A curated weekly selection of fifty-nine headlines highlighting the spirit of African technology. 25+ nations are represented this week.

Algeria

• Internet Monopoly by Algerie Telecom behind Algeria’s… {Echorouk Online}

Benin

• Do we really understand what the Internet is in Benin? {linuxbenin}

Botswana

• BTC cuts internet prices by half {Mmegi Online}

Cameroon

• Cameroun : Maroc Télécom bien positionné dans la course à la troisième licence {Ecofin}

Cape Verde

• How Online Information is Changing Cape Verde {Global Integrity}

Djibouti

• Djibouti: Police Arrest News Website Reporter, Looking for Colleague {AllAfrica.com}
• News website correspondent still incommunicado 48 hours after arrest {RSF}

Egypt

• Egypt 2.0: The Revolution Continues {AllThingsD}

Ghana

• Glo clocks 100 days in Ghana and promises more excitement {Joy Online}

Kenya

• Kenya’s Konza tech city marred by procurement scandal {ITWeb}
• New IBM Research Lab to Open In Kenya {IT News Online}
• Alcatel, Nokia Siemens to invest in Kenya LTE network {PC Advisor}
• Kenyan presidential candidate uses Twitter to raise funds {ITWeb}
• 88mph partners with Google to boost African tech ecosystem {Human IPO}

Liberia

• iLab helps bridge the divide between Liberian women in ICT {iLab Liberia}
• Liberia’s iLab lights up {ITWeb}

Libya

• Libya tries to recover stakes in sub-Saharan operators {Telecompaper}

Malawi

• Malawi telecom operators form association {Telecompaper}

Mali

• Mali : des militaires chinois décorés pour avoir réalisé un réseau télécom militaire {Ecofin}

Mauritius

• Mauritius to put a stop to abusive use of Internet – Minister {Panapress}

Morocco

• Morocco: Students Demand Education Reform {Global Voices}

Namibia

• MTC satisfied with 4G {New Era}

Nigeria

• Airtel Assures Deltans of Robust Network, Widest 3.75G Coverage {Times of Nigeria}
• Can technology help solve unemployment? An Interview with … {CP-Africa.com}
• eHealth – INTEL to Bail Out Nigeria’s Health Services With Digital Training {AllAfrica.com}
• MTN Nigeria expands Wimax service {Telecompaper}
• A modern, wired university grows in Nigeria {Christian Science Monitor}

Senegal

• Senegal: invasion of the foreign sex sites {Radio Netherlands}

South Africa

• German Spotify clone Simfy to expand into South Africa {memeburn}
• E-learning test for SA students {Gadget}
• USTDA Supports Internet Connectivity Expansion in Khayelitsha and… {USTDA}

South Sudan

• South Sudan: The #OSJUBA event stresses early moves by net … {APC}

Tanzania

• Tigo Tanzania to upgrade network {Telecompaper}
• Cheap Internet sparks Tanzania access revolution {Gadget}
• Youthful customers key to growth of mobile Internet {The Citizen Daily}
• IT Backbone Drives Down Internet Costs {AllAfrica.com}
• Tele revolution positions Tanzania as regional powerhouse {IPPmedia}

Tunisia

• Participation key to Internet power {ITWeb}

Uganda

• Anonymous Hackers Hit Ugandan Government {eSecurity Planet}
• Uganda’s tech industry needs less of the same, says expert {How we made it in Africa}
• Uganda looking to re-route undersea cable {IT News Africa}
• Government sets up cyber crime unit {New Vision}

Zambia

• Connectivity Challenges {Connect Africa}

Zimbabwe

• The despairing state of ecommerce in Zimbabwe {Technology Zimbabwe}

General Africa

• Bizarre twist in .africa tale {TechCentral}
• High-speed internet links southern African universities {SciDev.Net}
• Egypt’s Orascom Telecom Swings to 2nd-Quarter Profit on Subscriber Growth {Zawya}
• Internet Society to organize African Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF-3) {telecomlead.com}
• Tech’s big beasts hit trail to Silicon Savanna {The Australian}
• How Well Protected Are Fiber-Optic Cables {AllAfrica.com}
• ICT Connect Africa {ConnectAfrica}
• Do Africa’s technology entrepreneurs need charity? {BBC News}
• Akamai: Global Average Broadband Speeds Up By 25%, U.S. Up 29 … {TechCrunch}
• 300 Children, Youths for ICT Training {AllAfrica.com}
• Imminent .africa domains to open the door to Africa’s online expansion {dotAfrica}
• Africa’s insatiable thirst for social networking spurs the growth of local mobile brands in key markets {Balancing Act}
• Afrique de l’Ouest : Internet et mobile font rêver {Ouestaf}
• biNu Raises $2M, Gives 3G Speeds to 2G Feature Phones {PandoDaily}
• Mxit’s Alan Knott-Craig on innovation and targeting African needs {Com World}