Burkina Faso

• The African Telecommunications Union (ATU) recently held a subregional workshop on Internet infrastructure for a digital economy in Africa in Ouagadougou:
  Atelier sous-régional sur l’infrastructure Internet en Afrique {Ecofin Telecom}

East Africa

• Global firms are as well:
  South African IT firms invest in EA {East African}
• Recent data from a report that was commissioned by the Communications Commission of Kenya:
  East Africa internet usage slightly over 25m {Daily Monitor}

Egypt

• Mobile phone subscriptions up 18% in 2011 {Egypt Independent}
• ‘Internet-in-a-Suitcase’: The Web Technology That Wants You to Be Free {Knowledge @ Wharton}
• Ericsson’s new regional VP Khaled Rabie aims to take connectivity to the next level:
  The Age of Connectivity {Business Today Egypt}
• Google Egypt moves to capitalize on post-Arab Spring opportunities:
  Google’s Arab Spring {Business Today Egypt}

Ethiopia

• Huawei to Share Telecom Market in Ethiopia with ZTE {2merkato – Ethiopian Business Portal}

Ghana

• Ghana to train disabled in ICT {Balancing Act}
• The company will fully integrate the underground cable part of the West Africa Cable System (WACs) into its system by April.:
  MTN Set For Major Data, Broadband Takeoff {Peace FM Online}
• Why Accra Is The Next Innovation Tech Hub In Africa {Tekedia}

Kenya

• Kenyan Insurers urged to use technology, enhance penetration {Business Daily Africa}
• The ICT Funding Gap in Kenya {Afrinnovator}
• Kenyan arrested for Facebook insult {ITWeb}
• IBM announced the launch of a report entitled “A Vision of a Smarter City: How Nairobi Can Lead the Way into a Prosperous and Sustainable Future”:
  Technology Holds the Key to Nairobi {The Financial}
• Ministry pushes for fibre optic cables interlink {Business Daily Africa}
• Apps for Africa Competition: Afrosilicon team named winner {Daily Nation}
• New app competition encourages technology entrepreneurs in Kenya {The Next Web (blog)}
• Nairobis m:lab secures VC funding {ITWeb}

Liberia

• Lonestar Cell MTN offers include 20 percent discount on all its internet bundles (daily, weekly, and monthly); an extension of its happy hour also covers for internet users using the internet between 12:30 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. every day:
  Lonestar Launches Internet For Liberia Project {The Inquirer}

Malawi

• Regis University teaching online courses to refugees in Kenya, Malawi in pilot {Westword (blog)}

Mali

• Segou Villages: Finding a Way to Connect in Rural Mali {Global Voices Online (blog)}

Mauritania

• Facebook is at the Center of the New E-Dissent {Global Voices Online}

Morocco

• Many statistics on mobile Internet in Morocco:
  Maroc: l’internet mobile le vent en poupe {Oxford Business Group}

Namibia

• The University of Namibia goes wireless {eLearning Africa News}
• MTC reaches 2m users; sales up 3.2%; 4G {TeleGeography}

Nigeria

• How to make ICT policy work, by stakeholders {Information Nigeria}
• Nigeria, great talent in ICT – Microsoft {Nigerian Tribune}
• Solar powered container debuts in Nigeria {The Nation}
• NIXP plans more IXPs in Nigeria {Biztech Africa}
• WAFICT to boost broadband penetration in WAfrica {The Punch}
• Nigeria: OGTV ordered to stop internet streaming {RNW}
• People like premium technologies:
  Intel Exec Explains Why High-End Laptops Sell Out In Lagos {Forbes}
• MTN Nigeria has 1.7 million smartphones and 330,000 dongles on the network:
  MTN Nigeria to spend $1.3bn on expansion {BusinessDay}
• Africa’s Hottest Tech Startups – Twinpine {Forbes}
• Making The Cyberspace Safe For The Nigerian Child {Leadership Newspapers}
• Digital media, a veritable tool for driving brand awareness, loyalty {BusinessDay}

