Over the past week, we’ve found dozens of reports of how the internet is changing lives in Africa. Key ICT business/policy developments round out the list. In total, there are 100 headlines from 29+ nations.

Algeria

• Attribution «provisoire» de licences 3G à Mobilis, Nejma et Djezzy {Ecofin}
• Bouteflika cartoons land blogger behind bars in Algeria {Middle-East-Online.com}
• Algeria’s telecoms law amendment bill withdrawn from parliament {TeleGeography}
• Mobilis reports record results for 3Q13 {TeleGeography}

Botswana

• Electricity scarcity hampers ICT roll-out in schools {BiztechAfrica}
• Innovation Africa Summit in Botswana this week {BiztechAfrica}

Cameroon

• Cameroon’s first online bus ticket platform goes live this month {HumanIPO}
• Q&A: Acha Nelson, CEO and co-founder of QuickTicket {HumanIPO}
• Cameroon’s tech potential held back by corruption, nepotism {HumanIPO}

Central Africa

• Le Tchad, la RD Congo et le Togo ont réalisé un audit des tarifs des télécommunications {Ecofin}

Cote D’Ivoire

• Twitter : #ci225, #kebetu, #Kony2012… ces hashtags africains qui font le buzz {Jeuneafrique.com}

East Africa

• Wi-Fi offloading alternative for mobile operators in East Africa {HumanIPO}

Egypt

• Egyptian startups unaffected by political turmoil – Cairo Angels {HumanIPO}
• Egyptian online bookstore focuses on Arabic titles {HumanIPO}
• Pioneers of Egypt Award, promoting social entrepreneurship, enters second round {Wamda}

Gabon

• Blaise Louembé annonce la 3G « évoluée » au Gabon avant fin 2013 {Ecofin}
• Les télécommunications au Gabon, un secteur dynamique {RFI}

Ghana

• Funds raised for Ghanaian ICT centre {HumanIPO}
• Google Ghana Holds A Session For Start-Ups {SpyGhana}

Guinea

• MTN Guinée modernise son réseau! {Guinéenews}
• Orange Guinea’s employees on strike {TeleGeography}

Kenya

• Demo Africa – Delivering Content in “Bandwidth Challenged” Environment {AllAfrica.com}
• Telcos Told They Are Not Above the Law {AllAfrica.com}
• Kenyan Universal Service Fund to be operational by year end {HumanIPO}
• Kenyan Mps in Rwanda to assess country’s laptop programme {HumanIPO}
• Uber exploring M-Pesa payment integration for Nairobi service {HumanIPO}
• Kenya Power to lay to fibre optic cables to boost revenue {nation.co.ke}
• Intel teams up with Akirachix to help women in Kenya {Telecompaper}

Liberia

• Agriculture Ministry Opens Up to Public Via Technology {AllAfrica.com}

Libya

• Bentley Walker activates 2,000th VSAT in Libya {TeleGeography}

Malawi

• E-Government to Develop 10 Websites for Govt Ministries, Departments {AllAfrica.com}
• Malawi leaps ahead with telecoms pilot {TechCentral}

Mali

• Mali complex emergency {ICT Emergency}

Morocco

• Morocco ‘kissing teen’ arrests enflame public {Magharebia}

Namibia

• Schools Receive Computers, Solar Panels {AllAfrica.com}
• Samsung Donates Equipment to Education {AllAfrica.com}

Nigeria

• Can Mobile Phones Really Improve Small Holder Farming in Nigeria? {AllAfrica.com}
• Johnson, Juwah Optimistic of Nigeria’s Broadband Initiative {AllAfrica.com}
• ‘Made in Nigeria Mobile Phones to Be Launched in November’ {AllAfrica.com}
• Edo State to Introduce ICT in Primary Schools {AllAfrica.com}
• Nigerian shoppers warm to online retailers {BBC News}
• ComTech Minister decries high cost of broadband {BiztechAfrica}
• Nigeria a telecoms country? {The Guardian Nigeria}
• Why Is Nigeria’s ICT Minister Going To Silicon Valley Next Week? {TechCabal}
• Favourable Investment Environment in Nigeria’s Telecoms Industry {ThisDay}
• What Nigeria Stands to Benefit from WAFCIT 2013 {ThisDay}

Reunion

• Zeop achieves 100Mbps in laboratory trial {TeleGeography}
• Apple to sell LTE-compatible iPhone 5s, 5c in French overseas territories {TeleGeography}

