11 days and 100+ stories representing no fewer than 28 African nations. The most widely shared news of the week came from the ICT Indaba 2012 conference held from June 4th-7th in South Africa. That is, expect 80% African broadband penetration by the year 2020. Also, news of Ethiopia’s apparent ban on VoIP services like Skype made international headlines.

Algeria

• Algeria bans Huawei and ZTE from participating for state contracts for two years {telecomlead.com}
• Electronic payment system set up in Algeria {North Africa United}
• Young Algerians cry foul over internet censorship {France24}
• Algeria: Deepening the market {Spyghana.com}

Angola

• MED, Unitel design Internet access project {Angola Press}

Botswana

• Botswana pilots 4G network {ITWeb Africa}
• Youths in Zimbabwe gripped by Facebook {Nehanda Radio}

Burkina Faso

• Une semaine nationale de l’Internet pour faire des TIC un axe de développement {Ecofin}
• Broadband in W Africa: the challenges {Financial Times}

Cameroon

• The internet: Advanced technology for better services {Cameroon Radio Television}
• Telecentres Impacting Education in Rural Areas {AllAfrica.com}

Comoros

• Indian Ocean islands link up via agriculture web portal {SciDev.Net}

Cote D’Ivoire

• Internet Problems in Côte d’Ivoire {YouTube}

Dem Rep Of Congo

• DRC four months behind schedule for WACS connectivity; details of … {TeleGeography}

East Africa

• OPIC Board Approves $72 Million for Internet Expansion Project in … {SYS-CON Media (press release)}

Egypt

• Facebook IPO Won’t Help Egyptian Economy, Here Are 4 Startup Ideas That Will {PolicyMic}
• High-speed internet network could enhance … {Egypt Independent}
• Google Map Maker arrives in Egypt {Bikya Masr}

Ethiopia

• Ethiopia tightens press & internet censorship: RSF {Ethiopian Review}

Gabon

• Leaked images show student protesters locked up in tiny, dark cell {The Observers}
• Gamtel, MRC Ink D5 Million Internet Transmission Project Deal {AllAfrica.com}

Ghana

• Expresso’s ACE Fibre Optic Cable due for commercial launch year … {Myjoyonline.com}
• High bandwidth cost, unfriendly regulations hindering broadband … {agyateng}
• MTN Ghana launch free access to Facebook {Myjoyonline.com}
• Ghana’s new tablet, K-Pad, to rival iPad {HumanIPO}
• MTN Ghana expands network with new data centre {Spyghana.com}
• Online shopping gets boost in Nigeria {Spyghana.com}
• ICT training for physically challenged {My Joy Online}
• Better Cyber Security Urged in West Africa {Voice of America}
• Ghanaian spearheads establishment of Africa’s own Wikipedia {GhanaWeb}
• Internet Cafes in Ghana {Talking Anthropology}
• Out Of Africa — A Whole MEST Of Startups Emerges In Ghana {TechCrunch}

Guinea

• La Sotelgui fait face à sa crise {Ecofin}

Kenya

• An E-Reader Revolution for Africa? {Wall Street Journal}
• Pivot East 2012 and the Winner Is: Ma3Racer {Kachwanya}
• Infographic on Pivot East 2012 – Statistics, Quotes & Highlights {Afrinnovator}
• Kenya: The State of Social Media {Global Voices Online}
• Safaricom looks to ‘infinite’ IPv6 possibilities All Kenya News {allkenyanews}
• Savannah Fund Brings Silicon Valley-Style Accelerator to Africa {Wall Street Journal (blog)}
• Blog: How I navigated Kenya using Twitter {CNN}
• CCK to spy on internet All Kenya News {allkenyanews}
• It’s a Facebook Africa: A map of the world’s most visited websites by country {Spyghana.com}
• Can Kenya move to new internet version IPV6 in time? {The Star}
• Growing investment, innovation drives Kenya’s tech status {PC Advisor}
• Kenya is set to house the DOTAfrica (.africa) Domain {CIO East Africa}

Libya

• Libya’s Big Brother: Inside Qaddafi’s Vast Surveillance Network {RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty}
• Connecting Libya 2012 Technology Presentation {Slideshare}
• Work on undersea cable to Crete starts {Shabab Libya}

Madagascar

• Telma Madagascar Selects DiViNetworks for Data Expansion {MarketWatch (press release)}

Malawi

• Malawi removes internet tax {African Platform}
• Facebook generation: Harnessing the Internet for national … {The Times Group (blog)}

Mauritius

• Mauritius Union lance l’assurance auto en ligne {Ecofin}

Namibia

• Why African Internet Bandwidth Prices Are Still High {AllAfrica.com}

Nigeria

• iROKOtv, the “Netflix of Africa”, reaches 500000 subscribers in less … {Vibe Ghana}
• MTN Nigeria denies reports it will leave Northern region {IT News Africa}
• Lagos State Begins Regulation of Telecoms Masts {AllAfrica.com}
• Google mourns Dana Air victims {BusinessDay}
• Cybercrime Threatens e-Commerce Growth {THISDAY Live}
• Internet Use by Students of Faculty of Science in Two Nigerian … {University of Idaho}
• Using IT for national growth {The Nation}
• The Internet Will Create Jobs And Foster Economic Growth In Nigeria {Leadership}

