Although there is plenty of ICT news coming out of the Democratic Republic of the Congo these past two months, most reporting revolves around the failure to capture access to the recently launched WACS fibre cable.

Additional highlights from the ICT Indaba 2012 broadband conference held in South Africa.

Held last week in Sierra Leone, the 7th annual Connecting Rural Communities (CRC) Africa Forum aimed to address how to create economically viable rural networks.

Main One is building infrastructure to connect coastal landing stations with interior areas in neighboring countries.

Research ICT Africa seeks to build an African evidence and knowledge base in support of ICT policy and regulatory processes, and to monitor and review policy and regulatory developments on the continent.

Mali’s Malitel is making a social media push as the telecoms industry grows despite political instability.