Over the past week, we’ve found 91 stories of how ICT is changing Africa. Notable events come from Rwanda (4G service is in the works), and Tunisia (who hosted an online freedom conference), but interesting insights also come to us from The Gambia (Guardian article on the digital divide, Mauritania (Q&A with an activist blogger), and Sierra Leone (mobile computer lab).

Algeria

• Prochain lancement de la 4G sans fil en mode fixe en Algérie {l’Expression}

Angola

• Low Internet Penetration Questions Achievement of MDGs {AllAfrica.com}

Benin

• Moov gets in 3G groove {TeleGeography}

Botswana

• Orange Roll Out Telemedicine {Mmegi Online}
• Botswana studies ICT best practice in Sweden {BiztechAfrica}

Burkina Faso

• De nombreux abonnés en colère contre le service Internet d’Airtel {Ecofin}

Cameroon

• MTN Cameroon promotes Education for Girl Child {AfricaNews}

DR Congo

• La RD Congo est enfin connectée au câble sous-marin WACS {Ecofin}

East Africa

• Telecos turn to 4G {The East African}
• Taiwanese tech firm Asus plans regional hub {The East African}

Egypt

• Fourth operator around the corner? {Ahram Online}
• Will this Egyptian startup be the next Pinterest of the Middle East? {Wamda}

Ethiopia

• The mobile banking game-changer in Ethiopia {The Africa Report}

Gabon

• Airtel reiterates its commitment to Gabon {IT News Africa}
• Presidents Ali Bongo Ondimba and Ouattara to Answer Questions from Social Media live at Closing of the New York Forum Africa {APO-Source}

Gambia

• Digital divide widens in The Gambia {The Guardian}

Ghana

• Ten Startups In Ghana To Watch Closely {Forbes}
• New software company launched in Ghana {BusinessGhana}
• Ghana to ramp up e-government for transparency {HumanIPO}
• MTN invests USD52.34m to improve network {TeleGeography}

Kenya

• How Kenyan startup SOKO built an Etsy for entrepreneurs who don’t have Internet {Upstart (blog)}
• Kenya outpaces SA as technology leader {Yahoo! News}
• Merger of agencies to streamline ICT in Kenya {Daily Nation}
• Kenyan government allocates $622 million for laptops {HumanIPO}
• Safaricom to Launch E-waste disposal awareness campaign {HumanIPO}
• Internet helps accountant run thriving dairy farm in Nyanza {NAFIS}
• Guest Post: Kenya Primed For Wide-Scale Bitcoin Adoption {The Genesis Block}

Libya

• Libya drafts new law on telecom sector {Telecompaper}

Mali

• La Bibliotheque Nationale Lance Son Site Web {Mali Actualités}

Mauritania

• Ahmed Jedou: Blogging for Change in Mauritania {Global Voices}

Mauritius

• Mauritius Telecom’s revenues pass the MUR8 billion mark {TeleGeography}

Morocco

• Internet 3G: Maroc Telecom modifie son offre Internet 3G {Le Soir-echos}

Mozambique

• High-End Living In Mozambique And Angola: E-Commerce Potential? {Ventures Africa}

Namibia

• Mobile phones help Namibian rural youth access to information {Coastweek}
• Telecom Namibia: Leo integration at ‘advanced’ stage {TeleGeography}
• Cabinet transfers WACS capacity from government to Telecom Namibia {TeleGeography}

Nigeria

• Youth And The Internet: The Dangers And Benefits {Leadership Newspapers}
• Experts canvass ISPs, users’ migration to IPv6 {The Guardian Nigeria}
• Govt targets 80% 3G penetration by 2018 {The Guardian Nigeria}
• Nigeria, a growing technology force in Africa {IT News Africa}
• NITDA Holds ICT, e-Parliament Training For Senators {Leadership Newspapers}
• Nigerian bloggers are only interested in increasing traffic – Noble Igwe {HumanIPO}
• MTN to roll out fibre broadband in Lagos estate {TeleGeography}
• Swift snaps up DoPC WiMAX business, plans LTE rollout {TeleGeography}

