Africa's premier athletics website celebrates 7th anniversary
AthleticsAfrica.com celebrates it's seventh year anniversary this week.
As London prepares to mark the One-Year milestone to the kick-off of the 2012 Olympics Games on Tuesday July 26th, Athletics Africa would also be launching the 'Mission 2 London' series as part of the celebration.
The website will undergo a dramatic makeover in the coming weeks with a new section dedicated to the Olympics project which was designed to give a dedicated coverage and publicity to African athletes and Olympic hopefuls in the run-up to the Games.
The Editor of Athletics Africa, Yomi Omogbeja said: “We had come a long way from what was initially an MA in Journalism project in 2004 to a full-fledged online news website and magazine today, providing the much needed African track and field information and analysis to audiences both in Africa and the Diaspora.
“We have made a strong case for the promotion and development of athletics at the grass roots level in Africa, and in a few years the site had become the hub of the continent's track and field discussions, providing 24 hours, 7 days a week news and information, events contacts, analysis and coverage.
The website is provides exclusive videos and images of African track and field events and competitions. It also has a strong features and news section.
“So far, we have an average monthly user visits of over 400,000 and average click-through rates of 150,000. We also have a vibrant facebook community with over 2,270 fans and growing,” said Mr Omogbeja.
The 'Mission 2 London' series both online and in the Quarterly Athletics Africa Magazine would highlight African athletes as they prepare for the London 2012 Olympics in summer 2012. The series would give a dedicated coverage and publicity to African stars and other Olympic hopefuls in the run-up to the Games.
The 'Mission 2 London' series is expected to start running on our website from September 2011 and would be up till August 2012.
About Athletics Africa
AthleticsAfrica.com is run and managed by YSMedia Ltd, a Nigerian media and communications company based in Lagos. But, most of the website operations are conducted from our operations offices in Sheffield , UK and Cape Town, South Africa.
AthleticsAfrica.com has over the past few years conducted interviews with top African athletics coaches, administrators and athletes, and have followed on the trails of leading African stars in competitions across Europe and Africa.
The website is the only dedicated track and field website in the continent and our vision is to promote and develop African Athletics from the grassroots level to the elite professionals by filling the gaps created by the main stream western media rejection of such news.