A curated weekly selection of 69 headlines highlighting the spirit of African technology. 20 nations are represented this week.

Cameroon

• How Mobile technology has been used to create an impact in Cameroon {*iHub}

DR Congo

• Kongo Connect, l’alter ego de Facebook “made in Goma” {Jeune Afrique}

East Africa

• East Africa’s Small Business Reap From Kenya’s ICT Innovations {AllAfrica.com}

Egypt

• Going online comes naturally to youth in Egypt and Saudi Arabia … {saejeddah.com}
• Family Internet Day Egypt {Google+}
• Egypt’s broadband plan delayed {The National}
• Military Spokesman Creates Facebook Page {AllAfrica.com}
• 3,600 Egyptian state employees get ICT training {BizTechAfrica}

Ethiopia

• Ethiopia to Introduce Mobile Banking {Voice of America}

Ghana

• Ghana: Six-way telecoms fight {Oxford Business Group}
• Bringing Information to Ghanaian Voters {Google Africa Blog}
• 30,000 more to be trained in ICT skills {BizTechAfrica}
• Ghana’s journalists get data boot camp {BizTechAfrica}

Kenya

• E-readers kindle enthusiasm for learning among children in Kenya … {The Guardian}
• Social media madness {The Standard Digital News}
• Mobile phone app developers take on Africa {AFP}
• How the Kenyan Base of the Pyramid uses their mobile phone {*iHub}
• CCK should crack the whip on internet content {The Standard Digital News}
• Open Source looking more attractive in Kenya – AITEC {IT News Africa}
• ICT stakeholders to aid Africa’s innovators {Standard Digital News}

Liberia

• iLove iLab {NDItech}

Malawi

• Netizen Report: Malawi & Zambia Regulation Edition {GlobalVoices Advocacy}
• In defence of journalism {The Times Group (blog)}
• Malawi to rely on ICT to boost its battered economy {HumanIPO}

Mozambique

• Mozambique launches tender for network infrastructure {Telecompaper}
• Mcel introduces free internet for top-ups {Telecompaper}

Nigeria

• Removing barriers to Nigeria’s ICT growth {The Guardian Nigeria}
• Impact of Broadband in Nigeria {YouTube}
• Nigeria’s e-Banking industry to hold conference on e-payment {HumanIPO}
• Only three percent of Nigerian businesses safe from hacking {HumanIPO}
• Lagos Govt to Outsource e-Learning Centre December {AllAfrica.com}

North Africa

• Facebook: North Africa Hosts about 2.2% of one billion global users {The North Africa Post}

Rwanda

• Rwanda National police warns internet users against cyber crime {Mininter.gov.rw}
• With .rw in Rwandan Hands, Does It Make Any Difference? {AllAfrica.com}
• 4,000 laptops distributed in Gasabo schools {The New Times}
• MTN Donates Computers to School {AllAfrica.com}

South Africa

• Microsoft launches Windows 8 in SA {News24}
• Cybercrime costs SA R3.7bn over past year {BusinessLIVE}
• SAEx cable deal signed {MyBroadband}
• Internet startups in South Africa: some home truths {Ventureburn}
• Cheaper broadband, not just faster {MyBroadband}
• SA 4G to push up costs – expert {News24}
• LTE and 4G marketing battle in SA {BusinessTech}
• Mind the ICT skills gap {ITWeb}
• South African websites under threat {MyBroadband}
• Car verification app launched in South Africa {HumanIPO}
• Western Cape Education Department launches e-learning solution {SAINe}

Tanzania

• Connect a School, Connect a Community Program Launched {AllAfrica.com}
• Telesis Tanzania to launch 4G LTE {BizTechAfrica}

Togo

• Togo : L’espace Francophone vise un accès facile au haut débit fixe et mobile {ITMag.sn}

Tunisia

• Tunisia Islamist government to launch web TV after media strike {Reuters}

Uganda

• Uganda says counterfeit phone purge won’t stop mobile growth {Reuters}

West Africa

• An analysis of Mobile Technology in West Africa: The Case Of Nigeria, Ghana and Cote D’Ivoire {*iHub}

Zambia

• Zambia SIM reg starts on a low note {BizTechAfrica}

Zimbabwe

• Zim’s quest for knowledge-society takes off {NewsDay}
• Zim livestock trading goes online {BizTechAfrica}

General Africa

• Engaging Africa’s Innovators: Apps4Africa 2012 Business Challenge … {US State Dept Blogs}
• Where are Africa’s gadget makers? {CNN}
• Affordable smartphones to drive broadband penetration in Africa {IT News Africa}
• So much for mobile in emerging markets InMobi pulls out of Africa, Russia {Memeburn}
• Kenyans use social media more when drinking alcohol-survey {Business Daily}
• Deep Read: Tweeting out of poverty {Mail & Guardian Online}
• In Africa, 15M cell phones map malaria {Futurity: Research News}
• Samsung to double smartphones penetration in Africa {The Standard Digital News}
• Reverse brain drain: ‘African Lion’ economies vs West’s fast track {Yahoo! News (blog)}
• Google’s New APP May Aid Africa Businesses {AllAfrica.com}
• Smart Cities, Smart Societies, Smart Enterprises {*iHub}
• How the Internet continues to sustain growth and innovation {ISOC}
• The Influence of Technology on Governance (in Africa) {Afrinnovator}