This week’s African Internet news round-up consists of 102 stories from 26 countries. A large share of stories came from the usual suspects (Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa).

Algeria

• Inondations : La vague de protestations sur Internet {Algerie Focus}

Angola

• Angola tem actualmente cinco milhões de usuários de internet {Portal de Angola}

Cameroon

• Taking on Africa, a Cameroonian businesswoman’s journey {How we made it in Africa}

Cote D’Ivoire

• Ivory Coast Techies Elect New Web Mayor {ABC News}
• Dynamic Market of Mobile Services Hit Cote d’Ivoire {Technology Banker}
• Appy birthdays {The Economist}

DR Congo

• Tigo lance son offre Internet 4H+ pour contrer la Triplay d’Orange sur Internet mobile {Ecofin}

East Africa

• 2013 Pivot East Finalists {Pivot East}

Egypt

• Mobinil and Ericson bring next generation internet technology to Egypt {Daily News Egypt}
• Microsoft kicks off online privacy campaign {Daily News Egypt}

Gambia

• International data gateway sector liberalised {TeleGeography}

Ghana

• Ghanaian SMEs must embrace online tools to grow business – Google {Ghana Business News}
• New E-store Launches Soon In Ghana {spyghana.com}
• Workshop on Internet Governance opens in Accra {Ghana Broadcasting Corporation}
• Cote D’viore adopts Ghana’s e-agric technology {GhanaWeb}
• ISOC Ghana organizes workshop on Internet Governance and Standards … {spyghana.com}
• Ghanaian SMEs must embrace online tools to grow business – Google {GBN}
• MTN announces $105 million upgrade and expansion projects in Ghana {HumanIPO}
• 2013 citizen journalism/news blogger in Ghana talks plus and minus of social media future in Africa {Oral Ofori}

Kenya

• #theTrend: Kenya’s tech credentials {NTV}
• Emobilis Helps JKUAT Students Develop Windows Phone APPs {AllAfrica.com}
• LTE infrastructure to reduce costs of date {Capital FM Kenya}
• Is the Internet too expensive in Kenya? {Outside the Box}
• As mobile explodes in Africa, Nairobi is emerging as a leader in the region’s … {Quartz}
• School Laptops to Be Rolled Out From November {AllAfrica.com}
• A By-the-E-Book Education, for $5 a Month {NYTimes.com}
• Safaricom challenges app developers {BiztechAfrica}
• Kenyan publishers criticise developed digital content {HumanIPO}
• Counties to enhance growth of ICT in Kenya – Matiangi {HumanIPO}
• Online portal targets cooperatives {Daily Nation}

Liberia

• Postmaster General Calls for Robust ICT Sector {AllAfrica.com}
• ICT Will Transform Our Country – Min. Norkeh {AllAfrica.com}

Malawi

• Malawi 2013/14 budget analysis: Open letter to Minister of Finance Lipenga {Nyasa Times}

Mali

• Le Réseau des consommateurs conteste, à son tour, l’octroi de la 3ème licence mobile {Ecofin}

Morocco

• Morocco to launch 4G mobile license tenders by the end 2013 {Reuters}
• Who’s winning the classifieds ads market in Morocco? {Wamda}
• Morocco’s MobiSpot serves up video advertising to users without smartphones {Wamda.com}

Mozambique

• Vodacom extends M-PESA to Mozambique {TeleGeography}

Namibia

• Low-cost internet proves a hit {Namibian Sun}
• Social Learning: A Namibian Experiment {AllAfrica.com}

Nigeria

• Regulatory changes could enhance telecoms {Oxford Business Group}
• Angry Jonathan mulls cancellation of $40million Internet spy … {Premium Times}
• IC3 to raise digital literacy status in Nigeria {The Guardian Nigeria}
• Computer Penetration – Create Your Tomorrow Now, Intel Charges Unilag Students {AllAfrica.com}
• Good Nigerian Talents Cost More Than Expatriates Says Airtel’s CEO {AllAfrica.com}
• Nigerians still prefer mobile to SMS for online shopping – Konga.com {HumanIPO}
• Etisalat secures USD1.2bn loan to fund network expansion {TeleGeography}
• Deployment of technology ‘ll bring value to education sector – Expert {Vanguard}
• Why is Facebook losing active users in Nigeria? Facebook,… {Emeka Okoye – Google+}
• Fear of fraud stifles Nigerian dotcom growth {The Guardian}

