African ICT news headlines for the second half of February include 102 stories from 33 countries.

Angola

• Angola Telecom Targets 2015 Profit After State Answers 911 Call {Bloomberg}

Benin

• Moov Benin launches 3G for smartphone, tablet, modem users {TeleGeography}

Botswana

• Botswana financial institutions exposed to cyber crime {BiztechAfrica}

Burundi

• Bright Future Ahead for ICT Sector & Internet Services in Burundi, Says Swiftsat CM {SBWire}
• Viettel wins mobile concession in Burundi {TeleGeography}

Cameroon

• MTN earmarks investment for expansion, 3G rollout {TeleGeography}

Cape Verde

• Cape Verde joins the African Virtual University as Member State {BiztechAfrica}

Chad

• Le Tchad à la traîne par manque de moyens ou de volonté politique ? {TchadPages}

Congo

• Le Congo-Brazzaville veut réduire la fracture numérique {RFI}

Cote D’Ivoire

• ICI forum: a kick-start for young Ivoirian entrepreneurs {Radio Netherlands Worldwide}
• Cote d’Ivoire operators pass 3% telecom tax to customers {Telecompaper}

Egypt

• ‘Down with slow internet’: A new Egyptian revolution? {Al Arabiya News}
• Pro-Brotherhood Facebook page creator arrested in Egypt {Al Arabiya News}
• Online commerce: Shop like an e-Gyptian {The Economist}

Ethiopia

• American citizen and EFF sue Ethiopian government for installing British spyware on laptop {Boing Boing}

Ghana

• Information Communication Technology and Faith-Based Organisations {AllAfrica.com}
• Govt Upbeat Against Cyber Attacks {AllAfrica.com}
• SMEs Urged to Adopt Software {AllAfrica.com}
• Google Pledges Support for Developers {AllAfrica.com}
• Solving BIG problems using little technology in Ghana {Stories of UNICEF Innovation}
• Ghana launches online vehicle licensing system {BiztechAfrica}

Guinea-Bissau

• Guiné-Bissau intensifica preparação de eleições {RFI}

Kenya

• 18,000 Primary Schools Have No Electricity for New Laptops {AllAfrica.com}
• Cheap phones dominate Kenya market despite rapid uptake {Daily Nation}
• Video: Mobile phone usage explodes in Africa, spurring innovation {PBS Video}
• Kenyan government launches interactive platform for citizens {HumanIPO}
• Global investors ignoring Kenyan startup opportunities, says GSMA {ITWeb Africa}
• Promoting agriculture through digital media {Standard Media}
• Kenyan youth spending a fortune on social media {The Star}

Liberia

• Country focus: Tech taking Liberia into a new era {IT News Africa}

Mali

• Pour permettre à Sotelma-Malitel de répondre à la forte croissance des besoins en haut débit {Mali Actualités}

Morocco

• Maroc Telecom reports 17.4% drop in net profit {TeleGeography}

Mozambique

• No Cell Phones in Classrooms – Governor {AllAfrica.com}

Nigeria

• Rural Inclusion – 774 Nigerian Local Councils to Get Internet Hotspot {AllAfrica.com}
• Bridging Digital Divide in Africa – the Samsung Exampl {AllAfrica.com}
• South Korea, Nigeria Collaborate On e-Government Master Plan {AllAfrica.com}
• Broadband Penetration – LASG, Others Crash Cost of Row By 500 Percen {AllAfrica.com}
• Celebrating Netizens Who Blog in Nigerian Pidgin English {Global Voices}
• Interview With Fula-Language Blogger Balde Mamadou Tafsir for Mother Language Day {Global Voices}
• Nigerians ask: #WhereIsOurMoney? {Al-Jazeera}
• Building a successful business means getting screwed [SMWLagos] {ventureburn}
• Skills, infrastructure, local investment: Nigeria’s tech challenges [#SMWLagos] {ventureburn}
• What startups may come: a look at Silicon Lagoon in Nigeria {ventureburn}
• Video: Connecting Africa through social media {CNBC Africa}
• Video: How social media can create jobs {CNBC Africa}
• Broadband the major challenge in Nigeria, not payments – Njoku {HumanIPO}
• Bitflux outbids Globacom for 2.3GHz licence {TeleGeography}
• The Launch of Project Hello World in Suleja, Nigeria {YouTube}

North Africa

• Middle East and Africa: youth are driving its innovation ecosystems {The Next Silicon Valley}

