Tech news relating to the Kenyan elections dominated the period, but other stories held their own. We’ve gathered a variety of posts from dozens of sources. Have a look at these business dealings, outlooks, and successes!

Algeria

• Algerians resort to Moroccan 3G internet service {Morocco World News}
• Développement d’internet en Algérie : la transparence dérange… {El Watan}

Burkina Faso

• 10KWEB Moves into French West Africa {San Francisco Chronicle}

Cameroon

• Polémique autour de l’attribution d’un marché des télécoms à la société chinoise ZTE {Ecofin}
• MTN Cameroon Foundation re-launches {Biztech Africa}

Chad

• 15 Mars 2013: «Une journée sans téléphonie mobile» au Tchad {JournalDuTchad.com}

Cote D’Ivoire

• E-commune, un système pour maximiser la gestion des collectivités locales {Ecofin}
• 82% des logiciels Microsoft utilisés sont des contrefaçons {Tech Missus}

DR Congo

• La Banque mondiale roule pour les opérateurs privés dans le projet de fibre optique {Ecofin}

East Africa

• Inside East Africa’s Tech Hubs Part 2: Culture {Wamda}
• Striving to Become Africa’s First Silicon Valley: Comparing Kenya and Rwanda {Africa Oye}

Egypt

• Activists call for end to online censorship {Egypt Independent}
• E-Commerce in Egypt: A Market Overview {Wamda}
• TE Data cloud computing deal {Daily News Egypt}
• Girls In Tech – Egypt {Facebook}
• Morsi Chairs Meeting On Telecommunication Sector Upgrade {AllAfrica.com}
• TE reports lower EBITDA on increased salary costs and backdated interconnection costs {TeleGeography}

Ethiopia

• Ethio-Telecom to Upgrade to 3G LTE Technology {AllAfrica.com}

Ghana

• Loggu 4G to provide affordable uncapped internet access in Ghana {Myjoyonline.com}
• Africa’s development depends on youth in ICT {GhanaWeb}
• Online, some are more equal than others {The Guardian}
• Bloggers Duke it Out for Ghana’s First Ever Social Media Awards {Global Voices}
• Ghana primed for mobile money success – minister {HumanIPO}
• US Embassy, Mobile Web celebrate Internet freedom {SpyGhana}
• MTN Ghana outlines spending plans for 2013 {TeleGeography}
• The Ministry of Education has handed over a total of 7,200 laptop computers… {Presidency of the Republic of Ghana}

Kenya

• All Mobile Everything: The Hottest Tech Happenings in Kenya {Kiva}
• Kenya’s tech industry: over-hyped or just learning to walk? {How we made it in Africa}
• Kenya’s major ICT plan {Daily Nation}
• How Kenya’s High-Tech Voting Nearly Lost The Election {North Country Public Radio}
• CCK to prosecute hate speech propagators even after elections {HumanIPO}
• Main uses of internet in Kenya a cause for concern {HumanIPO}
• How Could Supercomputers Be Used in Kenya? {iHub}
• The Mombasa Tech Community {IHub – Ahmed Maawy}

Libya

• LTT Responds with Answers: Interview (part 1) {Tripoli Post}

Namibia

• MTC’s 4G to Go Country Wide {AllAfrica.com}
• MTC Strengthens Wacs Connectivity {AllAfrica.com}

Nigeria

• Addressing funding gaps in Nigeria’s broadband deployment {The Guardian Nigeria}
• Acer renews efforts to deepen Nigeria… {BusinessDay}
• On social media, PDP not Africa’s biggest party {The Punch}
• IXPN says ready to promote local Internet traffic in Nigeria … {TechnologyTimesNG}
• Airtel launches Facebook USSD service {IT News Africa}
• Spectrum and Nigerian mobile broadband revolution {BusinessDay}
• Broadband Road Map Sent to Jonathan for Approval {AllAfrica.com}
• Akano – Nigerians Must Acquire New ICT Skills to Get the Best Jobs {AllAfrica.com}
• Nigerians Shake Up Twitter with Yoruba-Language Tweets {Global Voices}

