Over the past week and a half, we’ve found dozens of stories of how the internet is changing lives in Africa. In total, there are 103 headlines from 27+ nations.

Algeria

• Avec la 3G, les logiciels de VoIP pourraient être bloqués {Ecofin}
• Vidéos, photos, commentaires… la victoire de l’Algérie fait le buzz sur Internet ! {Algeria-Focus}
• $2 billion for facilities of very high speed internet in Algeria over 5 coming years {APS}

Angola

• Banco Comercial Angolano reactiva o Internet Banking {Jornal de Angola}

Botswana

• Free Internet For The Public {The Voice}

Cameroon

• Le débit Internet devrait s’améliorer {Cameroon-Info}

Chad

• Comment contourner la censure Internet au Tchad ? {TchadPages}

Cote D’Ivoire

• Blogueurs contre brouteurs ! {Jeuneafrique.com}
• Data for development: revolution kicks off in Côte d’Ivoire {SciDev.Net}

DR Congo

• Paralysie totale sur Internet – Le domaine « .CD » bloqué à partir de l’Afrique du Su {AllAfrica.com}

East Africa

• East African Community To Cooperate In The ICT Sector {Coastweek}

Egypt

• Q&A: Google Talks About Supporting Startups in Egypt, And Censorship {WSJ}
• Northern submarine cables route comes online {Daily News Egypt}
• Egypt’s iGDP registers $2.5bn {Daily News Egypt}

Eritrea

• Trending: Eritrea’s ‘Bob Marley’ moment? {BBC}
• Impunity in Eritrea: First-hand accounts of censorship {CJFE}

Ethiopia

• China’s Huawei to roll out 4G service in Ethiopian capital {Reuters}

Gambia

• Comium defaults on loan payments; High Court closes office {TeleGeography}
• Information Minister sacked; Gamtel in dire financial straits {TeleGeography}

Ghana

• Nurses training college admits new students {VibeGhana.com}
• Gov’t to continue to provide ICT entrepreneurship – Minister {GhanaWeb}
• Ghana holds training workshop to address cybercrime {HumanIPO}
• GISPA calls on gov’t to reduce duty on internet equipment {MyJoy Online}

Kenya

• ICT, Social Media and an Image Make-Over for Farming in Kenya {AllAfrica.com}
• CCK Launches Strategic Plan 2013-2018 {AllAfrica.com}
• Internet Service Providers in Kenya to Be compelled to Host Sites Locally {TechMoran}
• Silicon Savannah {Al-Jazeera}
• Joel Mwale – bringing ‘Facebook’ education to Kenya {BBC}
• CCK unveils next 5-year roadmap {BiztechAfrica}
• Safaricom in $40m project to connect buildings with fibre optic grid {HumanIPO}
• Kenya trains 150k teachers ahead of free laptop roll out {HumanIPO}
• Kenya commits to make Africa’s cyberspace safe {HumanIPO}
• More Wi-Fi hotspots for Kenya in 2014 {ITWeb Africa}
• Silicon Savannah: IBM’s new Africa lab in Nairobi, Kenya. {Slate}
• Cyber café operators targeted in new battle against online crime {Standard Media}
• Tech experts root for private sector led cyber security {Standard Media}

Liberia

• LIBTECO Launches Private Sector Fiber Optic Window {AllAfrica.com}
• “Connecting with Digital Innovation in Africa through Social Media” {iLab Liberia}

Malawi

• Macra to Commission White Spaces Project at St Mary’s Secondary School {AllAfrica.com}

Mali

• Lancement de la connexion internet des Universités de Bamako {maliactu.net}

Namibia

• Telecom Namibia (TN Mobile) launches LTE {TeleGeography}

Niger

• Niger cuts off third of mobile phones to stop crime {StarAfrica.com}

Nigeria

• Spectranet Launches 4G LTE Internet Services in Abuja {AllAfrica.com}
• This is what SA’s Internet users look like {MyBroadband}
• Expert Links Nigeria’s ICT Devt To Schools Interconnectivity {Nigerian Observer}
• Nigerian iTunes’ dances to the mobile phone beat {CNN.com}
• Microsoft, The Future Project Launch ICT Youth Programme, Articles {ThisDay}
• Solo Phone Launches Multi-purpose Devices Into Nigerian Market {Ventures Africa}
• Can China Take Nigeria Mobile? {Ventures Africa}
• Nigeria does better than France in “misleading” Internet rankings: Expert {Soundcloud/RadioFranceInternationale}

