This week’s African Internet news round-up consists of 83 stories from 29 countries.

Algeria

• Startup Weekend: Encouraging Female Entrepreneurs: One Event’s Unique Approach {Huffington Post}

Angola

• The Big Dream of the African Tech Cities 2063 {IDG Connect}
• AAPSI prevê criar banco de dados sobre as infra-estruturas de internet ainda este ano {AngolaPress}

Benin

• ICT en zonne-energie {The Hunger Project}

Cameroon

• Le Cameroun dispose maintenant de 6000 km de fibre optique {Ecofin}
• Cameroun – Extrême-Nord : Internet instable {Camer.be}

Chad

• Déby répond aux critiques {BBC Afrique}

Congo

• Africa Unveils its First Smartphone And Tablet {AllAfrica.com}
• Lancement du premier point d’échange internet congolais {Congo-site.com}

Cote D’Voire

• Ivory Coast mobile firms risk losing licences over poor service {Reuters Africa}
• Internet aussi a élu son maire {Jeune Afrique}

Djibouti

• BICS Checks Into Djibouti Data Center {Light Reading}

DR Congo

• Airtel lance la 3.75G dans le pays {Ecofin}
• SUD KIVU-MWENGA: Le reseau de la communication à… {Journaliste Citoyen}

East Africa

• East Africa PC Market Shrinks in Q1 2013 {BiztechAfrica}

Egypt

• Protest at the speed of light: social networking the revolution {Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal}
• Internet utilized to unlock Egypt’s untapped markets and youth potential {Al-Bawaba}

Gambia

• Confusion On Ban On Commercialization of Skype/Viber Pura Clarifies {AllAfrica.com}
• Ministry to Forge a Credible Bridge Between Press and Gov’t – Information Minister {AllAfrica.com}

Ghana

• MTN commands 65% of data market in Ghana {Myjoyonline.com}
• Expresso ACE fibre cable ready for launch in Ghana this week {Myjoyonline.com}
• Microsoft holds NGOs Connection Day in Accra {Ghana Business News}
• Badiliko ICT Hub Launched At Mankranso {AllAfrica.com}
• GNA news feed on mobile app platform, biNu {GBN}
• Tech Industry in Ghana? {19 Banana Street}

Kenya

• Kenya’s Most Controversial Bloggers {The Standard Digital News}
• Collymore says time ripe for ‘Kadogo’ books in e-formats {Daily Nation}
• IBM opens its first East Africa innovation center in Nairobi {CFOworld}
• Airtel, Safaricom Scramble for High-End Device Users {AllAfrica.com}

Libya

• Rawafed Libya for Telecommunications & Technology Selects Eutelsat’s KA … {MarketWatch}
• Hatif praises ‘soldiers’ for second phase of cable deployment {TeleGeography}

Malawi

• How one Idealist is bringing affordable e-learning to Malawi {Idealist}

Morocco

• How to fight corruption with online tools: best practice from Morocco {Transparency International (blog)}
• L’e-paiement s’envole avec plus de 600 000 factures payées en ligne pour 2012 {Ecofin}

Mozambique

• Movitel passes the two million subscriber mark {TeleGeography}

Namibia

• ICT in the classroom: Namibian teachers share … {eLearning Africa}

Nigeria

• 32.5 million Nigerians access Internet via telecoms networks {The Punch}
• What Nigerian Tech Developers Are Doing Wrong {Ventures Africa}
• Lenovo Group To Debut Smartphone In Nigeria {International Business Times}
• Africa must raise ICT personnel for devt – President Jonathan … {Vanguard}
• Spark launches $1m fund for Nigerian tech companies {Vanguard}
• Nigerians Are More Social Than South Africans – 2go {Ventures Africa}
• Unreliability and Nigerian Tech Startups — Technology NG {Medium}
• CDMA firms lose 200000 phone subscribers {National Mirror}
• iDEA: another innovation to help build successful businesses in Nigeria {Ventureburn}

Rwanda

• Rwanda Warned On Cyber Crime {AllAfrica.com}
• Rwanda targets 5000 new .rw names by 2016 {Telecompaper}

Senegal

• Selon l’ARTP, le chef de l’internet c’est Expresso! {AfriqueITNews.com}

South Africa

• LTE “a bit of a luxury” {MyBroadband}
• Inside South Africa’s Homegrown Version of Amazon.com {Businessweek}
• Rapid network deployment guidelines holdup hurting SA broadband {MyBroadband}
• The State of Social Media in South Africa by Hashtag South Africa {YouTube}
• Microsoft partnership will help students {African Business Review}
• Microsoft pushes for SA mobile growth {Independent Online}
• Comparing print, digital audiences – digital moves ahead {Bizcommunity.com}
• Government spyware servers in South Africa: Telkom, Govt mum {MyBroadband}
• KasiMP3, GoMetro take mobile music to SA rail commuters {BiztechAfrica}

South Sudan

• South Sudan focuses on ICT to rebuild {IT News Africa}

Sudan

• Sudanese security shuts down TEDx event in Khartoum {Sudan Tribune}
• Sudan media urged to embrace digital revolution {Sudan Tribune}

Tanzania

• Rural areas to access broadband services {Daily News}
• National Fibre Optic Cable Steeply Decreases Communications Costs By 99 Per Cent {AllAfrica.com}

Tunisia

• 86% des Tunisiens se connectent à Internet pour tchatter {THD}

Uganda

• Taste of Cyber Crime in Developing Nations – The Ugandan Version … {Diplo Internet Governance}
• Building a Connected Uganda {The Harbus}

Zambia

• Using Social Media As Advocacy Tool {AllAfrica.com}

Zimbabwe

• Zimbabwe’s Hosts First Broadband Forum {BizDay Zimbabwe}
• Telecel to sponsor Zimbabwe’s first broadband forum {IT News Africa}
• Fibre, not mobile, the capacity solution for Zimbabwe – Behr {HumanIPO}
• Zimbabwean telecoms will invest further – Telecel {HumanIPO}

General Africa

• SMS: the final Internet frontier {ITWeb}
• Facebook’s highest-growth markets are the Middle East, Africa, & India {VentureBeat}
• Yookos opens its doors to developers in Africa {IT News Africa}
• Public-Private Collaboration Can Make Africa Globally Competitive {World Bank Group}
• Rockefeller millions for digital jobs in Africa {TechCentral}
• A ‘novel’ idea for spreading literature in Africa: The cellphone {Christian Science Monitor}
• Connectivity options widen in and out of Africa {Bizcommunity.com}
• Universal Service Funds key to driving broadband in Africa {IT News Africa}
• BRCK Keeps The Internet On When The Power Goes Off, Even In Africa {Forbes}
• Où sont les gisements d’emplois dans le secteur TIC en Afrique subsaharienne? {Ecofin}
• African internet pioneers targeted for .africa {BiztechAfrica}
• Commonwealth Parliamentarians focus on cyber crime {BiztechAfrica}
• Samsung Galaxy S4 soon at over 140 Airtel outlets across Africa {BiztechAfrica}