This article on tips on how to start up a microblogging service in Africa is heavily biased to the technical end of a microblogging service. However, the arguments contained here that:

1. Microblogging sites in Africa should put much more emphasis on integration with the SMS service and,
2. the stripping down of  service overheads and,
3. (some how) recommending efficient clients for African microblogging sites,

are good.
Now let's add some 2 more tips:

1.User Experience

Initiators or entrepernuers behind these sites should offer a service that is user-friendly i.e.:

1. Make the site easy to access and use
2. Primp the site to have a simple look/appearance.
3. Provide much more character count per post: Africans like talking.

2.Listening

Many a microblogging service have found it hard on African terrain with some eventually dieing out after a short time of existence. To prevent this, the backers of microblogging sites should be good at listening be it:

1. the few people using their service i.e feedback from users.
2. trends in the social media world
3. to people without the service e.g African bloggers, review sites etc.