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 87 headlines from 23+ nations. This week, fewer stories than usual focused on Kenya. East Africa was still very well represented and a large number of stories looked at general African internet development.

Algeria

• Les opérateurs télécoms sommés d’arrêter de promouvoir leur (futur) réseau 3G {Ecofin}
• ARPT orders cellcos to stop advertising 3G networks ahead of launch {TeleGeography}

Angola

• Angola Committed to Modernizing Telecommunications {AllAfrica.com}

Burkina Faso

• Afrique sur Internet : L’on s’organise à Ouaga pour une meilleure présence du Faso sur la toile {leFaso.net}

Cameroon

• CamTel secures loan for fibre expansion {TeleGeography}

Cote D’Ivoire

• Startup Week end demarre sa 3éme édition {AfriqueITNews.com}
• La Côte d’Ivoire migrera vers l’Internet Protocol version 6 à partir de 2014 {TechMissus}

Egypt

• Egyptian women find a virtual marketplace online {Al-Shorfa}
• Cairo’s Tahrir Square To Get A New Neighbor: A Mini Silicon Valley {Huff Post}
• Egypt’s revolution a boon for digital start-up {The National}

Eritrea

• Inhabitants of Mai-Aini Sub-Zone Express Satisfaction With Becoming Beneficiaries of Mobile Telephone Service {AllAfrica.com}

Ethiopia

• Missed Connections: As African Tech Hubs Flourish, Is Ethiopian Government Stifling Telecommunications? {IB Times}

Ghana

• Ghana overpaying for school laptops – report {HumanIPO}

Kenya

• Mombasa Sets Up County Website {AllAfrica.com}
• Safaricom Connects Buildings to Fibre Network {AllAfrica.com}
• Pioneer project powers the Internet in rural Kenya {Capital Business}
• Kenyans Yet To Embrace Web-Based Message Apps {Coastweek}
• ‘Underserved areas to benefit from Kenya school laptop programme’ {ITWeb Africa}

Liberia

• Cellcom Launches “Tower of Justice” – Thousands in Konobo, Grand Gedeh Connect for First Time in a Decad {AllAfrica.com}
• Cellcom 4G Services Hit Margibi & Sinoe Counties {AllAfrica.com}

Malawi

• Malawians to pay for fuel services using Airtel Money {HumanIPO}
• Miss Blantyre theme song goes viral on internet {Nyasa Times}
• Malawi Muslim Leaders Fight Pornography {OnIslam.net}

Nigeria

• Is ‘Wire-Tap’ Law Meant to Stifle Free Speech or Fight Cybercrimes? {AllAfrica.com}
• CDMA Operators Not in NCC’s Broadband Picture {AllAfrica.com}
• Computer Village Relocates to Katangowa Internet City Next Year, Says LASG {AllAfrica.com}
• Telecommunication: Nigeria Truly Giant of Africa – Juwah {Leadership}
• NCC proposes open access models for broadband acceleration {BiztechAfrica}
• Nigeria grows subscribers to 121m {BiztechAfrica}
• Nigerian Retailers Building Their Own Amazon in Africa {Bloomberg}
• Nigeria training civil servants in ICT {HumanIPO}

Rwanda

• Rwanda’s ICT Industry Grows but Huge Challenges Abound {AllAfrica.com}
• Rwanda bids to become main ICT hub for East Africa {Gadget}
• Rwanda to monitor government performance online {HumanIPO}
• Govt performance to be monitored online {The New Times}
• MTN Rwanda commercially launches Ericsson’s Converged Wallet {TeleGeography}

Senegal

• The West African startup landscape: it’s not just about Nigeria {ventureburn}
• Senegal’s location and infrastructure an opportunity for startups – CTIC {HumanIPO}

Somalia

• Al-Shabaab Says Smartphones Used ‘To Spy On Muslim People’ {AllAfrica.com}
• WIOCC to launch undersea cable connectivity in Somalia {HumanIPO}

South Africa

• Make tech cheaper for South Africa: Cisco {MyBroadband.co.za}
• SA real-time crime reporting app SPOTTM: like Batman in your pocket {ventureburn}
• Stellenbosch, the Silicon Valley of South Africa {BDlive}
• SKA project helps local e-school plan {BDlive}
• How growth in SA will lag Nigeria’s {BDlive}
• The road to broadband growth in South Africa {HumanIPO}
• Digitising South Africa a psychological change {HumanIPO}
• Cheap MTN-branded smartphones to be launched in South Africa {ITWeb Africa}
• SA mobile broadband policy criticised {News24}
• DA and EFF Growing Faster than the ANC on Social Networks {The Public News Hub}
• Mobile data prices: how operators stack up {TechCentral}

Sudan

• Sudanese on Social Media (with images, tweets) {EnoughProject/Storify}
• The Revolution Will not be Televised, It Will be Tweeted {Think Africa Press}

Tanzania

• Internet, Smart Phone Innovation Becoming Household Words {AllAfrica.com}
• Third phase of ‘national backbone’ to kick off next month {Daily News Tanzania}
• Govt promises to lower internet charges {IPP Media}

Togo

• Mutualisation du haut débit {Republic of Togo}

Uganda

• Launching Project Link: a new way to bring faster, more reliable Internet access to Uganda {Google Africa Blog}
• Uganda country profile {eLearning Africa News Portal}

Zambia

• ZICTA and Unicef Ink Mou On Digital Safety {AllAfrica.com}

Zimbabwe

• Govt Launches E-Visa for China, India {AllAfrica.com}
• Keeping up with the Jukwas, Twitter goes mainstream: 2013 tech review (Social Media) {Techzim}

General Africa

• Could pre-paid internet be Africa’s broadband saviour? {memeburn}
• Crowdsourcing app fights food loss in Africa {Phys.org}
• Africans need to understand how to speak the language of technology – Francis Madojemu {TechMoran}
• Global product and marketing strategies: crucial for startups in Africa {VC4Africa}
• Les smartphones sont trop chers en Afrique ! {Ecofin}
• Data new cash cow for African cellular players {BDlive}
• Sub-Saharan schools and teachers ‘among the world’s most innovative’ {BiztechAfrica}
• Why mobile money uptake is low in Africa {BiztechAfrica}
• Orange announces winners of the Orange African Social Venture Prize {Business Ghana}
• Intra-African cooperation: landlocked? {eLearning Africa News Portal}
• BBM Shows Surprising Resilience – BlackBerry Becoming A Major Messaging App Challenger {Forbes}
• Facebook in Africa: mobile phones and SME advertisers are key {How We Made It}
• Satellite, not free computers, will boost e-education in Africa {HumanIPO}
• Significant barriers to cloud adoption in Africa remain – panelists {HumanIPO}
• Regulator framework needed for African fibre rollout – panelists {HumanIPO}
• Intel propels rural areas into Information Age {IT News Africa}
• ‘Lack of addressing systems holds back African e-commerce’ {ITWeb Africa}
• ‘Cognitive computing needed for African e-government systems’ {ITWeb Africa}
• Démocratie et Internet : les associations de blogueurs, émergence d’un contre-pouvoir {Jeuneafrique.com}
• Capacity Demands in Africa: An Opportunity for Satellite {Via Satellite}
• Social media, mobile apps drive youth to agriculture {SciDev.net}
• Internet could add $300bn to Africa GDP {TechCentral}
• FNB brings mobile banking app to 7 African markets {Telecompaper}
• Connect Africa: Driving the online highway {Times LIVE}
• Increasing competition in the African mobile ICT industry {YouTube/CNBCAfrica}