Over the past week or so we’ve found tech/Internet updates from 18 nations. Below is a recap of 56 headlines highlighting the spirit of African technology.

Algeria

• Internet est le premier média de recrutement en Algérie {TSA Algerie}

Benin

• Benin to install second submarine broadband cable {African Manager}
• Benin agri market launches ICT project {BiztechAfrica}

Egypt

• Technology at the heart of Egypt’s growth plan {IT News Africa}

Ethiopia

• Illegal Utilization of The Internet in Ethiopia {DireTube}

Ghana

• History of Hackathons and why MEST48 {The MEST Blog}

Kenya

• Kenya not ready for 4G network, analysts say {The Standard Digital News}
• Trade via Internet yet to pick up despite cables {Daily Nation}
• Kenya: Refugee-run online news magazine {Global Voices}
• Kenya to launch strategic plan for faster broadband rollout {HumanIPO}
• Technology holds key to fair Kenya elections {Al-Jazeera}
• Affordable tablets set to hit the Kenyan market {HumanIPO}
• QUARTERLY SECTOR STATISTICS REPORT FIRST QUARTER OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2012/13 {CCK}

Lesotho

• Postal services to be revamped: Mokhosi {Public Eye}

Libya

• Country-wide WiMax internet by August? {Libya Herald}

Malawi

• Malawi Police urges against Facebook updates, tweets on demos … {Nyasa Times}

Mali

• Les réseaux Malitel et Orange détruits par les jihadistes du Mujao {Agence Ecofin}

Morocco

• Russian Craigslist Avito Climbs to the Top in Morocco {Wamda}
• Maroc Telecom To Invest $1.2 Billion In Morocco’s Broadband Network {Ventures Africa}

Namibia

• Computers Best for Visually Impaired {AllAfrica.com}

Nigeria

• Nigeria has no plans to restrict the use of social media networks {PC Advisor}
• Social media regulation unrealistic in Nigeria – expert {HumanIPO}
• Lagos set to host Africa’s first Social Media Week {HumanIPO}
• Online shopping creeps into Nigerian commerce {Daily Trust}

North Africa

• Internet showing High Growth Trends in the Middle East INFOGRAPHIC] {Arabian Gazette}
• Orange souhaite investir dans 4 pays d’Afrique subsaharienne et 2 du Maghreb {Agence Ecofin}
• L’Open Data : introduit au Maroc, développé par la Tunisie, méconnu en Algérie {maghrebemergent.info}

Rwanda

• Windows 8 launches in the Kinyarwanda language {HumanIPO}
• Banks Spend Sleepless Nights As Mobile Money Service Eats Into Their Market {AllAfrica.com}
• MYICT, partners, launch ICT literacy campaign {BiztechAfrica}

Somalia

• Somali Ministry of Foreign Affairs to sort, modernise archives {Sabahi Online}
• Mogadishu is like Manhattan’: Somalis return home to accelerate progress {The Guardian}

South Africa

• Fibre for South Africa {MyBroadband}
• Taking stock of South African eCommerce after the 2012 holidays {Ventureburn}

Tanzania

• Dar to Become Region’s Communication Hub {AllAfrica.com}

Uganda

• High Internet Costs blamed for Digital divide {NTV Uganda}
• Ericsson confirms deal to develop Unitel’s LTE network {TeleGeography}
• Nation Makes Strides in ICT {AllAfrica.com}
• Students Urged to Embrace Social Media {AllAfrica.com}
• URA Warns of Increased Cyber Crime {AllAfrica.com}

Zimbabwe

• Telecel’s current stats: 2.5m mobile subscribers, 552k internet subscribers {Technology Zimbabwe}

General Africa

• Google will decline censorship requests in Africa {IDG News Service}
• The Importance of Broadband Connectivity in Developing Countries {Huffington Post (blog)}
• ICT-enabled outgrowing operations: Highlights from Africa {e-agriculture.org}
• Mobile data revenue in Sub-Saharan Africa will increase twice as … {Analysys Mason}
• China’s Baidu Teams up with Orange in Africa {Wall Street Journal (blog)}
• Home Internet Access Still Out of Reach for Many Worldwide {Gallup.com}
• Africa as Safe Havens for Cyber-Criminals {PC Magazine}
• The Internet Is Still a Man’s World in Developing Countries {Wired}
• Why African tech entrepreneurs need to learn from each other {Ventureburn}
• Africa’s inconclusive e-government systems ‘block service delivery’ {BiztechAfrica}
• Spot Check on User Experience Design in Africa {Afrinnovator}
• Thinking Local, Going Global: Building Tech Start-ups in Africa {Knowledge@Wharton}
• Fibre optique VS satellite : les plus et les moins {Agence Ecofin}
• Ces câbles sous-marins à fibre optique qui vont traverser l’Afrique en 2014 {Agence Ecofin}
• An African Platform for Open Access Academic Articles {Global Voices}