Over the past week, we’ve found 84 stories of how ICT is changing 29+ African nations. A higher than usual number are about ICT activities in Ivory Coast. And, as usual, a large share are out of Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa.

Most are positive; the only negative stories are about VoIP banned in Comoros, fibre management issues in DR Congo, and the arrest of a Mauritanian blogger. Cautionary posts speak to online defamation in Malawi, the dilemma of social media over traditional relationships, and the danger of focusing solely on life’s necessities instead of tech and dire needs like healthcare.

Algeria

• Le retrait des cahiers de charge pour la 3G reporté au 15 août {Ecofin}

Angola

• Internet Service Reaches 12 Percent of SADC Population {AllAfrica.com}
• Yahsat Expands Presence of its Satellite Broadband Internet Service “Yahclick” in Angola {APO-Source}

Botswana

• Botswana’s internet subscriptions growth tops 132.2% {ITWeb Africa}

Burkina Faso

• Près de 600 000 utilisateurs de l’Internet recensés {Fasozine}

Cameroon

• NW Gets Five Proximity Telecentre {AllAfrica.com}

Comoros

• Skype and Other Voice Over IP Banned in Comoros {Global Voices}

Cote D’Ivoire

• Educators welcome govt decision to introduce ICT in schools {BiztechAfrica}
• Children exposed to online porn {BiztechAfrica}
• SkyVision launches across Ivory Coast {HumanIPO}
• MTN Côte d’Ivoire lance “Applications Days” pour les developpeurs {l’actu web d’Edith}

DR Congo

• La polémique continue à propos de la gestion de la fibre optique {Ecofin}

Egypt

• Egypt Accessing Powerful New Online Education Platform {Open Equal Free}

Ghana

• Journalists urged to use Ipad apps {VibeGhana.com}

Kenya

• Kenya’s Telecom Infrastructure Sharing Is On Policy {AllAfrica.com}
• Asus targets Kenyan market with new devices {HumanIPO}
• Kenya’s top search results for July revealed {HumanIPO}
• Government considers fines for construction companies over cable cuts {HumanIPO}
• We are legion: Why Kenya’s next war will be on Twitter {nation.co.ke}
• Kenya plans fibre access requirement for new properties {Telecompaper}
• Kenya Begins Mobile Business Registration Process {Ventures Africa}
• A Young Entrepreneur Puts Kenya On The Map – In More Ways Than On {Worldcrunch}

Libya

• LTT Libya: Increasing coverage and improving internet services in Libya {Marcopolis}

Malawi

• iTeachers and Apps in Malawi: Downloading or Downgrading Education? {Think Africa Press}
• Malawi gov’t cautions online, social media over defamation {Malawi Nyasa Times}

Mauritania

• Mauritanian Blogger Babbah Weld Abidine Arrested {Global Voices}

Morocco

• Polisario Political Organization Secretariat Launches 20 May Website {AllAfrica.com}

Mozambique

• Vodacom to roll out 325 new masts in Mozambique {BiztechAfrica}

Namibia

• Ship in your dream machine {Informante}

Nigeria

• ATCON Seeks Infrastructure for Increased Broadband Penetration {AllAfrica.com}
• Jonathan Gets Support On Child Online Protection {AllAfrica.com}
• Phase3 Telecoms to Collaborate With Main One On Fibre Optic Expansion {AllAfrica.com}
• 4afrika Scholarship – Microsoft Targets 1,000 Student {AllAfrica.com}
• MTN Foundation Spends N7 Billion On Projects in 36 States, FCT {AllAfrica.com}
• Microsoft set to launch youth portal in Nigeria {BiztechAfrica}
• Nigerian websites catching South Africa for traffic {HumanIPO}
• Interview with Afrinolly CEO Chike Maduegbuna {ITWeb Africa}
• Computer Village, Ikeja: Underrated hub of West Africa’s ICT market {The Guardian Nigeria}
• A Year After WACS: Is Faster, More Affordable Mobile Broadband Becoming a Reality? {THISDAY LIVE}
• NCC Partners Google to Fight Internet Piracy, Articles {THISDAY LIVE}