North Africa

• Optimizing fiber optic networks for broadband use:
  World Bank to improve MENA {IT News Africa}

Sao Tome & Principe

• Sao Tome’s telecommunications company launches 3G mobile services {Macauhub}

South Africa

• Infographic:
  Internet Growth in South Africa {desiDev}
• Neotel start LTE trials in Midrand {IT News Africa}
• Government should place a “moratorium” on the construction of new copper-cable infrastructure for telecommunications by no later than the end of 2015, says fibre lobby group FTTH Council Africa:
  Fibre council wants end to new copper {TechCentral}
• Getting bandwidth for your budget {ITWeb}
• SA, Africa laden with tech opportunities {ITWeb}
• Cyber security policy approved {ITWeb}
• The number of people visiting web pages rose by 17.4% compared with the year before:
  Telecoms books fastest growth {Fin24}
• Spectrum: Use it or lose it, says ICASA chair {MyBroadband}

South Sudan

• Administrators get new Internet access capabilities via satellite:
  South Sudan Selects Viznet Broadband For Internet Connectivity {TMC}

Sudan

• Sudan: Can Social Media Unshackle the Press? {Think Africa Press}

Tanzania

• Much has improved since 1996 (ie. the Internet):
  Teacher Returns To Tanzania, Finds Changed Country {NPR}
• Mistaking fibre for copper:
  Vandals disrupt Tanzania IT backbone {East African Business Week}
• Samsung may bring solar-power internet to Tanzanian schools {Telecompaper (subscription)}

Tunisia

• Tunisian Government Recognizes Day of Internet Freedom {Tunisia-Live}

Uganda

• Security experts to meet in Kampala to discuss internet crime {WeInformers.net}
• Lord’s Resitance Army discovered just as it’s dying {Globe and Mail}
• Campaign against Ugandan warlord sweeps Internet {Times LIVE}

West Africa

• The Gambia IGF 2012 Communique {WAIGF}

Zambia

• How Linux is changing lives in Zambia {TechRadar UK}
• Zambia to step up ICT support {BiztechAfrica}

Zimbabwe

• ICT sector investment opportunities in Zimbabwe and Africa {Technology Zimbabwe}
• Overview of fraud and revenue assurance in telecoms {Technology Zimbabwe}
• Google’s SSA head of communications speaks at Deloitte even in Harare {Technology Zimbabwe}

General Africa

• 30 brilliant African tech startups {Memeburn}
• ICT entrepreneurs in Africa face prospects of successes {Africa Works}
• The Map Kibera project has shown that technology could be used in the context of developing countries:
  Digital storytelling on the grid {The Hindu}
• Africa’s Top Six tech Events {IT News Africa}
• Dr Iluyemi, MoDise: LTE can “make a difference” for mHealth {Telecoms.com}
• The emerging markets internet craze – Memeburn speaks to super angel Fabrice Grinda {Memeburn}
• Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to Announce the Winners of the first Innovation Award for the Empowerment of Women and Girls {US Department of State (press release)}
• The proliferation of 3G signal throughout Southern Africa has enabled many users to not only make mobile phone calls but also to access the Internet where this was not previously possible:
  3G, the solution as data usage doubles annually {Bizcommunity.com}
• No release dates are yet scheduled for Africa:
  The new iPad unveiled – but when will Africa get it? {African Business Review}
• Tech Entrepreneurship Bubbling in the Developing World {GlobalVoices}
• Representatives from 60 telecommunications companies will meet next month to discuss the issue of electricity supply in the telecoms industry:
  Les operateurs africains planchent sur la fourniture d’energie electrique {Ecofin Telecom}

General

• Infographic:
  Is There Too Much English on the Internet? {Mashable}
• Themes from MWC:
  Mobile World Congress – connecting the next 5bn people {Siliconrepublic.com}