A curated weekly selection of 61 headlines highlighting the spirit of African technology. 21+ nations are represented this week.

Cameroon

• Camtel shines the light on ICT development {China Daily}

Cote D’Ivoire

• Cote d Ivoire (Ivory Coast) – Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and … {BuddeComm}
• Mozilla a une communauté en Côte d’Ivoire! {Bonjour Mozilla}

DRC

• NBC réclame l’exclusivité de la licence 3G {Ecofin}

Egypt

• eMarketing Egypt releases its third annual report about Facebook in Egypt {Al-Bawaba}
• Egyptian Accelerator Flat6Labs Hits Its Stride in Cycle 2 Demo Day {Wamda}

Ghana

• Ghana readies to build new fibre-optic project {ITWeb Africa}
• Ubiquitous access to internet is non-negotiable – Minister {Ghana News Agency}

Guinea

• Guinea gets Orange Money {Biztech Africa}

Kenya

• Fake Phones to Be Switched Off Sunday {AllAfrica.com}
• Safaricom still keen on own 4G-LTE despite … {CIO East Africa}
• Inside Kenya’s New ‘Digital Villages’ (Photos) {The Huffington Post News Editors}
• Facebook Impersonation Lands Man in Jail {AllAfrica.com}

Madagascar

• Telma lance l’ADSL Pro, l’Internet très haut débit {Ecofin}

Mauritius

• 4G in Mauritius the Long Term Evolution? {Mike Sinnott’s World}

Mozambique

• MozMed, the virtual platform of health in Mozambique {Club of Mozambique}

Namibia

• Microsoft holds ICT Day for girls {New Era}
• How ICTs can improve e-parliament in Namibia {New Era}
• National ICT Park Solution For Namibia {Namibian}

Nigeria

• Etisalat rolls out 3.75G to Akure {IT News Africa}
• MainOne Connects London Internet Exchange Point {ThisDay}
• Expert Challenges Country On Fibre Cable Deployment {AllAfrica.com}

North Africa

• Arab Media: Freedom Online: censorship vs freedom of expression {Courtney C. Radsch}

Rwanda

• Broadband Accessibility in Rural Areas {AllAfrica.com}
• ‘Broadband Is a Transformative Technology’ – Kagame {AllAfrica.com}
• Broadband Penetration On the Rise {AllAfrica.com}

Senegal

• Democratising high speed Internet access in Senegal {Google Africa}

South Africa

• Vodacom, MTN in race to 4G {TechCentral}
• Smartphones drive explosion in data demand {The Media Online}
• MTN announces commercial LTE plans {IT News Africa}
• MXit acquires mobile specialists Motribe {IT News Africa}
• Computer skills in short supply {The New Age}

Sudan

• Cooperative-Run Power Empowers Town {AllAfrica.com}

Swaziland

• 40 schools benefit from Swazi MTN, Real Image {Times of Swaziland}

Tanzania

• Safari Yetu wins Startup World: Tanzania {The Next Web}
• Tanzanians lag behind in Internet use – Kombani {Daily News}
• Seacom supplies internet to Tanzanian ICT hub KINU {Telecompaper}

Uganda

• The workplaces building Africa’s business future {BBC News}
• Mobile application for cheap gas in Uganda {Deutsche Welle}
• Huawei, Makerere promote schools ICT innovation {Biztech Africa}

West Africa

• West Africa’s technological revolution driven by mobile phones {The Guardian}

Zambia

• Zambian President honoured for internet strides {Biztech Africa}

Zimbabwe

• ICT Expo Attracts 87 Exhibitors {AllAfrica.com}
• Tele-Density Shoots to 90 Percent {AllAfrica.com}

General Africa

• Early stage investment growing in Africa tech {PC Advisor}
• Top 40 startups selected for DEMO Africa 2012 VC4Africa {VC4Africa}
• Proposals could drag Internet backwards {ITWeb}
• Silicon Savannah: The New Frontier For Mobile Apps Is In Africa {International Business Times}
• Etisalat looks for growth and new markets, says group CEO {Global Telecoms Business}
• Not every African app is a company, experts {HumanIPO}
• 40% of Sub-Saharan Africa face digital divide over broadband access {IT News Africa}
• What trends will take African tech to the next level? {Memeburn}
• Web wired world: a guide to the two-speed online planet {The Independent}
• Only technology holds the key to music distribution in Africa {HumanIPO}
• RIM: taking Africa seriously {Financial Times (blog)}
• The Emerging Phenomenon of Community Knowledge Centers in Africa (Video) {Huffington Post}
• Africa: Power to the Tweeple! {AllAfrica.com}
• Government efforts, Spillover effect and the Kenya Tech Ecosystem {Afrinnovator}
• Freedom on the Net 2012 {Freedom House}
• Google for Entrepreneurs {Google}
• State of Broadband 2012 {Broadband Commission}