Rwanda

• Rwandan mobile penetration nears 60% {Biztech Africa}
• Rwanda signs 4G Internet deal with S. Korea’s KT Corp. {Globe and Mail}
• Need for Open Phone Policy in Public Schools {AllAfrica.com}

Senegal

• Sonatel a procédé à la refonte de ses tarifs d’appel et Internet {Ecofin}
• Senegal’s ‘first internet tablet cafe’ {BBC}

Sierra Leone

• In Sierra Leone, Africell Commences Free School Computer Trainings {Awareness Times}

South Africa

• Boosting WiFi in South Africa {MyBroadband}
• South African learners lobby for data-free Wikipedia access {Memeburn}
• A benchmark for real broadband {TechCentral}
• .Africa domain battle win for SA {MyBroadband}
• Cheaper price project: ICASA deadline rundown {MyBroadband}
• MTN SA to launch pre-paid LTE soon {IT News Africa}
• 7 things you need to know about South Africa’s new data protection laws {memeburn}
• Anonymous Africa strike 50 sites {HumanIPO}
• Tech alternatives suggested for SA textbooks {HumanIPO}

Swaziland

• MTN Swazi donates computers, internet to school {Telecompaper}
• Swazi Election – Sponsored By MTN {AllAfrica.com}

Tanzania

• Access Bank Dishes Out Computers to Ward Secondary Schools {AllAfrica.com}

Tunisia

• Freedom Online Tunisia 2013 {Freedom Online Tunisia 2013}
• Google lance le projet « innovation Tunisie» pour faire des Tic un moteur de développement {Ecofin}
• Le régulateur est satisfait de la qualité du service 2G et 3G, révélée par son étude {Ecofin}
• Net Freedom in Tunisia: Still a Long Way to Go {Index on Censorship}
• Banque Mondiale : L’Internet haut débit en Tunisie est cher et limité {Kapitalis}
• Open Wi-Fi Comes to Tunisia: Ex-Dictator’s House Turned Into ‘openwireless.org’ Hotspot {Electronic Frontier Foundation}

Uganda

• Uganda Cuts ICT Budget by Shs 200million {PC Tech Magazine}
• Google aims to improve internet access in Uganda’s universities {New Vision}
• Uganda to impose mobile money and inbound international call taxes {TeleGeography}

West Africa

• MTN Guinea – inadequate backhaul holding West Africa back {IT News Africa}

Zambia

• Airtel Zambia donates solar equipment to Moono school {BiztechAfrica}

Zimbabwe

• Mugabe Assailed as Zimbabwe Insider Baba Jukwa Takes to Facebook {Businessweek}
• New’ provider Tagtel Communications (aka Pecus) prepares to launch {Technology Zimbabwe}

General Africa

• New Wave of ICT Use in African Higher Ed {InformED}
• Africa and LTE #2: Leapfrogging Fixed Broadband {ZDNet}
• Fibre needs the regulators {Gadget}
• Online Tourism grows in Africa {News24}
• AdFu, Yookos to offer advertisers deeper reach into Africa {IT News Africa}
• Huawei, hits the jackpot in Africa {The Africa Report}
• Modem to improve African net access {BBC News}
• Average Postpaid Pricing in Africa is Currently $43 USD per Month Reveals … {Sacramento Bee}
• E-Learning Africa Conference’s Lessons and Beyond {AllAfrica.com}
• Voice Tech Helps Africa Get Online {AllAfrica.com}
• 3 Reasons Why Governments in the Developing World Should Help and Support Hackerspaces {Thinking out Loud (Blog)}
• l’innovation au service du développement en Afrique #GlobalC2013 {live Orange blog}
• SEACOM: clear fibre red tape {BiztechAfrica}
• Intel to launch Software and Services Group for Africa {HumanIPO}
• Ericsson opens regional service delivery centres in DRC and Nigeria {HumanIPO}
• Google Drive adds African languages {HumanIPO}