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 93 headlines from 23+ nations.

Algeria

• Is Algeria ready for an online supermarket? {Wamda.com}
• 3G+ et fibre optique : l’Internet à Haut Débit en Algérie n’avance pas sans difficultés {ZDNet.fr}

Angola

• Internet Browsers Defend Absolute Priority to Children {AllAfrica.com}

Botswana

• The cellular network company #Orange Botswana says… {Facebook/Gabzfm News}

Cameroon

• MTN Foundation Cameroon supports health campaigns {BiztechAfrica}

Central Africa

• Some fibre network breakthroughs in the continent’s slow lane for development {balancingact-africa.com}

Chad

• Les tchadiens peuvent désormais trouver un emploi grâce à l’internet {Taully.com}

Congo

• La 3G+ de MTN Congo au cœur du Tournoi « Y’ello Golf 2013 » à Brazzaville {Ecofin}

Cote D’Ivoire

• MTN commissions eCentre in Ivory Coast {HumanIPO}

DR Congo

• L’es consultations pour l’octroi des licences 4G annoncées d’ici fin 2013 {Ecofin}
• PCCW Global provides first direct submarine cable access to the DRC via WACS {TeleGeography}

Egypt

• Online mapping aims to stop harassment of women in Egypt {CSMonitor.com}
• How entrepreneurial journalism is building a local voice in Egypt {Journalism.co.uk}
• Yahoo! To Leave Egypt {Ventures Africa}
• Easy Taxi The World’s Largest Taxi App Arrives to Egypt with an Initial Investment of 200 Million EGP in Funding {Zawya}

Ethiopia

• Schoolnet Programme to Connect All Secondary Schools in Addis Abeba {AllAfrica.com}
• Telecoms slow down development of Ethiopian tech scene – iceaddis {HumanIPO}

Kenya

• Most Schools Lack Power for Laptop Project {AllAfrica.com}
• State to Initiate Fresh Laptop Tender, Says Kaimenyi {AllAfrica.com}
• New Kenyan site to fight corruption {BiztechAfrica}
• Intel Corporation hosts first e-sport competition in Kenya {HumanIPO}
• Kenyan bloggers told to take a journalism class {HumanIPO}
• Safaricom in $293m investment to have “best network in Kenya” {HumanIPO}
• Kenya turns to solar power to expand computer deployment in schools {PC Advisor}

Malawi

• Under water fibre optic cables to boost internet access in Malawi {amalawi}

Mozambique

• ICT promises to enhance distance learning in Mozambique {BiztechAfrica}

Namibia

• Geingob says Govt is working on internet laws {The Namibian}

Nigeria

• Nigeria Becomes First African Country to Join A4AI {Alliance for Affordable Internet}
• Boosting Internet Penetration Through Fixed Broadband Access {AllAfrica.com}
• Telecommunication As Agent of Growth in Africa {AllAfrica.com}
• Social Media – Distributors, Vendors Fear for Their Jobs {AllAfrica.com}
• Nigeria to Reverse 90 Percent Failure Rate of Local Software {AllAfrica.com}
• Nigeria expected to gain 45m mobile subscribers in five years {BiztechAfrica}
• Nigerian cyber cafes tasked with registering users {BiztechAfrica}
• The Future of Tech in Nigeria {Bloomberg}
• Nigerians blast government for failing to update national web portal {HumanIPO}
• APCON to partner with Google on online ad regulation {HumanIPO}
• Why Govts Must Invest In Affordable Broadband, By Cisco Boss {Nigerian Guardian}
• Nigeria’s long route to broadband connectivity {Nigerian Guardian}
• Telecoms operators claim 64 % mobile coverage of Nigeria {Nigerian Guardian}
• Ajayi: Nigeria Needs Broadband Connectivity, Not Capacity, Articles {ThisDay Live}

North Africa

• The Middle East’s Silicon Valley moment {CSMonitor.com}

Rwanda

• Developing ICT Capacity Essential to Achieving Vision 2020 Goals {AllAfrica.com}
• Rwanda’s IT revolution targets knowledge economy {BBC News}
• Rwanda rolls out free wireless in bid for business boom {nation.co.ke}
• Local govt leaders upbeat after inaugural video conference {The New Times}

