Over the past week, we’ve found dozens of stories of how the internet is changing lives in Africa. Some are social in nature; others are more business-oriented. In total, there are 130 headlines from 33+ nations. A hefty chunk of headlines came out of the annual AfricaCom event that brought together business leaders from across the continent.

Algeria

• Le chinois Huawei va lancer un centre de formation aux TIC en Algérie {Ecofin}
• Un site Internet pour faciliter l’accès des citoyens aux informations du service public {Maghreb Emergent}
• Djezzy receives permission to purchase 3G equipment {TeleGeography}

Angola

• Angola Sees Trans-Atlantic Cable Quickening Links to Asia {Bloomberg}

Benin

• Rencontre entre le MCTIC et les acteurs des TIC : Komi Koutché préoccupé par la qualité de l’Internet au Bénin {aCotonou}
• Benin first to the mark to reserve .africa domain {ITWeb Africa}

Burkina Faso

• Semaine nationale de l’internet: Du « Gambré » au bout des efforts {FasoPresse}

Cameroon

• IT Specialists Develop Common Understanding {AllAfrica.com}
• Le Dg de MTN Cameroon compte sur la 3G pour résorber la mauvaise qualité de la connexion internet {Investir au Cameroun}
• Alcatel-Lucent, YooMee Africa in broadband pact {IT News Africa}

Central Africa

• Gabon and the Republic of the Congo Launch Countdown to Interconnection of Fiber Optic Backbone Networks {World Bank Blog}

Congo

• MTN propose l’internet par la fibre optique {Ecofin}

Cote D’Ivoire

• Le prix de la meilleure rédaction web décerné en decembre {AfriqueITNews.com}
• La Côte d’Ivoire entame sa migration vers l’IPv6 en 2014 (Gouvernement) {La Diplomatique Abidjan}
• MTN construit des data centers de “dernière génération” {Ecofin}

Djibouti

• Djibouti improves internet connectivity though telecom market still stymied by high access costs {BuddeComm}
• datamena and Djibouti Data Centre partnership opens up a fibre expressway between the Middle East and Africa {Zawya}

Egypt

• Internet economy in Egypt amounts to EGP 15.6bn: Google’s regional manager in Egypt {Daily News Egypt}
• Telecom Egypt hopes to win mobile licence this year {Daily News Egypt}

Equatorial Guinea

• Equatorial Guinea Graduates 400 I.T. Students {PR Newswire}

Ethiopia

• Ethiopians: #SomeoneTellSaudiArabia to Stop Immigration Crackdown {Global Voices}
• African media chiefs rap Ethiopia for crushing press (with images, tweets) {africamedia_CPJ/Storify}
• Information Network Security Agency (INSA) of Ethiopia is to be reestablished {DireTube}

Gabon

• Les chiffres financiers de Gabon Telecom en hausse de 13,1% {Ecofin}

Gambia

• The Gambia & The ECOWAS – Looking Inward for ICT Innovation and Growth {AfricanBrains}
• Gamtel annual losses stand at USD7.8m {TeleGeography}

Ghana

• We need entrepreneurs who will say no to corporate jobs, says tech school MEST {How We Made It}

Guinea-Bissau

• Guine Telecom privatisation kicks off {Telecompaper}

Kenya

• Video Has Biggest Impact in ICT Deployment for Bungoma Farmers {AllAfrica.com}
• Dell International Unveils Plans for Kenya in 2014 {AllAfrica.com}
• Government to Create Database for the Unemployed {AllAfrica.com}
• Govt Now Seeks Digital Advertising Solutions {AllAfrica.com}
• Starting ICT Hubs in Africa’s rural tech communities – Research from Kenya {VC4Africa}
• Thinking about Blogging at WordCamp Kenya 2013 {WhiteAfrican}
• Inside IBM’s first African technology research laboratory {BBC News}
• CCK, mobile operators to decide use of Universal Service Fund {BiztechAfrica}
• Matiangi outlines ambitious internet speeds target for Kenya {HumanIPO}
• KOT raise $2,000 to plant 750 trees {HumanIPO}
• Why Kenya is region’s leading investment hub {Daily Nation}
• Understanding affordable Internet sevices {Daily Nation}
• Tech giant Oracle boosts innovation power among Kenyan enterprises {Standard Media}

Libya

• LITC signs €3m contract for internet upgrades {Libya Monitor}

Morocco

• The Slow Death of Internet Cafés in Morocco {The View from Fez}

Mozambique

• Frost & Sullivan Applauds Movitel for Extending Affordable Mobile Communication to Mozambique’s Rural and Remote Areas {Digital Journal}

Namibia

• Free Computer Courses Open Opportunities {AllAfrica.com}
• E-Campus Learning Portal {AllAfrica.com}
• Telecom Namibia, Jasco partner to bolster connectivity {IT News Africa}

Nigeria

• Govt Inaugurates New ICT Board {AllAfrica.com}
• How Nigeria’s Growing e-Commerce Fosters New Partnership Across Sectors {AllAfrica.com}
• NCC Out With New Industry Model for Broadband Penetration {AllAfrica.com}
• Shopping in Nigeria: Going online {The Economist}
• Nigerian experts make case for National Software Board {HumanIPO}
• New app launched to enhance Nigerian church communications and growth {HumanIPO}
• VP to unveil eNigeria IT local content framework {HumanIPO}
• ‘Nigeria, India could be Mxit’s biggest growth areas’ {ITWeb Africa}
• Nigerians query Abati over ‘Internet-age Presidency’ {The Punch}
• MTN to upgrade and expand 3G network in Nigeria {Telecoms.com}

