Evidence suggests Pinterest is slowly taking hold in South Africa and Egypt. Still, Pinterest is not suited for most African users.

On our mind this February 16th, 2012 are a range of themes – from Wikipedia to hacking to draft laws.

We were able to find 67 news stories representing 24+ African nations in one week. The progress described in these sources is simply outstanding!

Apart from Twitter and Facebook, a handful of online tools have been created or utilized in order to aid in the exchange of reliable information leading up to the presidential election on February 26, 2012.

Seven Senegalese experts recently weighed in on how social media is being used to promote and discuss the upcoming 2012 elections.

Anat Bar-Gera, co-founder of 4G Africa, a broadband wireless Internet service provider operating in Cameroon, gave a short presentation at December 2011’s TEDxBayArea.