Rwanda

• Social Media – Is It Killing Real Life Human Ties and Interactions? {AllAfrica.com}
• New high-speed Internet plan draws mixed reactions in Rwanda {The East African}

Senegal

• Jokkolabs, l’incubateur d’entreprises made in Sénégal {RFI}

Sierra Leone

• Ericsson partners with Airtel on Building Networked Society in Sierra Leone {Awoko}

South Africa

• Online taxi service Uber comes to SA {BusinessTech}
• Telkom to give 60 minutes free Wi-Fi a day to South Africans {memeburn}
• ISPA Internet Exchanges: 8Gbps and counting {MyBroadband.co.za}
• Fibre prices: South Africa versus Africa {MyBroadband.co.za}
• Editorial: Picking up speed but still too slow {Bdlive}
• Economic impact of apps and space tech incalculable – SA Parliament {HumanIPO}
• Cyber bullying on the increase in South Africa {HumanIPO}
• Telkom to provide 5% increase in broadband capacity {HumanIPO}
• Gaming and Mobile Drive Internet Usage in South Africa {IDG Connect}
• Confronting choices about free expression {Index on Censorship}
• Free WiFi for Newcastle? {looklocal Newcastle}
• LTE shoot-out: MTN tops again {TechCentral}
• Fledgling Website Brings Fact Checking to South Africa {VOA News}

South Sudan

• Yahsat Partners with Scoop Connect to Increase Availability of Yahclick Broadband in South Sudan {APO-Source}

Southern Africa

• SADC Promises to Engage a Number of ICT Agencies {AllAfrica.com}
• Africa aware of information technologies use {Angola Press}

Swaziland

• MTN using illegal network for 3G – SPTC {Times of Swaziland}

Tanzania

• Tanzanians Set to Benefit As TTCL Slashes Communication Tariffs {AllAfrica.com}

Togo

• Togo Telecom réduit de moitié ses tarifs à l’international pour lutter contre la VoIP {Ecofin}

Uganda

• Uganda third in ICT usage {The New Vision}

Zambia

• MTN Zambia introduces COW {HumanIPO}

Zimbabwe

• Social Media’s Rise Before and After the Zimbabwe Elections {AllAfrica.com}
• Zim ICT Ministry to host the second edition of e-TECH AFRICA {Techzim}

General Africa

• Expert on Africa’s Internet revolution {CNN.com}
• Building a Mobile-based Public Opinion Survey in Africa {The African File}
• The Dangers of Telling a Single Story: Computers for Kids and Bill Gates {WhiteAfrican}
• Les pays d’Afrique se coordonnent pour lancer des fréquences sur le réseau 4G {Ecofin}
• Africa’s Youth Boom in Internet Access is driving You Tube use across the continent {balancingact-africa.com}
• Mobile incumbents start to make early moves towards an all-data future by targeting online transactions and services {balancingact-africa.com}
• We are watching you! Tech helps Africans hold governments to account {CNN.com}
• Last mile connectivity vital for investors to recoup in Africa {HumanIPO}
• 300 startups apply for DEMO Africa {HumanIPO}
• The Sneakernet Reality of Big Data in Africa {ICT Works}
• Beware The Sweet Seduction of 3G Mobile Broadband Data Hype {ICT Works}
• Spectrum, broadband crucial for economic growth {ITWeb}
• ‘90% of mobile money services worldwide are unprofitable’ {ITWeb Africa}
• Into or out of Africa? {Money Observer}
• Magpi: providing low-cost access to real-time health data {The Guardian}
• Africa will not be Europe’s digital dumping ground, say leaders {The Guardian}
• MTN reports 22% rise in first-half profit, beats market estimates {TeleGeography}