Reunion

• Arcep to assign 4G spectrum in overseas territories in 1H14 {TeleGeography}

Rwanda

• Samsung Pledges to Market Local ICT Innovators’ APPs {AllAfrica.com}
• Facebook-led Internet.org Partners With Nokia On SocialEDU In Rwanda, Unilever In India, Ericsson On New Lab To Connect Developing Economies {TechCrunch}
• Rwanda introduces mandatory online business registration {BiztechAfrica}
• Rwandan President highlights technology’s role in rebuilding a nation {BiztechAfrica}
• Rwanda govt, Motorola in mobile deal for youth {IT News Africa}

Senegal

• Le groupe Sonatel offre l’accès Internet gratuit aux établissements scolaires {OSIRIS}

Seychelles

• Axis Workshop Seychelles TA {Internet Society}

Sierra Leone

• Sierratel wins Chamber of Commerce Award « Awoko Newspaper {Awoko}

Somalia

• Somalia Powerless to Stop Al-Shabaab Mobile Internet Shutdown {AllAfrica.com}
• Some aid groups affected by mobile Internet shutdown in Somalia {Devex}

South Africa

• South Africa’s “4G” growth projections {BusinessTech}
• The broadband challenge in South Africa {MyBroadband.co.za}
• WhatsApp a hit in South Africa {MyBroadband.co.za}
• Rising popularity of Wi-Fi in SA puts spotlight on infrastructure gaps {BDlive}
• Mobile driving brand communication in Africa, says Ole! Media boss {How We Made It}
• MTN to provide free Wikipedia {HumanIPO}
• Project Isizwe Wi-Fi network sees uptake treble {HumanIPO}
• DA manifesto promises new regulatory framework for ICT {HumanIPO}

Sudan

• Blogger Remains in Detention for Criticizing Presidents {Global Voices}

Tanzania

• Dar Goes Digital in Exports Certification {AllAfrica.com}
• Students to Make Computer Software {AllAfrica.com}
• Dar Gets Centre for International Computer Programmes {AllAfrica.com}
• Tanzania Eyes Introduction of National Broadband Strategy {AllAfrica.com}
• Tigo begins 1st mobile money transfer with currency conversion {Panapress}
• Zanzibar gets new microwave link to mainland {TeleGeography}

Tunisia

• Jailed Facebook User Pardoned, Release Unconfirmed {Global Voices}
• Tunisie Telecom signs Alcatel-Lucent for high-speed broadband network {Telecom Lead}
• A Look Back: Tunisia’s Life on Facebook {Tunisia Live}

Uganda

• Ugandan startup making it simpler for African migrants to send money home {How We Made It}
• Brace yourselves Ugandan Internet Users {New Vision}
• Advanced LTE and what it means for the future of internet speeds in Uganda {Techjaja}

Western Sahara

• What’s In a Domain Name? A Real-Life Civil War {Medium.com}

Zambia

• Zambian tablet ZEduPad transforms classrooms into interactive hubs {CNN.com}
• Zambia to train 6,000 nurses via e-learning, citizens pessimistic {HumanIPO}
• ‘Zambian computer plant risks becoming uneconomical’ {ITWeb Africa}
• ZICTA-led project aims to construct 169 rural base stations {TeleGeography}

Zimbabwe

• Baba Jukwa page to close {HumanIPO}

General Africa

• Africa Will Lead the World in Mobile APP Devt – Ericsson {AllAfrica.com}
• Samsung Partners With @ilabafrica to Launch 6 Mobile APPs {AllAfrica.com}
• Tech innovator Uyi Stewart calls African diaspora to come back {CNN.com}
• U.S. Investments Surge For African Tech Entrepreneurs {TechCrunch}
• African IT ‘needs $20bn a year’ to keep pace {BDlive}
• Microsoft welcomes youth leaders to 4Afrika Advisory Council {BiztechAfrica}
• Middle class growth driving B2C e-commerce in Africa {BiztechAfrica}
• Cisco Visual Networking Index: Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update, 2013–2018 {Cisco}
• Can tech help solve some of Africa’s education problems? {DW.DE}
• eLearning Africa to host 5th photography competition {HumanIPO}
• Building trust in online real estate a major challenge in Africa – Lamudi {HumanIPO}
• ‘Poor marketing hampers African startups’ {ITWeb Africa}
• Liquid Telecom to launch African VSAT service {ITWeb Africa}
• Ericsson bets on 3G in fast-growing Africa telecoms {Reuters}
• Social media replaces dating services in some countries. {Slate}