Benin

• What does the hosting of eLearning Africa 2012 mean for Benin?
  Towards a sustainable ICT policy for Benin {eLearning Africa}

Botswana

• Botswana has allocated 50 million Pula to improve its high-speed Internet network:
  Le Botswana debloque 50 millions de pulas pour developper son infrastructure Internet {Xinhua via Afriquinfos}

Algeria

• The .dz ccTLD, with just 4,000 registered domain names, has never really taken off. The “e-Algerie” initiative hopes to increase this number to one million:
  e-Algerie: un plan pour booster le .DZ {DomainesInfo}

Kenya

• Kenya: Chief Tweets His Way to Reducing Crime {IPS via allAfrica}
• Kenya: Othaya Coffee Firms to Get Computers {Nairobi Star via allAfrica}
• Kenya: Locals Abroad Push for E-Voting {Daily Nation via allAfrica}
• Kenya: State Set to Roll Out Software Certification for Local Developers {Business Daily via allAfrica}

Uganda

• Uganda: All Telecoms Are Below UCC’s Quality Standards, Report Says {The Monitor via allAfrica}

Ivory Coast

• A new law has been drafted in Cote d’Ivoire and awaits enactment:
  Cote d’Ivoire drafts cybercrime law {TelecomPaper}

South Sudan

• A retired naval lieutenant who served with UN hopes to bring a dozen laptops to one school in South Sudan:
  Laptops for South Sudan {Times Colonist}

Mozambique

• The Mozambique Research and Education Network and the Government Electronic Network will use the 20-year agreement to bandwidth to support e-learning and e-government endeavors:
  Mozambique gets a slice of SEACOM {IT News Africa}

Egypt

• Egypt IT sector sees dramatic increase {IT News Africa}
• From November 2010 to November 2011, the Internet penetration rose from 29% to 32%. Household Internet access rose, as did international bandwidth:
  Egypt passes 100% mobile penetration {TelecomPaper}

Nigeria

• A knowledge city is being planned for Cross Rivers State:
  Nigeria to boost ICT infrastructure with new deal {IT News Africa}
• The Federal Government had concluded arrangements to build four software incubation centres to enable indigenous software developers:
  FG to Establish 4 Software Incubation Centres {ThisDay}
• The Minister of Communications Technology speaks on the activities of her ministry in the last six months:
  We’ll Leverage ICT Infrastructure To Achieve Digital Breakthrough – Omobola Johnson {Leadership}

Ghana

• The 26-year-old social media guru explains why mobile tech is important for Ghana’s future:
  Interview: Peering into Ghana’s mobile future with Mac-Jordan Degadjor {ONE}

Namibia

• MTC, the largest mobile telecommunications operator in Namibia, has still not secured 4G spectrum:
  Still no 4G from mobile giant MTC {New Era}

Republic of Congo

• Way-C tablet, the first African iPad rival, goes on sale in Congo {Global Post}

Tanzania

• Mobile internet costs in Tanzania {TZCRC}

Sierra Leone

• Airtel’s 3G mobile platform poised to transform customer experience {Sierra Express Media}

South Africa

• The data seems questionable, but is more accurate for larger countries:
  Google+ users at almost half a million in SA: report {MyBroadband}
• In South Africa, the rate of e-mails stopped for being malevolent was 1 in 305.9 messages:
  Symantec Study Shows Substantial Fall in Malware-Ridden Internet Sites {Spamfighter}
• A comparison of the fibre networks operated by some of the players in the national backhaul space is revealing. Includes national fibre maps:
  Fibre in SA: An eye-opener {MyBroadband}
• Numerous developer-orientated initiatives and programs are launching across the country:
  The mobile application developer community {ITWeb}

General Africa

• A high level look at how WACS and ACE cables are bringing new opportunties to Africa this year. Plus, there’s a paragraph on the importance of IXPs:
  Africa: Fast internet is coming! {The Africa Report}
• A new book by the co-foundder of Global Voices examines how we can take ownership for our digital future:
  New Book on Global Struggle for Internet Freedom {GlobalVoices Advocacy}
• Following the recent AU summit, Africa will accelerate the construction of its infrastructure and implement policies and laws:
  L’Union africaine decide dlaccelerer le developpement des infrastructures en Afrique {Abidjan.net}
• Pro-Nokia, but contains interesting points about the need to engage young people and encourage business, not charity:
  How mobile tech can transform Africa, by Microsoft’s MD {Nokia Conversations}
• Increased business confidence to drive Africa ICT sector {Computerworld}
• Research will focus on communication and conflict in Chad, Cameroon and the Central African Republic:
  Dutch scientists to study effects of ICT and social media in Africa {Dutch Daily News}
• Facebook Has Uncertain Future in Africa {VOA News}