Rwanda

• Broadband transcends connectivity – Kagame {The New Times}
• More Companies Adopt .rw Domain {AllAfrica.com}
• Rwanda’s software pioneers {Deutsche Welle}
• Minister Nsengimana, Governor visit kLab {Biztech Africa}
• Rwanda boosts ICT awareness in government {Biztech Africa}
• KT Corp to build LTE network in Rwanda {TeleGeography}

Sao Tome & Principe

• Unitel only applicant to meet requirements for second telecoms licence {TeleGeography}

Senegal

• ICTs narrow gap between large and small enterprises {Biztech Africa}
• We need new technologies, plead Senegal farmers {Biztech Africa}

South Africa

• Solar-powered mobile health centre rolls into Cape Town {The Guardian}
• Beware of venting in cyberspace {Independent Online (blog)}
• Solar Powered Internet Schools making tangible progress in South Africa {IT News Africa}
• Mobile broadband quality in SA tested {MyBroadband}
• #RainbowNation: The rise of South Africa’s ‘black Twitter’ {Christian Science Monitor}
• First African Social Media Fraud Risk Conference to occur in SA {HumanIPO}
• Cloud no longer simply a “buzz or a trend” in South Africa {v}
• MTN plots IPTV launch by 2013/14 {TeleGeography}

Southern Africa

• Seacom talks up South Atlantic cable {BusinessTech}

Swaziland

• Election – Warning Not to Use Facebook {AllAfrica.com}

Tanzania

• Dar Youths Counselled On Technology {AllAfrica.com}
• New deal to help local carriers bring telecom services to rural Tanzania {The Citizen}

Tunisia

• Agence Tunisienne d’Internet : oeuvrons tous ensemble pour le développement de l’Internet en Tunisie. {ATI}
• “The internet is freedom”: Index speaks to Tunisian Internet Agency chief {UNCUT}

Uganda

• Office of the Prime Minister Creates Website to Monitor Govt Ministries {AllAfrica.com}
• Mobile money users overtake traditional bank accounts {TeleGeography}

Zambia

• PF accuses govt workers of spending too much time on internet … {Zambian Watchdog}
• Internet pricing affordable – ZICTA {Zambia Daily Mail}
• President Michael Sata to clamp down on internet bullies … {Lusaka Times}
• Zamtel to launch LTE in Zambia {HumanIPO}

Zimbabwe

• Telecel Introduces Broadband Plus {AllAfrica.com}
• Referendum crowdmap live in Zimbabwe {HumanIPO}

General Africa

• Will corruption suffocate Africa’s new tech incubators? {Global Envision}
• Africa is land of opportunity for Microsoft {The Seattle Times}
• Atlantique Telecom selects Ericsson to manage African mobile … {TeleGeography}
• Africa’s future is mobile {IT News Africa}
• Universal Launches Pan-African Mobile Streaming Service Kleek {Billboard}
• How Africa’s new tech cities could change the continent’s IT landscape {ZDNet}
• Africa’s capacity for cloud services increasing {IT News Africa}
• Top Five African Apps You’ve Probably Haven’t Heard Of {Africa.com}
• Africa or bust: tapping into a continent’s tech potential SXSW {Memeburn}
• Africa and the Six ‘I’s: Independence, Investment, Infrastructure, Innovation … {Huffington Post (blog)}
• SEACOM upgrades submarine network capacity to turbo-boost African Internet {IT News Africa}
• Yes Africa’s got the potential for an app boom, but it needs to get it right {Memeburn}
• Why winning in African tech is a patience game {The Next Web}
• ICANN begins implementing Africa strategy {ITworld.com}
• Top IT trends to impact Africa in 2013 {IT News Africa}