A curated weekly selection of 99 headlines highlighting the spirit of African technology. This week, a higher-than-usual 31+ nations are represented!

Algeria

• Algerian tech company hits big time {IT News Africa}
• Algeria’s Djezzy sees revenue grow {Bikya Masr}
• Startup Weekend revient ce jeudi pour la promotion des idées innovantes {Algeria-ISP}
• Algérie : le groupe Benhamadi pourrait lancer un smartphone « made in Algeria » pour la fin d’année {Ecofin}

Angola

• Angola government, Movicel bring internet to schools {Telecompaper}
• Alcatel-Lucent and Angola Cables connect southern Africa and the global … {ITWeb}
• PGR está preocupada com crimes na Internet {Jornal de Angola}
• Luanda hospitals to go digital {Biztech Africa}

Botswana

• Botswana officially launches innovation hub {HumanIPO}

Cameroon

• Cameroun : la short list pour l’attribution de la 3ème licence mobile est connue {Ecofin}

Cape Verde

• Cape Verde with highest internet access penetration rate in Portuguese … {Macauhub}

Congo

• High-speed internet development programme {Afrique en Ligue}
• Promotion de l’internet sur le cellulaire – Lancement du magazine Broadsheet {Le Congolais}

Cote D’Ivoire

• Ivory Coast’s ‘iPad Government’ Embraces New Media {Voice of America}
• Pour MTN Côte d’Ivoire, « la fibre optique va révolutionner le marché ivoirien » {Ecofin}

DRC

• Liquid Telecom takes fibre to DRC {HumanIPO}
• RDC: moins de 1% de la population seulement a accès à Internet {Radio Okapi}
• New Internet Exchange Point Launched 16 November in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo {ISOC}

Egypt

• First tablet computer to be fully manufactured in Egypt {Daily News Egypt}
• MENA Netizen Report: Porn Edition {Global Voices Online}
• SEACOM boosts reliability with second Egypt route {Egypt.com}

Gambia

• Gambia: U.S.-Based Gambian Launches New Social Networking Site {AllAfrica.com}

Ghana

• Mobile broadband to create 1.4 million jobs for Ghanaians {Myjoyonline.com}
• Release of Google and iHub Research Mobile Internet Usage Field Survey Results from Kenya and Ghana {*iHub}
• Ghana: 30,000 Youth to Benefit From Fourh Phase of ICT Module {AllAfrica.com}
• Ghana to unveil first technology hub {HumanIPO}

Guinea-Bissau

• Guinea-Bissau: International Arrest Warrant Against Blogger {Global Voices Online}

Kenya

• Kenya plans to land 5th undersea cable {Capital FM Kenya}
• Kenya steps up fight against cyber crime {Business Daily}
• Capital Business » Africa is on a roll, say economists {Capital FM Kenya}
• Kenyan information minister leads an IT revolution {Los Angeles Times}
• Online advertising yet to catch up in Kenya {HumanIPO}
• State praised for creating an ICT friendly environment {Business Daily}
• Kenyan mobile users more interested in Androids than iPhones {HumanIPO}
• The 1st Kenyan Song to Come Out of a Twitter Beef {Ghafla.co.ke}
• Internet Governance in Kenya – An Assessment for the Internet Society {ISOC}
• Kenya: Wordcamp 2012, Calls for Responsible Social Media Influence {AllAfrica.com}
• Presidential aspirants’ embrace of social media ahead of polls has it limitations {HumanIPO}

Liberia

• Lonestar Cell Licenses Suspended {AllAfrica.com}

Madagascar

• Orange Madagascar launches usage-based hotel Wi-Fi {Telecompaper}

Mali

• Mali : une querelle entre les actionnaires d’Alpha Telecom Mali bloque la 3ème licence mobile {Ecofin}

Mauritius

• Île Maurice : le gouvernement va doter 20 000 élèves de tablettes tactiles {Ecofin}

Mozambique

• Unpacking the trends shaping Mozambique’s economy {How we made it in Africa}

Nigeria

• Western Union, Ecobank Launch Internet Account Based Money Transfer … {Leadership Newspapers}
• Federal Government’s Passion for PC Penetration {THISDAY Live}
• Nigeria’s uptake of ICTs grows by 0.18% {BusinessDay}
• Nigeria: Anti-Competition Among Telecoms Operators Will Stifle Growth, Says NCC {AllAfrica.com}

