Over the past two weeks, we’ve found no fewer than 134 stories of how ICT is changing Africa. Progress is happening everywhere (32 countries are represented), but the content is again heavy on Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa.

Algeria

• Technologie de l’Information et de la Communication (TIC): L’Algérie classée à la 131ème place {Dzactiviste.info}
• Hackers in Arab Cities: Slow Internet and Girl Power in Algeria {Global Voices}
• Ericsson milite pour un développement rapide de la 3G dans le pays {Ecofin}
• Finalement, ce serait Algérie Télécom qui bloquerait le lancement de la 3G dans le pays, pas Djezzy {Ecofin}
• Protéger les enfants sur internet, la nouvelle promesse d’Algérie Télécom {Algerie-Focus}

Angola

• Minister Calls for Greater Contribution of Companies {AllAfrica.com}
• Minister Stresses Mobile School Contribution to Promotion of Technology {AllAfrica.com}

Botswana

• ICTs vital for human capital development – Molefhi {Mmegi Online}

Burundi

• Media regulator suspends comments on press group’s website {Reuters AlertNet}

Cameroon

• Startup Weekend Douala: Les projets primés {AfriqueITNews.com}
• ART warns against unauthorised rollout of fibre-optics {TeleGeography}

Congo

• Technology Made in Congo-Brazzaville: One Man’s Start Up Story … {Technology Salon}

Cote D’Ivoire

• Innovative CocoaLink Mobile Technology Program Expands to Cote d … {Yahoo! Finance}
• monwebivoirien | Le Web selon l’ivoirien {monwebivoirien}
• Affoussy Bamba pour la protection des sites internet {Koaci.com}

East Africa

• 4G will boost mobile, tablet sales in East Africa {Contador Harrison}
• IDC:East Africa PC market shrinks {BiztechAfrica}

Egypt

• Egypt’s MCIT Signed Protocol With SIS To Develop Tech-Infrastructure {amwalalghad.com}
• Internet will be open to all – Egypt’s ICT minister {HumanIPO}
• Egypt considers banning Viber, WhatsApp {Ahram Online}

Ethiopia

• Competition to Harness ICT Talent {AllAfrica.com}
• Gloomy future for Ethiopia’s press freedom {Deutsche Welle}
• Ethiopia to sign mobile network deals with ZTE, Huawei {Yahoo!7 News}

Ghana

• Guest post: A Pi lab in rural Ghana {Raspberry Pi}
• Efforts to boost IT connectivity gain pace {Oxford Business Group}
• Ahonya.com to kick off online shopping in Ghana {Citifmonline.com}
• How to type Ghanaian language characters on your Android phone {Mighty African}
• Work begins on Ghana’s Eastern Corridor Fibre project {Ghana Business News}

Guinea

• Sudatel compte investir plus 50 milliards FCFA pour renforcer le réseau d’Intercel {Ecofin}

Kenya

• The National ICT Masterplan 2017, Setting priorities {Connected.go.ke}
• Uhuru Secures Microsoft Support for Computers {AllAfrica.com}
• The future: Battle for inland fibre optic cables set to shape … {The Standard Digital News}
• CCK says 72% of Kenyans have no internet access {Telecompaper}
• Asian tech giant Asus eyes East Africa from Nairobi hub {Business Daily}
• Enter White Spaces for better Internet {Daily Nation}
• Internet still a strange notion in rural Kenya {The Standard}
• Jamii Telecommunications Limited connects 5000 homes to high speed Internet {The Standard Digital News}
• #AfricaAt50: How technology is changing journalism in Kenya {Journalism.co.uk (blog)}
• ICT Innovation hubs to benefit from Word Bank, Nokia funding initiative {The Standard Digital News}
• CCK needs Sh74.5bn for remote areas {The Star}
• Kenyan taxis lead in innovation {eNCA}
• Consortium Model Best for Kenya’s LTE Deployment {AllAfrica.com}
• Govt Plans ICT Hubs in All Counties {AllAfrica.com}
• Kenya to host regional open governance talks {BiztechAfrica}
• Kenya’s death and birth data to go digital {HumanIPO}
• Kenyan government to deploy fibre to schools and hospitals {HumanIPO}
• Kenyan matatu driver installs Wi-Fi network {HumanIPO}
• Kenyatta’s laptop policy will make Kenya a dumping ground {HumanIPO}
• Ericsson Kenya office hosts delayed Girls in ICT Day celebration {HumanIPO}
• M-Pesa to be upgraded, servers to move to Kenya {HumanIPO}
• Kenyan digital villages project could be scrapped {HumanIPO}
• Kenya urged to act on internet pornography, considers total ban {HumanIPO}
• Kenya to increase broadband access to 20% by 2017 – CCK {HumanIPO}

Lesotho

• The growing use of the internet for learning in Lesotho and across Africa {SOS Children}

Liberia

• iLAB Liberia Helping to Close Gender Gap in Information and Communication … {AllAfrica.com}

Libya

• Telecom Ministry announces 4 principal plans {Medafrica Times}
• Libya’s Gateway and Italy’s TI Sparkle sign internet deal {Libya Herald}

Malawi

• Malawi Censorship Board says not regulating material on internet {Nyasa Times}
• More Tele-Centers to Be Constructed Across the Country – Kunkuyu {AllAfrica.com}
• Malawi stuck with e-waste {BiztechAfrica}

Mali

• Formation à Internet à Doni blon, un centre de formation au tourisme et à l’hôtellerie à Ségou {Fasokan}

Mauritania

• World Bank helps ICT development {The North Africa Post}

Morocco

• Morocco – Africa’s Silent Internet Leader {Technology Banker}

Namibia

• ICT Route Is the Only Way to Go – Kaapanda {AllAfrica.com}
• Virtual Universities Coming To Namibia Soon {Bernama}
• MTC G4/Glte Expands to Other Towns {AllAfrica.com}

