This week’s African tech news round-up consists of 88 stories from 24 countries. Lots of stories out of Kenya and Nigeria.

Algeria

• 2eme édition d’Algeria 2.0 au Cyberparc de Sidi Abdellah, L’usage de l’internet en débat {Algerie360}

Angola

• Angola focused on ICT to renew, rebuild {IT News Africa}

Benin

• Benin looks into broadband plan {BiztechAfrica}

Botswana

• Report recommends licensing of BPC {TeleGeography}

Burkina Faso

• Burkina Faso : Sidi Mohamed Naïmi, le nouveau Dg de l’Onatel rassure sur le futur de la société {Ecofin}

Burundi

• Burundi mobile phone subscriptions leap 17 pct {Reuters}

Cameroon

• Un jeune camerounais invente le Cardiopad : première tablette médicale « made in Africa » {World Bank Blog}
• MTN staff spread the Mobile Money word in Cameroon {BiztechAfrica}
• Gov’t Offices Consumes CFAF 1.782 Billion in Internet and Telephone Bills Monthly {Business in Cameroon}

Cote D’Ivoire

• La Première Dame lance son site internet {Cafe Aboki}

DR Congo

• Mobile banking sparks a ‘minor revolution’ in DR Congo workforce {The Raw Story}

East Africa

• E/Africa states urged to prioritise broadband access {The Observer}

Egypt

• How Entrepreneurs Are Innovating Their Way Out of Traffic {Wamda}
• Hackers in Arab Cities: Fab Lab and Tech in Egypt {Balancing Act}
• Disrupting Undersea Cables: Cyberspace’s Hidden Vulnerability {ISN}

Ghana

• MEST, Ghana: preparing Africa’s tech entrepreneurs to compete with … {VC4Africa}
• Gov’t to enhance quality distance education delivery {Citifmonline}
• Huawei Nudges Ghana to E-Government {AllAfrica}

Kenya

• Kenya’s Internet users hit 16.2mn {Capital FM Kenya}
• Silicon Savannah: Kenya’s Billion-Dollar Tech Bet {Bloomberg}
• Three Facebook Hatemongers Sought {AllAfrica.com}
• Nokia starts mobile life improvement service {Capital FM Kenya}
• Kenya’s Ushahidi Brings Tech Help Where It’s Needed Most {Arik Hesseldahl}
• Where tech start ups are prey for big players {Guardian Express}
• Laptops Not a Priority – Kuppet {AllAfrica}
• Cloud Computing Has Democratised ICT Use {AllAfrica}
• Nairobi East Africas Startup Hub {Entrepreneurship.org}
• Google Kenya domain hacked {HumanIPO}
• The HumanIPO Debate: Is #KOT a legitimate organisation with worthy motives? {HumanIPO}
• Top 5 Upcoming Tech Women In Kenya to Watch {iHub}
• MTN Kenya drops partners and lays own fibre cable in Nairobi {The East African}

Liberia

• Internet Connectivity For Unops Customs Project In Liberia {Devex}

Libya

• Libya mulls LTE concessions; no new 2G licences until telecoms laws are concluded {TeleGeography}

Malawi

• Malawi shortlists six firms for internet project {Capital FM}

Nigeria

• TECNO Targets Digital Media Consumers With Q1 Smartphone {AllAfrica.com}
• Computer Village Generates US$2 Billion Annually to Economy – Minister {AllAfrica.com}
• Nigeria Invests $1 Billion In New ICT Incubation Centres {Ventures Africa}
• Ericsson advocates managed services, sees huge potential in Nigeria’s ICT {The Guardian Nigeria}
• Why connectivity challenges remain high in Africa, by Meads {The Guardian Nigeria}
• IBM’s global strategy incomplete without Nigeria’ {The Guardian Nigeria}
• Ecommerce In Emerging Countries Heats Up: eBay (EBAY) Is The Most Favorite … {Dazeinfo}
• FG Crashes Cost Of Domain {Leadership Newspapers}
• Discovering The Local Online Retailer, By Uddin Ifeanyi {Premium Times}
• Creating Knowledge-Based Economy Through ICT {AllAfrica}
• Commission presents five-year plan for telecoms sector {TeleGeography}

Rwanda

• S. Korea to Construct ICT Innovation Centre in Kigali {AllAfrica.com}
• Girls in ICT Rwanda Take Campaign to Schools {AllAfrica.com}
• ICT Bill in Final Stages {AllAfrica.com}
• The Rwandan Tech innovation landscape {iHub}
• NISR looks to ICT to boost data collection and sharing {The New Times}

Senegal

• Competition Designed to Spread Basic Technologies {New York Times}
• Et les gagnants sont ! {Startup Weekend Dakar}

Somalia

• Somaliland: Telecom Growth Rate is Three Times Greater Than Ethiopia {Somaliland Sun}

South Africa

• Seacom Durban-Cape Town link detailed {MyBroadband}
• Crime tears at telecoms sector {TechCentral}
• A Platform for Women in Technology — Girl Geek Dinners Cape Town {Spark PR}
• Local app on global hot list {Bizcommunity.com}
• 6 Entrepreneurs have been chosen to go to Italy to represent South Africa at the U-Start Bloom Global Business Showcase Event! {Umuntu Media}
• Cell C seeks to increase LTE base station count from 100 to 1,000 in 2013 {TeleGeography}

Swaziland

• Swaziland Tech Education Project {Intel}

Tanzania

• Trust: the First Barrier for Tech Industries in Emerging Economies {The Next Web}
• Dar residents yearn for tech training {Daily News}
• Tanzania Residents Told to Protect Fibre Cables {AllAfrica.com}

Uganda

• Rural Uganda Ready to Be Transformed By Online Work {Samasource}
• PM Mbabazi advises on broadband internet accessPublish Date: Apr 16, 2013 {New Vision}
• Getting a business e-mail account {Daily Monitor}
• Maendeleo, Intel Bring Solar-Powered Tech Education to Rural Uganda {All Things D}
• Rural Uganda Ready to Be Transformed By Online Work {Samasource}

Zambia

• Southern Africa experiencing increased mobile, Internet banking fraud {IDG News Service}
• ZICTA to open ICT centre of knowledge {BiztechAfrica}

General Africa

• “Africa is blessed with challenges” – Microsoft {IT News Africa}
• Skywire satellite delivers broadband to remotest Africa {ITWeb}
• The Changing Face of Africa’s Telco Industry {Billing World (blog)}
• Submarine cable operators hunt for new routes to counter … {FierceTelecom}
• Insufficient Bandwidth, Bane of Technology Devt in Africa {AllAfrica.com}
• Seed Engine Set To Fund Ten Tech Startups {Ventures Africa}
• Africa a leader in app use {ITWeb}
• Millicom Q1 sales up on growth in mobile data, money service {Telecompaper}
• Like Water for Internet: Ory Okolloh Talks Tech in Africa {BET}
• Google boss: Entire world will be online by 2020 {CNN}
• IBM, Airtel join forces to foster mobile innovation in Africa {Ghana Business News}
• The Continent’s Mobile Youth Drive Change {AllAfrica}
• Harnessing the Internet to Drive Socio-Economic Development in Africa {Google Africa}
• Omidyar Network releases African entrepreneurship report, it’s a must read {Ventureburn}
• Wabona online subscription launched {HumanIPO}
• Websites for NGOs to host for free {HumanIPO}
• Broadband wholesaler WIOCC beefs up African presence {ITWeb}
• The African Media Revolution {The Star}