Africatower Launches Olympics Feature: New Feature Introduces Viewers To Africa's Contributions At The Upcoming 2004 Athens Olympic Games

April 27, 2004--Africatower, a leading multi-media content service distributor of African news and information worldwide, today announced the launch of its Olympics Feature at (http://www.africatower.com).

The new feature offers visitors worldwide an interactive and visual way to view 2004 Olympic games content with an African focus and is part of Africatower's ongoing efforts to offer the most relevant and comprehensive African news and information to users.

As the number one destination for African information on the Web, Africatower is in a unique position to innovate, improve and redefine the way people view local African content online. Olympics 2004 is a great example of how viewers can leverage Africatower's breadth and depth of content and coverage to review and interact with a truly differentiated content experience that enables users to find Olympic content and information faster and easier.

Other featured sections of the Africatower website include:

Links to websites from other major Olympic related websites including sites for the International Olympic Committee, Athens Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games, and the African Olympic Committee.

Section that spotlights key African athletes who are successful and have made significant contributions.

Calendar of events throughout the competition with focused coverage on African athletes and competitions.

Interactive tools that include a chat room and bulletin board to communicate about Africa's progress in the tournament.

Today's announcement marks yet another in a continuing line of innovations designed to fulfill Africatower's mission of providing the highest quality experience on the Web for credible and accurate African content. Olympics 2004 content on Africatower is just one of many new features that visitors can expect from to learn about and interact with key African athletes.

This innovation also builds on recent Africatower enhancements including travel and tour planning and individual country links, allowing visitors to learn interesting facts about countries in Africa, and view breaking news from hundreds of credible sources.

About Africatower

Africatower is a multi-media content service distributor of African news and information worldwide. Africatower has formed strategic partnerships with hundreds of credible media points throughout Africa to bring our viewers, some 90% of them currently living outside the continent, an accurate, informative, and cutting edge news and original content service.