Nigeria

• 2go goes Android {African Business Review}
• Growing Adaptation to Internet, Mobile Banking {THISDAY Live}
• ComTech, Google unveil Internet impact report {The Guardian Nigeria}
• Google: Nigeria Yet to Harness Full Benefits of Internet Usage … {This Day}
• Stakeholders lament Nigeria’s high Internet transmission cost {The Guardian Nigeria}
• Infrastructure, Not Mobile Number Portability {AllAfrica.com}
• How Recalculating GDP Can Help App Designers In Nigeria {NPR (blog)}
• Reps ask FG to suspend $40m Internet contract {The Punch}
• Jonathan Promises Full Implementation of National Broadband Roadmap {AllAfrica.com}
• Internet cost still high in Nigeria – NIG {National Mirror}
• Developing mobile apps for SMEs growth in Nigeria {The Guardian Nigeria}
• Nigerian Smartphone Boom Sees Nokia African Dominance Challenged {Businessweek}
• Airtel Partners Microsoft On Smartphone {AllAfrica.com}
• Flood – Lagos Threatens to Remove Telecom Cables Obstructing Drainage Channels {AllAfrica.com}
• Local Software Challenges Blamed On Weak Govt Support {AllAfrica.com}
• Lagos Digital Bridge Institute Opens Training in July {AllAfrica.com}
• Afrinolly hits more than 2.5 million downloads {HumanIPO}
• Most Nigerian job sites are not mobile friendly – Tayo Olufuwa {HumanIPO}
• Airtel latest Nigerian operator to offer Facebook data deal {HumanIPO}
• YouTube seeks to develop 6,000 hours of Nigerian content in three days {HumanIPO}

Reunion

• Zeop unveils 35Mbps broadband service; Mobius (iZi) still waiting for mobile frequencies {TeleGeography}
• Plans afoot for LTE licences in French overseas departments {TeleGeography}

Rwanda

• Rwandan govt runs ICT awareness campaign in Eastern province {Telecompaper}
• Liquid Telecom Acquires Rwandatel {AllAfrica.com}
• Rwanda showcases open data systems {BiztechAfrica}
• Rwanda’s ICT’s Ministry signs MOU with Digital Opportunity Trust {HumanIPO}

Senegal

• Want to improve Muslim attitudes? Get them online {Washington Post (blog)}
• The First TabletCafé Launches in Senegal: Experimenting a cybercafé with tablets in Dakar {Google Africa}
• Etude sur les modalités d’attribution des prochaines licences et (…) {OSIRIS}
• Tigo Senegal to launch HSPA+ network {TeleGeography}

South Africa

• South Africa could see widespread 40Mbit/s connections {IT News Africa}
• Bringing music downloads to South African townships {Wired.co.uk}
• Microsoft, Jobs Fund, to create 3000 tech jobs in SA {Gadget}
• Google gives £500000 to Raspberry Pi project to help save rhinos {The Independent}
• South Africa’s Internet kings revealed {MyBroadband}
• Broadband speeds in South Africa: 2002 to 2013 {NewsWall}
• Using Tech to Empower Women in South Africa (and beyond) {Indigo Trust}
• Tablet war erupts with choice {Gadget}
• ISPA unleashes peering options {Gadget}
• Internet in SA: A playground for faceless criminals {MyBroadband}
• SA’s firewall up in flames {Times LIVE}
• Jozi’s tech revolution goes to town {Mail & Guardian Online}
• Teamwork needed for new subsea cables {TechCentral}
• Slow progress on govt open source policy {ITWeb}
• Q3 launch for Neotel 4G network {TechCentral}
• Seacom to ‘close the ring’ with Mtunzini–Yzerfontein link {Creamer Media’s Engineering News}
• SA losing out on Internet boom {TechCentral}
• Blackberry Opens Third APPs Lab in SA {AllAfrica.com}
• Gauteng allocates $99 million to ICT goals {HumanIPO}

Swaziland

• Integrating technology into Swazi lives {Times of Swaziland}

Tanzania

• ICT Broadband to Link All Districts {AllAfrica.com}
• Number of Tanzania mobile payment users on increase {IPPmedia}
• ICT Vital for Tanzania Youth Job Creation (Page 1 of 2) {AllAfrica.com}
• Tanzania Set to Exploit Online Learning Technologies {AllAfrica.com}
• Tanzania introduces team to monitor cybercrime {HumanIPO}
• Tanzanian govt pledges to improve rural telecoms access {TeleGeography}

Togo

• World Bank supports broadband growth in Mauritania, Togo {Telecompaper}
• La CENI lance son site Internet, un outil “dynamique” d’informatisions sur le processus électoral {Savoir News}

Tunisia

• Tunisian Authorities Must Repeal Laws that Threaten Free Expression {EFF}
• Tunisian blogger faces military court for criticizing hospital staff … {Amnesty International}
• Tunisian Authorities Must Repeal Laws that Threaten Free Expression {EFF}

Uganda

• Google sex advice spurred cheating in Uganda {Newsday}
• Uganda Gov’t plans to monitor social media {in2eastafrica}
• Airtel, Warid to merge mobile money services {BiztechAfrica}

Zambia

• Airtel Zambia expands roaming footprint {UKZAMBIANS}

Zimbabwe

• Zim Pastors Embrace Social Media Tools for Peace Monitoring {AllAfrica.com}
• Guide to online shopping in Zimbabwe: the introduction {TechZim}
• Africa Unity Square: an Internet hotspot {NewsDay Zimbabwe}