News recap of events in the African ICT space during the second and third weeks of July, 2012. We count a total of 126 stories representing 33 nations.

Angola

• Angola: visite du ministre iranien des Télécommunications {Ecofin}

Benin

• Bénin : 35 millions $ de la Banque mondiale pour les infrastructures de communication {Ecofin}

Burundi

• Téléphonie mobile : probable hausse des coûts d’appel {Iwacu-Burundi}

Cameroon

• Cameroon to fight power cuts with cell phones, Internet {The Borneo Post}
• MIGA issues $6.5m guarantee for internet project in Cameroon {Ghana Business News}

Cote D’Ivoire

• Phases of Cote d’Ivoire backbone ready next year … {BiztechAfrica}
• Entrepreneurs from Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana & Senegal … {CRDF Global}
• Phases of Cote d’Ivoire backbone ready next year {Biztech Africa}
• Côte d’Ivoire: lancement d’une campagne de mesure de la qualité des services {Ecofin}

DRC

• RD Congo: les problèmes des télécommunications passés en revue {Ecofin}

Egypt

• YouTube Audience Measurement Egypt {Think with Google}
• Who did the Egyptian internet vote for? {The Guardian (blog)}

Ethiopia

• Researching African Laws Online: Ethiopia {Library of Congress}
• Ethiopia Building $45 Million Technology Park With China’s Help {Bloomberg}
• Ethiopia: Online Reactions to Prison Sentence for Dissident Blogger … {GlobalVoices}

Gambia

• The Gambian man who made millions without a business plan {BBC}

Ghana

• Girls in ICT programme launched in Accra {Ghana News Agency}
• If Startups Can Be Built In Ghana, Africa, They Can Be Built In Cleveland, Ohio {TechCrunch}
• African Incubator MEST Is Hoping To Ignite The Continent’s Tech Scene {Business Insider}
• Ghana targets 11m broadband connections {ITWeb}
• Huawei brings telepresence technology to Ghana {Myjoyonline.com}
• MTN Builds ICT Centre At Techimantia {Daily Guide}

Kenya

• Google+ and YouTube to livestream Olympics in Kenya {IT News Africa}
• AccessKenya has Connected 400 Buildings on Fibre Network in … {Kachwanya}
• Intel Corp makes Kenya its regional EA hub {Capital FM Kenya}
• East Africa Seeks Joint Approach to Combat Cyber Crimes {AllAfrica.com}
• Treasury okays 4G roll out deal {The Star}
• East African countries put IT spending on back burner {PC Advisor}
• Government moves to boost ICT update in rural areas {Coastweek}
• New ICT hub to push local content {ntvkenya}
• 4G Upgrade Path Drives Backhaul Migration in Kenya {Aviat Networks}
• Kenyan govt invests in ICT {ITWeb}
• Are competitions bad for Kenya’s tech scene? {How we made it in Africa}
• Using the internet to escape from social stigma: The … {moseswasamu}
• Kenya: Internet use affects Posta Kenya {PC Tech}
• China loans Kenya $71mn for e-service expansion  {ITWeb}
• Almost There | An Insight Into Kenyan Open Data Apps {*iHub_}

Lesotho

• International bandwidth prices in Lesotho cut by 67% {IT News Africa}

Liberia

• Cellcom 4G Technology Enhances Regional Summit {AllAfrica.com}

Libya

• Libya has the world’s slowest internet {Libya Herald}

Madagascar

• Airtel launches 3.75G services in Madagascar {IT News Africa}

Malawi

• Airtel launches 3.75G platform in Malawi {Nyasa Times}

Mali

• Northern Mali: Resistance in the Streets and Online {Global Voices Online}

Mauritius

• Mauritius decries shortage of ICT specialists {Africa Review}
• Web 2.0 Learning Opportunity in Mauritius – Day 3, 11th July 2012 {nawsheenh.blogspot.com}

Morocco

• Moroccan Entrepreneurs Bring Social Media Day to MENA {Wamda}
• Morocco begins 4G licence process {Reuters}

Mozambique

• Electronic newspapers thrive in Mozambique  {Infosaid.org}

Namibia

• Research and Markets: Namibia – Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband – 2012 {SYS-CON Media (press release)}
• Namibia: Wifi Hotspots Bring Convenience to City’s Mobile Web Users {Balancing Act}

Nigeria

• Major submarine cable outage hit business hard {BusinessDay}
• Nigeria needs mass broadband awareness, says Ekuwem {The Guardian Nigeria}
• Nigerian Internet Millionaire Raises $2 Million More For ‘Netflix Of Africa’ {Forbes}
• Glo-1 Cable Cut Disrupts Internet Access In Nigeria … {Nairaland}
• Investment in underwater cables hit N365bn amid poor internet service {BusinessDay}
• Technology: Social media and individual responsibilities {The Guardian Nigeria}
• Service Quality, Broadband Penetration Leave Much to be Desired {THISDAY Live}
• Nigeria, iDirect enter satellite broadband partnership  {ITWeb}
• Nigeria: Main One et Tata Communications ensemble pour améliorer la diffusion vidéo {Ecofin}