Rwanda

• Minister Nsengimana Commends Africa Digital Media Academy {AllAfrica.com}
• Issuing Construction Permits Online Is a Milestone {AllAfrica.com}
• Kigali Starts Online Produce Exchange {AllAfrica.com}
• Rwanda hosts OLPC Scratch Day {BiztechAfrica}
• New Artel donates ICT equipment to Rwandan genocide survivors {HumanIPO}

Senegal

• Google Sénégal partage les opportunités d’Internet avec les journalistes {Dakar Echo}
• Social Net Link: Des journalistes-blogueurs lancent une plateforme des nouveaux médias et du journalisme citoyen au Sénégal {Sénégal Médias}

Sierra Leone

• In Sierra Leone, President Koroma Opens Africell’s Mobile IT Education Lab {Awareness Times}
• In Sierra Leone NATCOM Chairman lauded for his ‘unwavering commitment to … {Sierra Express Media}
• Airtel faces licence suspension in Sierra Leone {TeleGeography}

South Africa

• Internet in SA: English vs Afrikaans vs African languages {MyBroadband}
• I-CANN’s dotty about Durban {Independent Online}
• Helping young black women fill ICT skills gaps in SA {The Skills Portal}
• ANC turns to Mxit for votes {TechCentral}
• Western Cape ventures into Africa ICT incubation hubs {BDlive}
• Controversial Youth Website Dodges Censorship {AllAfrica.com}
• Pule: “ICT sector has created more than 37,000 jobs” {HumanIPO}
• Bandwidth Barn model ready for export – minister {HumanIPO}
• Broadband Infraco extends fibre to northern provinces {TeleGeography}
• Cell C sees LTE enabled on iPhone 5, but 4G still unavailable {TeleGeography}

Tanzania

• Bank of Africa Tanzania launches e-banking {Daily News}
• IBM says ICT investment inevitable for efficiency, productivity in economy {Daily News}
• ICT Operators Asked to Share Their Infrastructure {AllAfrica.com}
• Computerised System to Track Reckless Drivers {AllAfrica.com}

Togo

• Togo IXP {dgMarket}

Tunisia

• Radical Islamist websites feed extremism {Magharebia}

Uganda

• ICT4Democracy in East Africa April 2013 Newsletter {CIPESA}
• Ugandan Millionaire Ashish Thakkar Launches African Answer To Skype {Forbes}

Zambia

• Ndola Resource Centre Brings Hope to Youths {AllAfrica.com}
• The Google I/O Extended 2013 Lusaka {BongoHive}

Zimbabwe

• Facebook character stirs up Zimbabwe politics {BBC News}
• Will Facebook topple Zanu PF? {ITWeb}
• Worldreader signs digital deal in Zimbabwe {HumanIPO}
• Zimbabwe to institute compulsory infrastructure sharing {TeleGeography}

General Africa

• Microwave, Fibre or Satellite – which is best as Africa moves to IP Networks? {Developing Telecoms}
• Google to bankroll, build wireless networks across Africa: WSJ {Reuters}
• Africa’s entrepreneurial explosion: a space ripe for the taking {Ventureburn}
• Africa Tempts High-Tech Companies {Voice of America}
• Tablets for kids not just an expensive toy {ITWeb}
• Telecom bankers predict up to $2 billion more Africa mobile towers sales in 2013 {PR Web (press release)}
• Mobile Operators Seek Revenue Share With Google {AllAfrica.com}
• Multimedia Students Urged to Shape Industry {AllAfrica.com}
• Ruckus Implements the Bells and Whistles of Wi-Fi {AllAfrica.com}
• New Hope for Better Internet Access in Africa {Voice of America}
• Mobile leads e-learning revolution in Africa {TheSALeader}
• ICT, AVUs Integral Teaching and Learning Approach {AllAfrica.com}
• MTN launches YouTube custom channel in Africa {Bizcommunity.com}
• Africa technology on the rise say Tech Demo delegates {IT News Africa}
• World Information Society Day – ICT Brings a Bag of Pros and Cons {AllAfrica.com}
• The African smartphone revolution {ITWeb}
• Vodacom Profit Gains 23% as Smartphones Boost Data Revenue {Businessweek}
• Global Hack for Good to connect refugees, families {BiztechAfrica}