A curated weekly selection of 75 headlines highlighting the spirit of African technology. 25 nations are represented this week.

Angola

• Angola inaugurates new ICT institute {BiztechAfrica}
• Nation to Have Two Digital Hospitals By December {AllAfrica.com}

Burkina Faso

• Le Burkina Faso et le Niger reliés par une connexion à fibre optique {Ecofin}

Cameroon

• Cameroon tightens Internet trade security {Africa Review}
• Anat Bar-Gera speak about {YouTube}
• Cameroon’ Students Joining the Digital Age. A Campus Wide Wi-Fi Network to … {PR Web}

DRC

• DRC firm successfully challenges distribution of 3G licences … {Balancing Act}

East Africa

• The First Digital Marketing Symposium in East Africa {CIM}

Egypt

• Country to Take Part in Seveth IGF Meeting in Baku {AllAfrica.com}
• Do Startups Need More Twitter Tools? Egypt’ TweetKeteer Offers Social Media … {Wamda}
• Online shopping continues to prosper in Egypt {7Days}

Ethiopia

• Update on information controls in Ethiopia {OpenNet Initiative}

Gabon

• www.me.ga, une adresse gabonaise pour le prochain site de téléchargement de Kim Dotcom {Ecofin}

Ghana

• Meet The “Bill Gates of Ghana” Herman Chinery-Hesse {Ventures Africa}
• AGA Donates Internet Cafe to Obuasi Community {BusinessGhana}
• Tigo Ghana amasses 100,000 fb fans {BiztechAfrica}

Kenya

• British communications firm set up shop in Nairobi {The Standard Digital News}
• Nokia and the Kenyan government team up to fund mobile startups {Ventureburn}
• Kenya building a digital future in Africa’ silicon savannah {The Guardian}
• Kenyans use anti-bribe website to report corruption {Sabahi Online}
• Technology consumers ditch laptops for tablets {The Standard Digital News}

Lesotho

• Invitation to Tender: Lesotho Internet Exchange Point services (LIXP) Network Components and Centre Refurbishment {LCA}

Liberia

• Liberia Needs Library Board {New Liberian}

Libya

• US Embassy launches online English-language club {Libya Herald}

Madagascar

• Madagascar innovation hub attracts island techies {ITWeb}

Mali

• Orange réduit la facture des organes de presse pour booster leur usage des TIC {Ecofin}

Morocco

• IT in Morocco {IDG Connect – Dan Swinhoe}

Nigeria

• Starcomms Agrees $210m Investment Deal With Capcom {Ventures Africa}
• Glo Donates Classrooms, ICT Lab to Ijebu School {AllAfrica.com}
• Audio internet targets Nigeria {BiztechAfrica}
• Bombs, floods wreck Airtel’s BTS {BiztechAfrica}
• Airlines in Nigeria urged to adopt e-Planning to tackle flight delays {HumanIPO}
• Ministry to Inaugurate Computer Ownership Scheme for University Students {AllAfrica.com}
• Local Content, Key to Development of Country’s Telecoms Sector – Minister {AllAfrica.com}
• How the internet is chnging business and entrepreneurship {BusinessDay}

Rwanda

• ICT Helps Blind Students {AllAfrica.com}

Sierra Leone

• Dear Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Benin: Have You Heard of – ICTWorks {Wayan Vota}
• The “Dawn of e-Reading” in South Africa? Kobo Launches with Pick ‘n Pay {Books LIVE}
• Rlabs partners with Plan International to focus on youth in technology and entrepreneurship {RLabs}

South Africa

• Census 2011 shows shift from fixed to mobile broadband: Arthur Goldstuck – MD … {Moneyweb.co.za}
• SME’ need to tap into African e-commerce explosion {IT News Africa}
• Mobility can be a game-changer for African miners {Media Update}
• Leave South Africa’ broadband to the experts {MyBroadband}
• Only a third of SA online {TechCentral}
• SA IT spend up 7.1% in 2011 {BusinessTech}
• Grenade lobbed into online media {TechCentral}

Swaziland

• SPTC Mifi broadband product back in stock {The Swazi Observer}

Tanzania

• Broadband market gets new player {The Citizen Daily}
• Miss Tanzania Website Inaugurated {AllAfrica.com}
• Rural ICT a Boon for Farmers {AllAfrica.com}

Uganda

• Uganda delays fake mobile switch-off date until 2013 {BBC News}
• Have Internet, Will Travel: Ugandan Woman Brings Computing to … {techinvestornews.com}
• Uganda, South Korea Ink Pact On E-Government {AllAfrica.com}

Zambia

• Zambia and Social Media Ethics, and the Culture of Insults {Tumfweko}
• Come Up With Guidelines to Regulate ICT in Schools’ {AllAfrica.com}

Zimbabwe

• VimpelCom to sell Telecel Zimbabwe {NewsDay}
• Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Goes Digital {AllAfrica.com}

General Africa

• EMEA cloud traffic set for alarming growth {BusinessTech}
• Social Change and New Media in Africa BLOG] {IBTimes.co.uk}
• African apps take on mobile gaming industry {CNN}
• Feeling pressure, Africa’ largest social network looks to expand … {Dave Mayers}
• Why African varsities must be ranked on ICT investment {The Standard Digital News}
• Africa’ apps: software serving society {The Guardian}
• Digital revolution lights up Africa with maps, mobiles, money and markets {The Guardian}
• Main one CEO wins CNBC Africa businesswo… {BusinessDay}
• Satellite tech powers 3G revolution for rural Africa {CNN}
• Now is the time for app developers in Africa – SAP Saphila 2012 {IT News Africa}
• Windows 8 off to a slow start in Africa {ZDNet}
• The Sleeping Giants Of African Mobile Payments TechCrunch {Vanessa Clark, TechCrunch}
• By Africa, for Africa: Fellows Friday with Jon Gosier {TED Blog}
• Peace Corps Innovation Challenge {Peace Corps}
• Africa’s top 10 tweeting politicians {Guardian}
• Nokia’s $42 Non-Smartphone Still Has Facebook, Twitter {Mashable}
• Wikipedia Zero grows readership in Africa and Asia {Wikimedia}
• First African fact checking site launched, developed by AFP {HumanIPO}