We fell behind in our reporting this year but still kept bookmarking African tech stories that caught our eye. Needless to say, there are too many updates to cover at this point, but we’re going to post the full (very rough) list – broadly African themed along with individual country breakdowns – before moving forward with our regular cadence.

Bear with us, but below are what we deem the most worthwhile headlines between January 1st, 2015 and September 7th, 2015 that didn’t focus on a singular African country – those get their own posts. Again, there are 270 or so posts – not bad considering these cover 250 days – but we promise to better keep up with happenings in the coming days.

General Africa

• ‘Spectrum reallocation could benefit Africa by up to $22bn’ – ITWeb Africa
• “Everybody Wants A Smartphone” And Other Factors Pointing To Africa’s Transition To An All Data Future
• “Israel Africa Hub” – Pour une connexion entre Startups israeliennes et africaines – Afrique IT News
• #Afropreneur: Un documentaire sur les réalités de la tech africaine – Afrique IT News
• #CNNAfrica tech chat: ‘Opportunities here are huge. Why be anywhere else?’ – CNN.com
• 11 key lessons for innovation hubs in Africa | VC4Africa
• 13 must-read media sites on emerging startup economies | Wamda.com
• 13 startup mistakes to avoid on the road to success – CNN.com
• 20 of Africa’s startup investment success stories from 2014 – Inspiration for 2015! | VC4Africa
• 2014 Technology Trends and Highlights in Africa | iAfrikan
• 3 African countries that show investment promise as global tech hubs – Ventureburn
• 4G/LTE network projects and launches in Africa (2015) | balancingact-africa.com
• 5 African e-learning startups to watch
• 5 African e-recruitment startups to watch
• 5 African e-travel startups to watch – Disrupt Africa
• 6 Astounding Ways Africa Is Paving the Way for the Future of Technology
• A Global Tour of Transformative Urban ICT Hubs | Josephine d’Allant
• A map of all the underwater cables that connect the internet – Vox
• A new east Africa campaign | The Economist
• AfPIF 2015 Day 1 Summary | Internet Society
• Africa and the internet: What’s in a domain? | The Economist
• AFRICA BUSINESS-With iCow and M-Farm, smartphones reboot African agriculture | Reuters
• Africa fixed broadband connections grow 5% in Q2 – Telecompaper
• Africa has 18 commercial 4G networks in operation – study – Telecompaper
• Africa has only 33 internet exchange points – specialist – Africa – News – StarAfrica.com
• Africa in 2030: A future of smartphones, drones and digital witchdoctors | Mail & Guardian Africa
• Africa Records Major Increase in Domestic Bandwidth Production | AfPIF 2015
• Africa set to lead growth in mobile usage | African Business | BDlive
• Africa Tech Trends: Boosting the continent’s software development talent
• Africa Tech Trends: Employing technology to root out corruption
• Africa Tech Trends: Is Apple building a bigger physical presence on the continent?
• Africa Telecoms in Review – 2014 | Many Possibilities
• Africa: The tech news you shouldn’t miss from June
• Africa’s information revolution: rhetoric and reality – Geographical
• Africa’s leading women in tech 2015 | IT News Africa- Africa’s Technology News Leader
• Africa’s tech innovation ecosystem: drivers, barriers and opportunities
• Africa’s tech innovation ecosystem: the road ahead and opportunities
• African Businesses Turn to Online Crowdfunding
• African internet capacity growth continues to lead world
• African ministers and ICT pledge for vibrant internet Ecosystem | The Citizen
• African mobile money could produce $1.5-billion in fees alone by 2019 | memeburn
• African States Push to Keep Boko Haram Offline
• African tech hubs must act like startups – Disrupt Africa
• African tech news roundup: Essential updates from August
• African Women In Tech: Stop The Labeling! We Are Entrepreneurs Too | AFKInsider
• Africell Group subscribers pass twelve million in 2014; two new markets sought by 2018
• Afrique – Twitter célèbre la diversité et les beautés de l’Afrique – France 24
• Airtel does not plan to exit Africa; sale of four units expected to take place in 3Q15
• Africa: On ‘Girls in ICT Day,’ UN Urges Increased Opportunity in Information and Communications Technology
• Africa’s Film Makers Cashing in on Afrinolly Mobile App
• An app that’s transforming health in 47 countries
• Apps development becomes popular
• Arbitrary Arrests, Cybercrime, and Mass Mobile Adoption: Monitoring Digital Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa · Global Voices
• Are Cellphones Really Changing the World?
