Cape Verde

• A recently leaked cable shows Cape Verde’s support for freedom of the Internet:
  Cape Verde: Internet Freedom Fully Respected {Cablegatesearch.net}

East Africa

• A 30-month project will examine the potential for broadband Internet and how it imrpoves the tea industry, ecotourism, and BPO:
  Project Kick-off: The Promises of Fibre-Optic Broadband in East Africa {Zero Geography}

Ethiopia

• Ethiopia’s web presence has grown since Internet was introduced in 1997. This article looks at how Ethiopian sites rank on Alexa, along with challenges and outlook:
  The Web is 20: Are Ethiopian media on board? {Addis Voice}

Ghana

• MTN Ghana’s I-Fest will inform the public of data services this month:
  MTN Ghana launches Internet Festival {Ghana Business News}

Lesotho

• Disadvantaged areas in the capital will see better ICT services such as libraries:
  UNESCO, ECONET Sign ICT Accord for Disadvantaged Groups {News from Africa}

Libya

• On the pro-Gaddafi online presence abroad:
  Cyberwar: Gaddafi’s online mercenary army {Libya TV}

Nigeria

• New devices will be released this month. The company touts its reasonable prices and aims to increase brand awareness in order to become one of the top three global handset vendors by 2015:
  Coming to Nigeria is our biggest move in W-Africa, says Huawei boss {Vanguard}

• CDMA and GSM will remain in Nigeria as LTE slowly rolls out:
  Nigerian companies say telecom tech to co-exist {Bikya Masr}

• In support of Glo:
  Eight years of Glo, eight giant strides for Nigeria {Vanguard}

Sierra Leone

• Women in Sierra Leone are becoming entrepreneurs, cyber cafe owners, and mobile phone users, but microfinance constraints pose challenges:
  Using technology to close the gender gap in Sierra Leone {Guardian}

South Africa

• Amazon is slowly moving into Cape Town. A new global customer service center recently opened:
  Amazon’s big move into Cape Town {Moneyweb}

• British Telecommunications aims new services at call center operators:
  BT Group opens Cape networking facility {SouthAfrica.info}

• Apple is beginning to focus more on emerging economies. South Africa is a promising market for Apple, but is the rest of Africa?
  Forget the rest of the world, Apple’s real future is in the BRICS {Memeburn}

• Another IXP for South Africa, and a non-profit at that:
  New Internet exchange for SA: Non-profit NeutrINX {MyBroadband}

Swaziland

• Swaziland looks forward to the day where e-commerce is viable. Limiting factors are lack of online culture, lack of trust, lack of infrastructure, and lack of e-payment systems:
  SD can become an e-commerce niche {Swazi Observer}

Uganda

• Uganda looks forward to a national backbone so that universities can be directly connected to one another:
  Tap benefits of e-learning, varsities told {The Citizen}

West Africa

• Training sessions and an online portal for Senegal and Mali will promote sustainable agriculture:
  Use of technology by farmers in West Africa: E-TIC.net a case study {e-Agriculture}

Zambia

• The Zambian government is supporting rural ICT projects. Internet penetration stands at roughly 7.5%:
  Govt, service providers tackle internet connectivity hurdles {Times of Zambia}

Africa

• Rural electrification projects allow governments to bring mobile phones and Internet to rural areas:
  African nations make push for rural connectivity {Computerworld}

• A snapshot of Internet options, rates, speeds, and future in Sierra Leone:
  www.africa.slow {The Economist}

• SA’s largest online retailer, a competitor, two Nigerian malls, and a Kenyan classifieds site:
  5 Cool African eCommerce Websites {Afrinnovator}

• Businesses across Africa are turning to the cloud as broadband and ADSL spread. Additionally, since Africa will be more of an online consumer than a producer for years to come, the cloud model makes sense from a logistical perspective:
  Q&A: Can cloud computing benefit Africa’s economy? {IT News Africa}