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1677070558.26.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1677070558.26.jpg","width":1200,"height":743,"caption":"A Content Aggregation Platform Rifaly, Launched"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/a-content-aggregation-platform-rifaly-launched#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A Content Aggregation Platform Rifaly, Launched"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/","name":"Botswana","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}