Rwanda

• Growth of Mobile Internet Spells Doom for Cyber Cafes {AllAfrica.com}
• Rwanda’s Liquid Telecom Will Build Fibre-to-Wherever and 1 Meg Minimum Access Speed By Next Year {AllAfrica.com}
• Embracing the Digital Age Is the Way to Go {AllAfrica.com}
• Kigali Airport welcomes Internet kiosks Kigali’s Internet revolution turns out to be real and … {eTurboNews}
• Fears arise over Internet safety as Rwanda scales ICT heights {The East African}

Senegal

• Une application Android vous apprend à compter en Woloff {AfriqueITNews.com}
• Wolof 2.0: Spoken Languages in a Digital Age {Think Africa Press}

Somalia

• Al Shabab arrests man who frequented internet cafe in Barawe for “spying” the U.S {RBC Radio}

South Africa

• South Africa’s broadband crossroads {MyBroadband.co.za}
• Telkom breaks speed barrier, to offer up to 200Mbps on LTE {PCTech}
• Parliament gets tech savvy with an app {eNCA}
• #ProudlyBroughtByANC trending on SA Twitter {HumanIPO}
• Telkom Mobile expanding advanced LTE for SA {HumanIPO}
• Western Cape on track to becoming an ICT innovation hub {HumanIPO}
• $10m needed to achieve SA connectivity goals – Infraco {HumanIPO}
• Mxit active user numbers growing {HumanIPO}
• SA ‘needs to close gender divide in technology’ {IT News Africa}
• Quality of service and VOIP in South Africa {ITWeb}
• Govt to launch online radio station {ITWeb}
• SA tech start-ups may be sabotaging themselves {News24}
• Small town, many startups: 6 ventures Stellenbosch should be very proud of {The Silicon Cape Initiative}
• Absa to build national Wi-Fi network {TechCentral}

Sudan

• Sudan internet shutdown September 2013 {Business-Humanrights.org}

Swaziland

• Swazi Internet To Schools Programme Launched {Swazi Times}

Tanzania

• Master Plan for ICT Park in Progress {AllAfrica.com}

Togo

• Togo: Les délégués de la Chambre Régionale de Métiers – Centrale formés en management et à internet {Ouest Afrika Blog}

Tunisia

• L’Agence Tunisienne d’Internet accuse un déficit de 12 millions de dinars {Ecofin}
• Freedom Online : The internet is freedom! {YouTube}

Uganda

• Barbara Birungi on Uganda’s Tech Development, Women and Youth {AFK Insider}
• Uganda wins Random Hacks of Kindness East Africa 2013 {Outbox Hub}
• Consolidation in Uganda’s overcrowded mobile sector, Internet growing at more than 200% per year {BuddeComm}
• Google Doodle celebrates Ugandan independence day {HumanIPO}

Zambia

• Zambia’s Ex-First Lady’s Facebook Page Faked for Alleged Scholarship Scam {Global Voices}
• iSchool, ZEduPad to deliver Zambian primary curriculum to schools {BiztechAfrica}
• Airtel Zambia records increase in Facebook users {Telecompaper}

Zimbabwe

• Silicon and pine {The Economist}
• Internet is ‘digital oxygen’ for Zimbabwe’s growth – government {HumanIPO}
• TelOne, ZPC to receive USD54 million for ‘infrastructure development’ {TeleGeography}
• Zimbabwe publishes subscriber registration law {TeleGeography}

General Africa

• Growth Opportunities in an African Context {Appfrica}
• Tech cities and mega dams: Africa’s giant infrastructure projects {CNN}
• Where to Find the Next Billion Smartphone Users? {Silicon Angle}
• Why the world’s technology giants are investing in Africa {BBC News}
• African startups head for finals of global app challenge {BiztechAfrica}
• Mobile money transforming Africa {Gadget}
• 6 Ways Mobile Techology Has Transformed the World’s Poor {Huff Post}
• The importance of mobile-first responsive web design in Africa {HumanIPO}
• Africans dominate ITU innovation competition {HumanIPO}
• ITU releases latest tech figures & global rankings {ITU}
• Microsoft forms 4Afrika Advisory Council {Microsoft}
• Microsoft Ventures supports entrepreneurship in Africa {Microsoft}
• Can internet giants bring down the cost of connectivity? {Wamda}