Senegal

• Les 3 opérateurs testeront la 4G {AfriqueITNews.com}

South Africa

• Telcos review data strategy as pressure on voice revenue mounts {BusinessDay}
• Uber taxi service expands in SA {BusinessTech}
• Who is SA’s mobile ARPU king? {BusinessTech}
• Cheapest entry-level broadband products in SA: report {MyBroadband}
• SA schools trust tablets will aid pass rate {HumanIPO}
• SA government considers its tech position {IT News Africa}
• SA has lost its way in IT – Manuel {TechCentral}
• Nokia launches mobile mathematics in South Africa {Telecompaper}
• South Africa launches cybersecurity council {Telecompaper}
• Cell C points to strong uptake in Sep-13; reports 1m gross subscriber adds {TeleGeography}

South Sudan

• #SouthSudan’s 1st terrestrial Internet link up at 13:05UTC 12-Oct via #Kenya #Uganda 31ms from #Nairobi {Twitter/renesys}

Tanzania

• eHealth Strategy for Quality Healthcare Delivery Service {AllAfrica.com}
• Official Decries Pupils Misuse of Digital Technology {AllAfrica.com}
• Mobile Money Takes Firm Grip On Tanzanians {AllAfrica.com}
• TTCL Vows to Fight Cyber Crimes {AllAfrica.com}
• E-Learning Centre to Benefit Kambangwa Students {AllAfrica.com}
• Vodacom Tanzania upgrades 3G GSM networks {HumanIPO}
• Newly built houses to be linked to internet services {IPPMedia}

Uganda

• Telecom Firms to Share Infrastructure {AllAfrica.com}
• Telecom firms to share infrastructure {New Vision}

Zambia

• ICT Conduct to Be Regulated {AllAfrica.com}

Zimbabwe

• Techies ride Zim’s internet wave {Mail & Guardian}
• Zimbabwe’s tech startups revving to go {IT News Africa}
• Newspaper readership in Zimbabwe continues to decline – ZAMPS 2013 {Techzim}
• Community library brings internet to remote village {The Zimbabwean}

General Africa

• Radio Remains Top Choice for News Even As Traditional Media Loses Ground {AllAfrica.com}
• Empowering the Disabled Through Elearning {AllAfrica.com}
• Filling the White Spaces – Broadcast Broadband in Africa {AllAfrica.com}
• The next generation demands sustainable, innovative business {The Great Debate}
• Microsoft Ventures providing support for African entrepreneurs {BusinessDay}
• How ICT will improve Higher Education in Africa {Telecentre.org Online Community}
• Innovate Africa 2013: Huawei’s Insights on National Broadband, Datacenters and E-learning {PC Tech Magazine}
• 10 tech startups from across Africa you need to know {VC4Africa}
• Security startups and Africa’s mobile boom: big problems, huge opportunities {ventureburn}
• African dignitaries view first Samsung Digital Village {BiztechAfrica}
• African Forum on ICT Best Practices voices support for dotAfrica {BiztechAfrica}
• African Countries propose stringent rules governing ecommerce and data {CIO East Africa}
• Smart cabs and social games: Africa’s mobile tech startups {CNN.com}
• Africa’s future is clear: Youth, Technology & Broadband {Daily Maverick}
• Africa’s backbone – how mobile is driving a revolution {Developing Telecoms}
• Intel- Pressing ahead with major investment in Africa {IT News Africa}
• Removing monopoly-type mobile landscapes {IT News Africa}
• How teachers in Africa are failed by mobile learning {SciDev.Net}
• Cyber Fandom Boom: A boon for African teams {Southern Times}
• The changing shape of African telecoms {TechCentral}
• Internet only beginning its revolution in Africa – McKinsey {Telecompaper}
• Millicom maintains FY outlook, Q3 sales up 7.6% {Telecompaper}
• Orange Group reports 4.0% drop in revenues to EUR10.2bn {TeleGeography}
• Technology could empower Africans to hold their governments to account {Guardian Sustainable Business}