Zambia

• 92 3G sites have been deployed in Lusaka, with 350 more on the way across the country:
  Zamtel 3-G technology growing {Zambia Daily Mail}
• Zambia is trying to curtail the sale of Chinese-made mobile devices:
  Zambian government cracks down on counterfeit handsets {Computerworld}
• Mobile Application Development at the BongoHive in Lusaka, Zambia on December 5 to 17, 2011:
  BongoHive {BongoHive via Animoto}

Zimbabwe

• Zanu PF welcomes Internet technology but is working to put a ‘response mechanism’ to social media comments in place:
  Zanu PF plans crackdown on social media {Zimbabwe Reporter}

South Africa

• The iPhone 4S has arrived in South Africa (and Morocco and Tunisia):
  Should you get the iPhone 4S? {MyBroadband}

Kenya

• How AkiraChix has evolved into a vast organization for high school girls interested in technology:
  The African IT Revolution-with a Feminine Touch {IMF}
• Lions are collared with small device that sends SMS messages to a central computer system to log each animal’s location:
  Now Even Lions Are Sending Texts {The Atlantic Wire}
• Microsoft Africa continues to fight piracy in the region:
  Genuine Microsoft Users Get Free Upgrades {Capital FM}

Egypt

• Egyptian Students Who Participated in Twitter Revolution Visit POGO {Project on Government Oversight}

DR Congo

• The deaf community in DRC is greatly affected by the SMS ban:
  DR Congo election: Deaf anger at ban on texting {BBC}

Rwanda

• Using one PC for ten screens can save costs at cyber cafes and businesses:
  New Software to Help Reduce ICT Costs {The New Times via allAfrica.com}
• The annual event serves as a platform for leaders and citizens to assess the country’s progress, together, and to lay new development strategies for the future:
  National Dialogue to Feature On Facebook, Twitter {The New Times via allAfrica.com}

Nigeria

• The new satellite will allow Nigeria to reach Vision 2020 goals:
  NigComSat – What Replacement Satellite Will Achieve {This Day via allAfrica.com}

Congo

• The Senate passed a bill enabling financing for the interconnection of the Congo to Gabon, Cameroon, and DRC:
  Internet : La Republique du Congo sera connectee au Cameroun, au Gabon et a la RDC {Star du Congo}

Somalia

• Al Jazeera English is embarking on a project to record and promote unheard Somali voices from inside Somalia:
  Somalia Speaks {Al Jazeera}

Cameroon

• Buea-based African job search engine Njorku rolled out a major update to its platform this week:
  Njorku Job Search Engine Scales Up, Expands Offerings {activspaces}

General

• Thirty-eight different spectrum frequency combinations will be used in LTE deployments by 2015:
  Report: Spectrum fragmentation will result in costlier LTE smartphones {Network World}
• A video of comments by Constantine Bitwayiki, ICT and e-Governance consultant, Uganda, at the Regional Social Security Forum for Africa 2011:
  ICT Infrastructure in Africa {International Social Security Association}
• Suggestions to better integrate ICTs and education include encouraging basic literary skills and developing teachers’ ICT skills:
  Making ICT Relevant in Education {Coders4Africa}
• A summary of numerous sources that reported on the Internet Governance Forum held in September 2011:
  IGF – Nairobi : voices from the blogosphere and beyond {Digital Policy Bloggers Network}
• On French telecoms’ interest in African markets:
  Telecoms et equipements technologiques. Le deuxieme marche mondial {Investir}