• Artificial intelligence and robotics, 10 emerging technologies shaping African tech | VC4Africa
• Barriers to women’s participation on the internet evolve with increased ‘access’ | GenderIT.org
• Battle for African Internet users stirs freedom fears | Reuters
• BBC News – Could Bitcoin ease the pain of Africa’s migrant workforce?
• Best and worse mobile data prices in Africa
• Best and worse mobile data prices in Africa
• Bharti Airtel launches pan-Africa customised 3G smartphone for $53 | Business Line
• Bharti Airtel Raises $1.3billion from Selling its Tower Assets in Africa | TechCabal
• Big loopholes lurk in African cybercrime law – where it even exists
• Bitcoin’s Big Opportunity In Africa | Fast Company | Business + Innovation
• Blog | Access
• Bloomberg’s Former Head Of Mobile Oke Okaro On How Smartphones Will Fuel Innovation In Africa – Forbes
• Broadband a GDP enabler: MainOne | BiztechAfrica Mobile,Technology & IT News Africa
• Broadband Access Trends in 2015: A4AI’s Predictions | Alliance for Affordable Internet
• Browse, click, pay: African retail finds growing outlet online | Reuters
• Building Libraries Along Fiber-Optic Lines in Sub-Saharan Africa | Innovation | Smithsonian
• BusinessDaily Africa on Twitter: “INFOGRAPHIC: MPesa’s expanding footprint in Africa”
• Can Africa fight cybercrime and preserve human rights? – BBC News
• Can technology in classrooms make every child smart? | IT News Africa- Africa’s Technology News Leader
• Central African Governments Seek Ways to Fight Cybercrime
• Cheap Satellite Receiver Offers a Free Way to Access Wikipedia, International News, and Other Vital Websites | MIT Technology Review
• Cheap smartphones rule in Africa
• Chinese Huawei vows to bring latest ICT solutions to Africa | GlobalPost
• Co-working spaces: Homes for Africa’s tech entrepreneurs | The Economist
• Code for Africa gets $4.7m boost from Bill and Melinda Gates foundation – Memeburn
• Connecting to the world through the internet – nrc.no
• Connectivity can bring quality education to all | Opinion | Mail & Guardian
• Dear Internet Entrepreneur, The Hustle Is Actually Offline – techcabal.com
• December in Africa: Tech News Roundup
• Delving into the sub-Saharan digital economy | BiztechAfrica Mobile,Technology & IT News Africa
• Dial ICT for conflict? Four lessons on conflict and contention in the info age – The Washington Post
• Education Innovation on Twitter: “Check out the latest #infographic on #EdTech integration in #Africa #education #EdAfrica”
• eLearning Africa: ICTs boost growth but teachers reluctant to change | BiztechAfrica Mobile,Technology & IT News Africa
• Embracing open source in Africa | BiztechAfrica Mobile,Technology & IT News Africa
• Europe dominates Africa’s Internet traffic | ITWeb
• Even among poor, mobile Web is big in Africa | Network World
• Expanding the internet: Sky-Fi | The Economist
• Facebook and Other Tech Giants Expand Internet Access in Africa – The New York Times
• Facebook met fin au débat “Massata Faye” – Afrique IT News
• Facebook, WhatsApp Dominant Social Media Platforms in MENA
• Feature phone and smartphone battle it out in Africa | #mediadev | DW.COM | 27.05.2015
• Fight terrorism with Twitter
• Firefox OS comes to Africa with Orange’s $40 package deal – CNET
• Fixed broadband on the rise in Africa | IT News Africa- Africa’s Technology News Leader
• Four ways mobile phones have transformed life in Africa – Virgin.com
• Francophone and Technophile: French-Speaking Africa’s Budding Tech Scenes | The National Law Review
• Friday feature: Women in ICT – ITWeb Africa
• Geniuses only: Elite training for Africa’s brightest tech talent
• Getting cheaper data delivery for users and better quality networks in Africa in 2015 – 5 things that can be done | balancingact-africa.com
• Global mobile subscribers surpass seven billion
• Global network construction resurgence
• Google Android One débarque en Afrique – Afrique IT News
• Google is bringing cheap smartphones to Africa, but it has a problem: China got there first – Quartz
• Google predicts massive growth in African e-commerce | African Business | BDlive
• Google’s Michelle Atagana talks life after journalism, spreading the tech gospel – Memeburn
• Here’s how Africa’s mobile money players fit into the global landscape | memeburn
• Here’s how tech is changing the way NGOs operate in Africa | memeburn
• High Costs And Illiteracy To Blame For Widening Gender Gap In Technology Access
• Hope Or Hype: The Revolution In Africa Will Be Wireless : Goats and Soda : NPR
• Hope: African Govts Must Address High Cost of Spectrum Licences, Articles | THISDAY LIVE
• How Africa can benefit from the data revolution | Media Network | The Guardian
• How African girls are Tech-ing Over – Ventures Africa
• How an Anti-Tech Teacher Ended Up Creating A Mobile App to Improve Education in Africa | Toni Maravigila
• How an Anti-Tech Teacher Ended Up Creating A Mobile App to Improve Education in Africa | Toni Maravigila
• How can the Internet help Africa? Start by asking Africans – The Globe and Mail
• How Internet governance can effectively empower sustainable development. | Malawi24 – All the latest Malawi news
• How Is Digital Technology Changing Africa’s Cultural Landscape? Okayafrica.
