This month (August 2011), there have been an astonishing number of news stories, blog posts, and media interest in African technology. We finish up the three-day series of posts with 27 more online articles that have focused on Africa. (Part 1, consisting of 19 links, can be found here. For Part 2, with 25 links.)

Botswana

• Botswana’s government has established a private partnership with Mascom, the nation’s largest mobile phone company:
  Rural Botswana gets connected {African Business Journal}

• Broadband faces challenges in Botswana, but the Botswana Telecommunications Corporation has new momentum:
  New BTC CEO calls for broadband expansion {The Botswana Gazette}

Cameroon

• The Android app will inform users of the cost of public service procedures. Corrupt officials will then be pointed out via social media:
  Cameroonian Develops Mobile Telephone Application To Fight Corruption {VOA News}

East Africa

• The role of social networks in raising money to address the Horn of Africa famine:
  New technologies for the fight against famine in East Africa {Afrique Avenir}

Egypt

• The website HarassMap allows women to report sexual harassment via social media. Blogs also aim to bridge the generational gap:
  Staying Connected: Egyptian Women Use Social Media to Combat Gender Inequality, Violence {Humans Right First}

Ethiopia

• Reports indicate that cyber cafe browsers are being punished for visiting opposition websites:
  Ethiopia: Internet Cafe users arrested in Addis {EthioGuardian}

Ghana

• The first MTN ICT center opened in the Accra Region. Nine more are set to open in other areas of the country:
  New Ningo gets MTN ICT centre {GhanaWeb}

Kenya

• IBM employees spent a month in Kenya so that the nation can meet long-term e-government needs (like e-voting):
  IBM Helps to Support Kenya’s Electronic Gov Development Goals {AfricanBrains}

• A committee initiated by the Ministry of Information and Communication will look at why Internet costs have not dropped as much as expected over the past two years:
  Committee to check Internet costs launched {The Standard}

• Startup events are growing in popularity in Kenya. Read why these gatherings and competitions are so important for entrepreneurial growth:
  IPO48 Nairobi Startup Finalists 2011 {WhiteAfrican}

Lesotho

• South Africa and Lesotho are exploring partnerships, which could lead to better broadband service in Lesotho:
  SA and Lesotho sign communication deal {MyBroadband}

Nigeria

• A recent forum discussed growth strategies, and participants agreed to follow ICT policy and better communicate goals:
  Evolve executable ICT strategies for digital inclusion, NITPPF declares {Vanguard}

• Internet-enabled television arrives in Nigeria, but probably won’t be widespread:
  Panasonic deploys Internet TV in Nigeria {The Punch}

Reunion

• Internet access is very high on the island of Reunion (48%), and is expected to become more efficient with local caching in the near future:
  La Reunion- Internet : debit insuffisant {L’Express.mu}

Senegal

• Dakar played host to the third ICANN meeting of 2011:
  L’Afrique plaidera à Dakar pour ses spécificités {SudOnLine}

Seychelles

• Progress on the submarine cable slated to connect the Seychelles with Eastern Africa:
  Financing for submarine cable project finalised {EuroAfrica-ICT}

Sierra Leone

• Websites for Sierra Leone’s Police, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, and ICT Task Force all face security threats:
  Sierra Leone Police Force and other GOSL websites hacked {Sierra Express Media}

South Africa

• OnedotCom is investing billions of dollars in South African fibre. The company has bought access to Seacom, and will most likely have capacity on WACS and ACE when they go live:
  New telecoms player to invest billions in fibre {TechCentral}

• A goal is to motivate thousands of South Africans to explore careers in technology:
  Govt, Nokia partnership to promote technology {BuaNews}

Swaziland

• 620 MBps of capacity will greatly help the landlocked nation connect to international servers. The improvements will go into effect starting on September 1st:
  SPTC invests E41.4m to improve internet capacity {Swazi Observer}

• Entry-level wireless packages through SwaziTelecom consist of speeds up to 153 Kbps:
  SPTC officially launches wireless FixedFone, Broadband {Swazi Observer}

Uganda

• Uganda’s Security Minister recently used the opposition of using social media in an attempt to topple the government:
  Uganda anger at opposition’s ‘Twitter ‘insurrection’ {BBC News}

Zimbabwe

• Innovators, entrepreneurs, and activists will join forces to spread positive ideas:
  Zimbabwe’s first TEDx event to take place in Harare {TechZim}

• An urge for investment in human capital. Nairobi Innovation Hub, Bandwidth Barn, ActivSpaces, and iLab are all mentioned:
  Zim needs to invest in innovation spaces {The Zimbabwean}

Africa

• On the media’s role in upcoming African elections and how they should help manage elections:
  Interview: Report irregularities at elections {AfricaNews}

• .Africa is far from a done deal, but ICANN and ARC say it will be live in early 2013:
  .Africa domain name plans {MyBroadband}

• India’s Netxcell is poised to launch operations in Nigeria, Ghana, Zambia, Mozambique, and Angola:
  Netxcell moves deeper into Africa {IT News Africa}