Rwanda

• Minister Kalibata Call for Challenging ICT for Development {AllAfrica.com}
• Youth Pitch IT Projects to Potential Investors {AllAfrica.com}
• African Scholars Meet in Kigali {AllAfrica.com}
• Introducing kLab Rwanda – Meet the community at the Kigali meetup on November 21! {VC4Africa}
• YouthConnekt Hangout launched in Rwanda {BiztechAfrica}
• UNDP, Motorola launch initiative promoting ICT in Rwanda {HumanIPO}

Senegal

• Le Sénégal prépare la Semaine Mondiale de Entrepreneuriat {AfriqueITNews.com}
• d’Après le dernier rapport de l’ARTP, Orange garde la meilleure qualité de services {Ecofin}

Sierra Leone

• Sierra Wifi Takes Internet Service to Schools {AllAfrica.com}

Somalia

• Somalia get first cross border fibre optic link {BiztechAfrica}
• O3b, Somtel to boost connectivity in Somalia {Telecompaper}

South Africa

• WiFi Forum South Africa launches {BusinessTech}
• Average smartphone bill in SA {BusinessTech}
• South Africans spend more on mobile: report {BusinessTech}
• SA’s biggest ADSL bandwidth hogs: eye-opening stats revealed {MyBroadband.co.za}
• 2,000km FibreCo network launched in South Africa {MyBroadband.co.za}
• Africacom 2013 award winners {MyBroadband.co.za}
• Dealfinder launches to help SA retailers market their products online {ventureburn}
• Tech-savvy teachers honoured {Gadget}
• Counter crime through tech and blogging – Parker {HumanIPO}
• 25 years before total SA internet penetration – MTN {HumanIPO}
• Online learning could provide answer {IOL.co.za}
• SA loves to shop online {IOL.co.za}
• Online partners hail SA’s TV White Spaces trial success {IT News Africa}
• Seacom launches Cape Town PoP {IT News Africa}
• New tablet marks mobile education first {ITWeb}
• Mxit launches version 7 app amid stiff competition {ITWeb Africa}
• Western Cape’s poorest to receive free Wi-Fi {ITWeb Africa}
• Intel app set to disrupt SA education {News24}
• SA slipping in mobile broadband: Smile {TechCentral}

South Sudan

• South Sudan to Participate in Global Telecom Event {AllAfrica.com}

Sudan

• Sudanese Parliament to Discuss Imposition of New Taxes On Telecommunications {AllAfrica.com}

Tanzania

• Tanzanian deals website goes live {HumanIPO}

Tunisia

• Ouverture d’un forum sur Internet {AfriqueITNews.com}
• Regional Shining Hub for ICTs {AllAfrica.com}
• Tunisian Rap Song Turns into an Anthem for Youth · Global Voices {Global Voices}

Uganda

• Ugandans to report corruption with new app {HumanIPO}
• Tech and Business: How innovation can transform Uganda {Daily Monitor}

West Africa

• Tigo lance sa stratégie verte pour se repositionner en Afrique francophone {Ecofin}

Zambia

• State Keen On ICTs in National Development {AllAfrica.com}
• Zamtel $4m telecom upgrade boosts L/stone mobile, internet network {Zambia Daily Mail}
• Zambia´s Out-Of-The Box Thinkers {TheNewAfrica}

Zimbabwe

• Computer Geek Sensations {AllAfrica.com}
• Applications development, nothing new under the sun? {Techzim}

General Africa

• Mobile networks in Africa: Video accounts for less than 6% of traffic, but is expected to grow faster than in any other region – Report {APO-Source}
• The FIRE Awards Winners for Internet Development in Africa {Global Voices}
• Mobile for Development Summit – Day 1 (with images, tweets) {GSMA_M4D/Storify}
• More to come for Opera Software {iafrica.com}
• Africa’s International Bandwidth Jumps To 1.479 Tbps {Africa Bandwidth Maps}
• Africa reaches the point where the Digital Divide will turn into a yawning power divide {balancingact-africa.com}
• Africa’s mobile data business to be worth US$23 billion in 2018 {Bizcommunity}
• MTN Mobile Money users can now pay and buy through Visa {BiztechAfrica}
• Vodacom doubles international data revenue, M-Pesa takes off {HumanIPO}
• Entertainment apps have big future in Africa – Djoss.tv {HumanIPO}
• Strategy needed to monetise Africa’s internet growth – panelists {HumanIPO}
• Spotify biding its time over Africa launch {HumanIPO}
• Discovering African music through TruSpot’s online services {HumanIPO}
• Africa will always lag behind, but don’t call it a digital divide – Cisco {HumanIPO}
• Price not the only issue for smartphone rollout on Africa {HumanIPO}
• Leveraging Wi-Fi to meet demand for broadband in Africa {IT News Africa}
• Top 10 mobile agriculture applications {IT News Africa}
• Google talks African strategy {ITWeb}
• Africa to leapfrog PC era {ITWeb}
• AfricaCom: three ways Africa can boost music streaming services {ITWeb Africa}
• Slow LTE licensing could rob Africa of $100bn’ {ITWeb Africa}
• AfricaCom keynote day 3: ‘content is driving Africa’s internet growth’ {ITWeb Africa}
• AfricaCom keynote: ‘telecom firms need to become more service-centric’ {ITWeb Africa}
• Africa’s great white spaces: tech’s new frontier {Reuters}
• African tech startups aim to power growing economies {Reuters}
• MTN Group extends agreement for Opera Mini {Telecompaper}
• Zain Group reports flat revenues in 3Q13 {TeleGeography}
• BlackBerry is doing incredibly well — in Africa {The Washington Post Blog}
• The @gricultural revolution {ICT4Ag/YouTube}