75 African tech stories from at least 22 countries appeared on our radar during the first week of May 2012.

Algeria

• Presidential Party (FLN) Invites Internet… {Echoro UK Online}

Angola

• High-speed Internet: Angola’s big 4G leap {Africa Review}
• World Health Organization Reports Conundrum for eHealth Evaluation {Huffington Post}

Botswana

• FibreCo to expand north of SA {TechCentral}
• Free Internet for Schools in Botswana {TechTalkAfrica}

Cameroon

• Open Collaboration for African Techies {Global Voices}
• E-learning gain grounds in Cameroon {CRTV}

Cote d’Ivoire

• MTN urges government to allocate spectrum {BusinessLIVE}
• Reopening of Parliament Sparks Buzz Across the Web {Global Voices}
• Un important marché TIC en perspective {ConnectionIvoirienne.net}

Ethiopia

• Leading Weekly’s Website Blocked for Past Six Weeks {EthioSun}

Ghana

• Glo Hits Road {Daily Guide}

Kenya

• Internet-enabled Mobile Phones Boost Health in Kenya {JacobLangvad.com}
• Kenya: The Bake Blog Awards 2012 {Global Voices}
• Companies develop technologies to ease traffic congestion {Business Daily Africa}
• TEAMS to sue KPA over cable cut {Bikya Masr}

Liberia

• Liberia to get High Speed GSM network {IT News Africa}
• Liberia: Will Social Media Increase Civic Engagement? {Global Voices}

Malawi

• MTL launches new wireless broadband internet service {BNL Times}

Mauritius

• Mobile Telephony and Internet: The 4G with a 40 Mbps Connection… {Mega.mu}

Morocco

• Haut débit et forte croissance {Reussir}

Niger

• Rétablissement de l’Internet haut débit après une panne de trois mois {lefaso.net}

Nigeria

• Nigeria’s ICT Measurement Report launched {UNECA}
• Nigeria Collaborates With Nokia To Improve ICT {Ventures Africa}
• ‘Broadband Internet not feasible until 2015’ {The Nation Newspaper}
• NCC to adopt ‘Open Access Model’ for broadband deployment {BusinessDay}
• Improving Nigeria’s internet presence for economic prosperity {BusinessDay}
• Cost of Internet Access in Nigeria April 2012 {Nigeria Technology Guide}
• Airtel Nigeria to showcase 3.75G network {IT News Africa}
• Nigeria works to revamp cybercrime enforcement {Computerworld Zambia}

Rwanda

• ICT Infrastructure Lies Idle in Rural Areas {AllAfrica.com}

Seychelles

• Seychelles now connected by fiber optic underwater cable from Tanzania {eTurboNews}

South Africa

• Free Net access hooks business {Independent Online}
• How the cloud is changing Gijima {BusinessTech}
• ISPA launches iCode to boost local cyber security {IT News Africa}
• 8.ta launches data plans for new iPad {IT News Africa}
• iPad 3 in South Africa: About 4G Connection {iPad USA}
• R5bn fibre optic cable between JHB and CT launched {BusinessLIVE}
• SA online shopping growing – survey {Sowetan}
• OK Computer: How the power of social media can make a change {IT News Africa}

Tanzania

• Costech set to link local and foreign research activities {The Citizen Daily}
• Here’s Our One Chance to Gain from ICT {The Citizen Daily}
• Tanzania to participate in e-learning forum {IPPmedia}
• Government’s National Backbone… {AllAfrica.com}

Togo

• High speed broadband available in June {Republic of Togo}

Tunisia

• Tunisiana Wins Bid for 3G License {Tunisia Live}
• Twitter’s role in Arab Spring exaggerated, experts find {The National}

Uganda

• My tab is faster than some laptops {The Observer (blog)}
• Top 500 most visited websites in Uganda named {Guide2Uganda}
• Solar-powered learning initiative takes off in Uganda {Developing Telecoms (press release)}
• Orange Uganda offers modems to support faster internet {Telecompaper (subscription)}

Zimbabwe

• Citizen journalism can help improve service delivery in Zimbabwe {The Kubatana (blog)}
• MISA bemoans new media crackdown {The Times Group (blog)}

General Africa

• Mobile broadband, key to meeting MDGs {CIO East Africa}
• Georgia Tech/Microsoft study shows bandwidth caps create user uncertainty… {Science Codex}
• African Internet Registry Meets in Banjul {Foroyaa online}
• Locals to Take Part in ITU Contest {AllAfrica.com}
• Africa unites to bolster IT across the continent {IT News Africa}
• How some western entrepreneurs are abandoning Silicon Valley for Africa {How we made it in Africa}
• Airtel to increase Africa revenues in 2013 (Africa, India) {Wireless Federation}
• Bonjour Google! Gmail adds auto-translation {CNN}
• Harnessing the African Information Renaissance {AllAfrica.com}
• African ICT Industry Inaugurates Africa ICT Alliance {Tekedia}
• Bandwidth Cost To Drop As $650m Undersea Cable Goes Live {Leadership Newspapers}
• Opera Mini Now Has 169 Million Users, 56% Of Them Only Use The Mobile Web {TechCrunch}
• The New African Democracy – connectivity for… {Demdigest}
• The inside story of the $1,5bn Brics cable {TechCentral}
• Quick Hits Around African Tech (May 2012) {WhiteAfrican}
• Why the West is Ignoring Africa 2.0 {The Mark}
• Cost, not security, the problem with m-banking {ITWeb}
• New Internet tool for Africa {BusinessTech}
• Akamai Releases Fourth Quarter 2011 ‘State of the Internet’ Report {MarketWatch (press release)}
• The Top 5 Startup Trends In Africa {Techy Thoughts Under the African Sun}