Rwanda

• What Impact Will Technology Have On the Future of Higher Learning in Rwanda? {AllAfrica.com}
• Let’s use free internet to grow our businesses {The New Times}

Sierra Leone

• Belgian charity inaugurates new computer lab in Gambia {Telecompaper}

South Africa

• South Africa: Will Social Media Influence Election Campaigning in South Africa? {AllAfrica.com}
• SA’s most-used mobile money platforms {BusinessTech}
• Poor education hurting SA’s Internet industry: Naspers CEO {MyBroadband}
• Afrique du Sud: le Wi-Fi gratuit à partir de boîtes de conserve {Ecofin}
• Digital marketing from a South African perspective {Bizcommunity}
• Mobile Internet in SA 2014: Time of the App {Gadget}
• WhatsApp use doubles in SA – report {HumanIPO}
• More wi-fi spots go live in Tshwane {IOL.co.za}
• SA university makes tablets compulsory {IT News Africa}
• South African startup on its way… to Silicon Valley {IT News Africa}
• ‘Cape Town edges Johannesburg to be SA’s top startup job spot’ {ITWeb Africa}
• Liquid Telecom connects 40 SA schools to broadband {ITWeb Africa}
• Give the markets a proper chance {TechCentral}

Swaziland

• SCC takes over regulatory mantle from SPTC {TeleGeography}

Tanzania

• In Tanzania, Farmers Reap the Benefits of Radio {NYTimes.com}
• In Tanzania, MOOCs Seen as “Too Western” {TechPresident}
• Eight regions to get fast internet services {Daily News TZ}

Tunisia

• Création de l’ATT: “Lutter contre la cybercriminalité” pour le ministère des TIC… “Espionner les citoyens” pour le parti Pirate {HuffPost}

Uganda

• A closer look at Google’s African fibre {BusinessTech}
• Google’s Project Link: the first nail in the African telcos’ coffin? {dpetz blog}
• Uganda Readies for New Telecom Operator {PC Tech Magazine}
• Google Goes To Africa: Why The Western Tech Giant Is Digging In Kampala, Uganda {IB Times}

Zimbabwe

• Govt On Cyber Security {AllAfrica.com}

General Africa

• Africa’s Telco Operators May Not Be Ready to Launch Vod Services {AllAfrica.com}
• New Video Solution for Low-Bandwidth Africa {AllAfrica.com}
• Taxing the Continent’s Internet Generation {AllAfrica.com}
• Who’s Influencing Africa’s Entrepreneurs? A Network Analysis Study {Appfrica}
• Why Startup Conferences Should Be in English {WSJ}
• Telcos need to look beyond data: analysts {BusinessTech}
• Zombie killers vs snail thieves: African gaming apps {CNN.com}
• Can SMS be a surrogate for the internet in the developing world? {Gigaom}
• How can we use ICTs to engage adolescent girls? {Linda Raftree}
• Africa’s Technological Potential: The Next Frontier? {RisingVoices}
• 6 Incubators and accelerators in Africa and what they tell us {VC4Africa}
• One in Three {WhiteAfrican}
• Can Life Apps deliver social change? {Al-Jazeera}
• Africa’s first start-up bus hits the road {BBC}
• AfDB, AVU discuss benefits of e-learning {BiztechAfrica}
• Africa’s high end ICT skills shortfall grows {BiztechAfrica}
• Broadband vital for new sustainable development goals {BiztechAfrica}
• Matching market with satellite services {BiztechAfrica}
• Google tailors products to African markets {How We Made It}
• “Excessive” African taxes on mobile devices “unhelpful” – GSMA {HumanIPO}
• The History of the Internet in Africa {Internet Society}
• Kheweul, Freenom announce partnership to get Africa online {ITWeb}
• Nigeria to surpass SA in cloud uptake {ITWeb}
• Functional tech for Africa {ITWeb}
• Building a grassroots African Internet {Radio Netherlands Worldwide}
• Scale up apps to reach more farmers in Africa {The East African}
• Airtel, Opera Launch ‘Opera Web Pass’ For Africa {Ventures Africa}