Rwanda

• President Kagame uses internet media to … {The Africa Global Village}
• Government Intervention Spurs Rwandan Tech …  {Ventures Africa}
• Rwanda : Rwanda Internet Governance Forum 2012 to tackle … {Tech Rwanda}
• Rwanda: East African ICT Hub? {African Dictator}
• Rwanda : la dynamique numérique en applications {Jeune Afrique}

Senegal

• YouTube launches local portal in Senegal {Telecompaper}

South Africa

• Fraud and broadband holding back e-commerce in SA {BusinessTech}
• SA crowdfunding start-up unveiled {BusinessTech}
• ISPA seas membership increase {Gadget}
• SEACOM grows South African network {MyBroadband}
• South Africa’s take on Instagram reaches 1M users after launch {VentureBeat}
• BlackBerry going from strength to strength in SA: RIM {BusinessTech}
• Broadband in Southern Africa worth $19.08bn by 2017 {BusinessTech}
• Online shop prices must be accurate: ASA {MyBroadband}

Sudan

• Sudan continues crackdown of online news during protests … {ONI}
• Sudan cracks down on hackers {Biztech Africa}

Swaziland

• MTN Swaziland expands its mobile money {Biztech Africa}

Tanzania

• Tanzania: Law on Cyber Crime in Offing {AllAfrica.com}
• IPv6 and the Tanzania Internet Exchange Point {IPv6.or.tz}
• Students in Bukoba take on ICT – In2EastAfrica – East African news … {In2EastAfrica}
• SEACOM helps to fund app for Tanzanian farmers {Bizcommunity.com}
• Tanzania extends fibre backbone to borders {Telecompaper}
• Portal adds value to education drive in Tanzania {IT News Africa}
• Tanzanian school-finder website launched  {ITWeb}

Togo

• Vodafone Inaugurates Internet Connectivity Project {Daily Guide}

Tunisia

• Tunisia: Online Platform to Monitor Police Abuse {GlobalVoices}
• Tunisie: vers la mise en place d’un technopôle virtuel qui pourrait générer 50’000 emplois {Ecofin}

Uganda

• Internet helping spread the gospel {The Observer (blog)}
• Kenyan and Ugandan start-ups make location pay its way {BBC News}
• URA Online Vehicle Registration Launched Officially {Uganda Online}
• UIXP Completes a Major Upgrade {Uganda Internet Exchange Point}
• Africa: Social Media Skills for African Youth With Disabilities {Global Voices Online}
• Android developers prepare for battle in Uganda {ITWeb Africa}

Zambia

• 6th African ccTLD Policy Meeting and AGM Lusaka Zambia {KICTA}
• AfTLD 6th African ccTLD Event, 2012 Zambia {AfTLD}
• Twitter storm over Zambian president’s George Bush comments  {ITWeb}
• Zamtel: 600MBps and more to come {Biztech Africa}

Zimbabwe

• Zimbabwe: 1000 schools will have e-learning courses by 2013 {Digital Opportunity Channel}
• Econet owed $85m by NetOne & TelOne. About sharing infrastructure, USF {Technology Zimbabwe}
• Pornography invades Zimbabwe {Sunday Mail}
• Powertel launches ICT products in Rusape, Mutare {Manica Post}
• Zim ‘entering ICT revolution’ {Biztech Africa}

General Africa

• African startups get cozy with VCs to help drive tech space {IT News Africa}
• YouTube to launch online Ramadan TV {The National}
• International bandwidth demand grows 45% {TeleGeography}
• Google launches internet-free “Gmail SMS” mobile service for … {GBN}
• 5 Most Innovative East African Tech Developments {Ventures Africa}
• Four ways social media could transform conflict in Africa {CNN (blog)}
• “Crowdfunding The Future For African Technology” {Ventures Africa}
• Video streaming coming to Africa {Bizcommunity.com}
• Africa-wide Foundation Day celebration for SEACOM {ITNewsAfrica}
• Key statistical highlights: ITU data release June 2012 {ITU}
• New virtualisation technology recommended to African mines {Creamer Media’s Mining Weekly}
• The mobile technologies making Africa cheaper and safer {BBC News}
• What impact do ICT Hubs have on Entrepreneurs in Africa? {*iHub_}
• Africa’s infrastructure needs enormous {Business Day}
• How tech could help Africa develop a knowledge-based economy {Memeburn}
• Google Maps for Africa now features walking directions {Ubergizmo}
• Despite Grim Headlines, Africa Is Booming {NPR}
• Prominent African Social Network Signs Deal With Blackberry Nigeria {Virtual-Strategy Magazine}
• Capturing the ICT Dividend – AfDB Supports the Rise of E-Health in Africa {AllAfrica.com}
• Intel Capital eyes West Africa tech potential {BusinessTech}
• Mobile money in emerging markets: is the operator-led model broken? {Memeburn}
• Creative Commons’ First Ever Africa Convening {Creative Commons}
• Afripedia, un projet pour développer Wikipédia en Afrique {ZDNet.fr}
• Le lancement du premier satellite bande Ka sud-africain inaugure une nouvelle ère de connectivité {Ecofin}
• From Kenya to Madagascar: The African tech-hub boom {BBC}