Over the past week, we’ve found dozens of reports of how the internet is changing lives in Africa. There are multiple takes on how ICT is improving agriculture (as a result of the #ICT4Ag conference). Also, there are a higher than usual number of stories out of Botswana. Our favorite story this week is a look at the startup ecosystem in Accra, Ghana (“Could the next Google come from Africa?”). In total, there are 80 headlines from 22+ nations.

Angola

• The Threat of a Draconian Cybercrime Law in Angola {Maka Angola}
• Angola to reach 60% mobile penetration by year-end {Telecompaper}

Botswana

• State of the Nation: Khama explains E-Government initiatives {BiztechAfrica}
• Botswana Post launches Poso cloud {Botswana Gazette}
• Botswana hub begins accelerator programme {HumanIPO}

Cameroon

• MINATD Gets Mobile Software {Cameroon Tribune}

Congo

• Airtel increases African footprint with Congo acquisition {HumanIPO}
• VMK Tech designs phones and tablets in Africa, for Africa, and will soon build them there too {Wired UK}

East Africa

• ICT for Agriculture Conference Highlights IT Impact in Farming {AllAfrica.com}

Egypt

• Online-shopping-bonanza- {Al-Ahram Weekly}
• Mixed-news-for-Telecom-Egypt {Al-Ahram Weekly}
• Egypt’s Entrepreneurial Revolution: A Community Of Startups Rises From The Ashes {Co.Exist}
• “الاتصالات” تبحث تنظيم خدمات ” واتس آب” و”فايبر “و”بى بى إم” {Youm7}

Ethiopia

• ITU Consultation Forum Held in Addis Ababa {AllAfrica.com}

Gabon

• Airtel adopte à son tour le paiement des frais d’université par Mobile Money {Ecofin}

Ghana

• Ghanaian internet users petition Paypal to come to Ghana {Citi FM Online}
• ActionAid official urges youth to use internet wisely {GBN}
• Could the next Google come from Africa? {The Guardian}

Kenya

• Chief Kariuki’s Twitter Community Policing Takes Global Stage {AllAfrica.com}
• IBM Nairobi Lab’s First Offering is a Traffic-Dodging Mobile App {IEEE Spectrum}
• Kenya launches Huduma e-centre to cut bureaucracy {BBC}
• Airtel, Pepsi kiosks to empower Nairobi county youths {BiztechAfrica}
• 4G joint venture suffers setback as Safaricom pulls out {businessdailyafrica.com}
• China’s ZTE looks to tap into Kenyan smartphone market {HumanIPO}
• Non-voice revenue drives Safaricom growth, half year profits up to $123.2m {HumanIPO}
• Internet users reaches 19.6m in Kenya {HumanIPO}
• Kenyan traditional leaders urged to use social media {ITWeb Africa}

Nigeria

• Kazaure Forum to Train 1000 Youths On ICT {AllAfrica.com}
• ‘Internet presents huge opportunities for Nigeria’ {National Mirror}
• Vision 20:2020, MDGs unrealistic without ICT, warns NCS {BiztechAfrica}
• Nigeria can lead by adopting e-payments – CBN {HumanIPO}
• Nigeria records 1,200 fibre cuts amid road constructions {ITWeb Africa}
• 37% Of Nigerians Unaware Of Mobile Money {Ventures Africa}
• Google To Document Nigeria’s History With ’100K Naija’ Project {Ventures Africa}

North Africa

• North African governments use connectivity as political weapon – Akamai {HumanIPO}

Rwanda

• Rwandapedia Could Not Have Come At a Better Time {AllAfrica.com}
• How 3 Technology Initiatives Are Improving Education in Rwanda {Technology Salon}
• Rwanda – sowing seeds of innovation in agriculture {IT News Africa}

Senegal

• 17 millions de l’ARTP investis dans 5 Startups {AfriqueITNews.com}

Somalia

• Bringing financial inclusion to the Horn of Africa {Fortune Tech}
• Internet investment will help Somalia prosper {Developing Telecoms}

South Africa

• Google brings e-books to South Africa {BusinessTech}
• Data revenue: MTN vs Vodacom {BusinessTech}
• A snapshot of South Africa’s digital landscape [Infographic] {memeburn}
• The hidden obstacle to offer fibre broadband in SA {MyBroadband}
• The future of schooling in South Africa: practical ideas and technology {ventureburn}
• Q&A: Hugh Lashbrooke, organiser of WordCamp 2013 {HumanIPO}
• The need for a digital reading platform in SA {HumanIPO}
• MTN SA launches LTE in Bloemfontein {IT News Africa}
• SA’s Telkom Mobile launches pre-paid internet {IT News Africa}
• Apple to launch new iPhones in South Africa on 15 November {Telecompaper}
• 70% of South Africans have fallen victim to cyber crime {Times LIVE}

South Sudan

• ICT Powers Development, Says President Kiir {AllAfrica.com}

Swaziland

• MTN Swazi to launch LTE in 2014 {TeleGeography}

Tanzania

• Teachers hail e-education through NICTBB {Daily News}

Togo

• Students in Togo develop computers from recycled parts {YouTube/CCTV Africa}

Tunisia

• Censorship authorities will still have work post-revolution {ZDNet}

Uganda

• Minister Launches ICT Hub At Nakasero Primary School {AllAfrica.com}

West Africa

• Francophone Africa’s technology sector worth investing in, says businessman {How We Made It}
• Etisalat, the Middle East’s largest telco, expands in West Africa {PC Advisor}

Zambia

• Zambians Now to File their Taxes Online {AllAfrica.com}
• Govt set to fight cyber crime {Times of Zambia}

Zimbabwe

• Govt to Computerise Mining Operations {AllAfrica.com}
• Network providers push growth in data business {Zimbabwe Independent}

General Africa

• African ICT expert joins the World Wide Web Foundation {BiztechAfrica}
• AFRINIC lance un programme d’attribution de subventions {AfriqueITNews.com}
• The Youth, New Technology and Africa’s Transformation {AllAfrica.com}
• Sharing radio waves {Communications Africa}
• VoD platforms in Africa will be a key driver of the next spike in bandwidth capacity {balancingact-africa.com}
• Connecting the ‘last mile’ of market research in Africa {BBC}
• Smallholder farming to be transformed through ICT, mobile {Bizcommunity}
• 5th WAFICT Congress underway this week {BiztechAfrica}
• The real mobile revolution: Africa’s smartphone future {CNN.com}
• British Council and Airtel partner for digital hubs with broadband connectivity {HumanIPO}
• African governments submit zero requests for Apple data {HumanIPO}
• Why mobile money can work in rural areas {IT News Africa}
• Young people to be the biggest consumers in Africa {SABC}
• Is open data improving governance? {SciDev.Net}
• TechWomen of world unite in Silicon Valley {SFGate}
• Innovation: Moving IT from the conference hall to the practical {Facebook/Ewakulima}