Rwanda

• Rwanda: Africa´s next ICT hub? {CCTV News – CNTV English}
• Domain Name .rw Soon to Be Held By Rwanda {AllAfrica.com}
• Your smartphone is smarter than you know {The Rwanda Focus}
• Kigali Public Library a Hit With Students {AllAfrica.com}
• MTN launches mobile money transfer in Rwanda {IT News Africa}
• Mobile Phone Usage At a 42 Percent Penetration Rate {AllAfrica.com}

Sierra Leone

• West Africa still hopeful on unified telecom tariff, regulatory policies {PC Advisor}
• Fibre Optic to Be Operational in October {AllAfrica.com}
• Kanga schools now have Internet access {Sierra Express Media}

South Africa

• Negotiating SA’s broadband bottleneck {Independent Online}
• Motlanthe: use ICT for growth {Independent Online}
• SA’s ICT policies up for review: Minister {Times LIVE}
• State wants broadband competition {Independent Online}
• Improved access to ICT can boost Africa {MyBroadband}
• SA’s Internet Solutions takes over Africa’s IPv6 Lab {Bizcommunity.com}
• IBurst to invest $400m in internet base station {Moneyweb.co.za}
• Samsung takes aim at African markets {Business Day}
• SA clicks with online shopping {Independent Online}
• Do South Africans still Yahoo!? {MarkLives.com}

Swaziland

• ‘Facebook spreads AIDS’ {The Swazi Observer}

Tanzania

• Smile Telecom launches 4G LTE in Tanzania {IT News Africa}
• Country Focus: Tanzania’s state of ICT {IT News Africa}

Togo

• WACS cable inaugurated in Togo {TeleGeography}

Tunisia

• Young Arabs invited to IT creativity camp in Tunis {Ahram Online}
• Tunisia: Baccalaureate Exam Leaked · Global Voices {Global Voices Online}
• Groups to Help Online Activists in Authoritarian Countries {New York Times}
• Tunisia: number of Internet subscribers reach 968,025 {African Manager}

Uganda

• Unlimited Internet Everywhere Orange Uganda {YouTube}
• Open government data readiness study in Uganda {APC}

West Africa

• West Africa’s wait for high-speed broadband is almost over {The Guardian}

Zambia

• ICT: Opportunities and challenges {Zambia Daily Mail}
• MTN Zambia Mobile Internet Data Sheet {Gist}
• Zamtel, Barclays sign K16bn internet deal {Times of Zambia}

Zimbabwe

• President Launches Second STI Policy {AllAfrica.com}
• Internet Enables Accountability and Development … {AllAfrica.com}
• Is the iPhone headed for emerging markets? {Technology Zimbabwe}
• Zim’s IT savvy youth entrepreneur: a true believer {US Embassy}
• Telecel announces Opera Mini co-branding partnership {Technology Zimbabwe}

Africa

• Africa, Latin America take advantage of new gTLD process {IDG News Service}
• Why mobile telecom towers are big business in Africa {How we made it in Africa}
• Several African countries ahead of Europe in the race to LTE {IT News Africa}
• 3G To Cover 85% Of World By 2017 – Ericsson {TechWeekEurope UK}
• Could You Spare Some Internet Access? {Technology Review}
• ICANN, LightSquared and broadband deployment #thecircuit {Washington Post (blog)}
• ITU urges broadband policies to drive Net access in developing … {PC Advisor}
• Fibre bandwidth in Africa increases 100 … {Peter Lange, Senior Analyst Africa, BuddeComm}
• 80% African broadband penetration by 2020 {ITWeb}
• ICTs to expedite Africa’s growth {ITWeb}
• SEACOM eyes 15% growth {BusinessTech}
• World IPv6 Launch Unites Industry Leaders to Redefine the Global Internet {MarketWatch (press release)}
• Africa must coordinate ICT development {ITWeb}
• Telecoms still only scratching the surface on infrastructure – MTN {Creamer Media’s Engineering News}
• Young African App and Content Developers Want More Money From … {Myjoyonline.com}
• ICTs to transform health in Africa: Can we scale up governance and … {World Bank}
• Is ICT a Bread and Butter Issue? {AllAfrica.com}
• Time For An African Valley? — Sub-Saharan Accelerators Start To Emerge {TechCrunch}
• Africa, the mobile-centric society {BusinessTech}
• Could Africa launch the next Facebook? {IT News Africa}
• Improving Governance and Accountability with New Media {Global Voices Online}
• IOC to stream London 2012 live on YouTube {Capital FM Kenya}