North Africa

• Looking North: Investigating Technology Innovation & Entrepreneurship in North Africa {Afrinnovator}

Reunion

• Fibre provider launches 35Mbps service in Reunion {TeleGeography}

Rwanda

• Rwanda: Growing Up – Programmers Start Tackling Local Needs {AllAfrica.com}

Senegal

• Sénégal: “Connect to Learn” lancé par Ericsson dans les villages de Potou et Leona {Afrique IT Newsa}
• 3G mobile broadband devices carry 70% of all internet connections in Senegal {BuddeComm}

Sierra Leone

• Sierra Leone: Mapping Out Real-Time Election Data {Global Voices Online}

Somalia

• US military behind Africa news websites {The Herald}

South Africa

• 6 of South Africa’s hottest ecommerce sites {Ventureburn}
• Smartphones hit the spot for 18-30 {Gadget}
• 10Mbps minimum broadband speed for South Africa: DFA CEO {MyBroadband}
• MEF launches Africa office to showcase mobile innovation {memeburn}
• 8ta launches free internet in South Africa {Charlie Fripp}
• Mobile broadband coverage battle {MyBroadband}

Sudan

• Sudan Hosts 17th African Network Information Center (AFRINIC) Conference {Sudan Vision}

Tanzania

• Smile Telecoms gears up for Africa LTE {BusinessTech}
• ICT can drive Tanzania to greater heights {IPPmedia}
• Tanzania: Mobile Phone Costs Decrease, Says Minister {AllAfrica.com}
• Tanzania to Digitalise Its Court?s Service Delivery {AllAfrica.com}

Tunisia

• UN, Tunisia host first digital journalism training {IT News Africa}

Uganda

• Female enterprises in EAC region set to adopt virtual shops {IPPmedia}
• Embrace the digital age, ICT Minister urges Ugandans {Independent}

Zambia

• ZICTA seeks to enhance internet connectivity {The Post}
• Microlink Zambia Selects Airspan 4G for Nationwide Network {Stockhouse}
• Zambia documenting all mobile users in country {IT News Africa}
• Zambia’s Intelligence Agency Rates Watchdog Website as “Most Influential” {Global Voices Online}
• Zambia to allow entry of fourth mobile operator {HumanIPO}

Zimbabwe

• Zim to invest heavily in fibre optics {BiztechAfrica}

General Africa

• Mobile use in sub-Saharan Africa climbs {Fierce Mobile Government}
• Connecting to Africa’s future {ITWeb}
• Airtel completes network transformation across African ops {Economic Times}
• This Is Africa – FT Infographic: State of the Web {The Web Index}
• The big issues in African ICT {BusinessTech}
• The African potential for tablets {IT News Africa}
• Taxes ‘hamper African mobile telecoms growth {Yahoo! News ZA}
• Mobile, M2M and data driving Africa’s connectivity {IT News Africa}
• Spotify, Deezer or Spinlet? Africa’s music streaming choice {The Africa Report}
• Africa’s Wireless Gold Rush {Light Reading}
• Mobile payments speed up in Africa {Gadget}
• The trend continues: mobile money services keep growing in Africa {Memeburn}
• Mobile & Smartphone Usage in Africa {Expat Forum}
• ‘Techies and social activists’ need to work together {HumanIPO}
• Mobile Observatory Series | Public Policy {GSMA}
• Best places to invest in Africa {FinWeek}
• Orange announces winners of the African Social Venture Prize {Appablog}
• Africa: New ICRC Website Reunites Dispersed Families {AllAfrica.com}
• First African LTE Conference announced {HumanIPO}
• Pricing models key to Africa broadband penetration {HumanIPO}
• Cost and knowledge biggest obstacles to African app development, says Google {ITWeb}
• African App store opens next year {HumanIPO}
• Can tech revolutionize African elections? {CNN}
• Africa: e-Learning Can Solve Human Resource Gap in Africa {AllAfrica.com}
• Africa Com 2012 – Separating out the anxiety signals from the overwhelming noise {Balancing Act}