• How mobile technology helps reduce maternal mortality during childbirth in West Africa – Quartz
• How startup incubators in Africa contribute to entrepreneur success | VC4Africa
• How the Internet of Things is having an impact in Africa – htxt.africa
• How The Semantic Web Can Boost Africa’s Fortunes
• How to run a profitable co-working space in Africa
• Huawei to train 1,000 African students over five years | BiztechAfrica Mobile,Technology & IT News Africa
• Huge Hackathon In West Africa Hopes To Produce The Next Wave Of Startups | TechCrunch
• ICANN Africa Strategy – A View from the Inside
• Improving Innovation in Africa – HBR
• In Search of the Next African Tech Hub
• Indigo Trust Supports AfriLabs with Second Consecutive Grant – techcabal.com
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• Infographic: The desktop is not yet dead – ordering food online in Africa
• Infrastructure for Online Retail Improves in Sub-Saharan Africa – PR.com
• Infrastructure sharing boosts African telcos – ITWeb Africa
• Internet in Africa: Empowerment or exploitation? | Africa | DW.COM | 24.06.2015
• Internet.org hopes to reach 100 countries in a year, up from six now | Computerworld
• Internet.org Issues Update on the State of Global Connectivity | SocialTimes
• Is fibre optic cable key to Africa’s economic growth? – BBC News
• Jean-Patrick Ehouman on Twitter: “#GES2015 this is Africa ! infographic by @CentumCares #YALI2015 #cotedivoire #kenya #ObamaReturns #ObamaHomecoming”
• July in Africa: Tech news roundup
• Kiro’o Games secures 240K USD – Africa’s first video game studio in the making | VC4Africa
• Lack of laws governing cybercrime making Africa a safe haven for cybercriminals, interview – Africa – Cybercrime – RFI
• Lancement en octobre de l’Africa Code Week – Afrique IT News
• Laptops in Africa’s classrooms; saviour or a waste of good money? | Mail & Guardian Africa
• Less Than One in Ten African Telecom Leaders Are Women – GSMA Data – techcabal.com
• Local content in Africa’s internet network increases by 50% – ITWeb Africa
• Local Internet Hosting Opportunities Key to Furthering Internet Development in Emerging Economies | Internet Society
• London company’s ‘Solar Classroom in a Box’ project aims to change the face of education in Africa – Education News – Education – The Independent
• MAP: The world according to Internet speeds | Traveller24
• Mapping the world’s 4.3 billion Internet addresses – The Washington Post
• March in Africa: Must-Read Tech News From March
• Mariam Abdullahi: Always hungry to learn and make an impact in ICT – Microsoft on the Issues Africa – Site Home – TechNet Blogs
• Maroc Telecom a engagé la liaison de Bamako à Abidjan et Ouagadougou par fibre optique – Agence Ecofin
• Meet SenseVirtual: the dedicated VR startup shaping frontiers in Africa – Ventureburn
• Meet the digital natives trailblazing internet use in Africa: 6 facts you need to know | Mail & Guardian Africa
• Mena Internet growth ‘in full throttle’
• Microsoft Plans New Windows Phone Sale to Boost Growth in Africa – Bloomberg Business
• Microsoft promotes Africa’s innovators through DEMO Africa 2015 | VC4Africa
• ​Microsoft releases the Nokia 215, its $29 ‘internet phone’ | ZDNet
• Middle East and Africa Smartphone Market to Top 155 Million Units in 2015 as Sub-$200 Segment Surges – prAE25737515
• Millions of Facebook users have no idea they’re using the internet – Quartz
• Mobile connectivity in Africa has already arrived | Brookings Institution
• Mobile Money: Africa Vs the World – Blog KPMG Africa
• Mobile music platforms keeping African artists on song – BBC News
• Mobile phones propelling Africa’s renaissance : Diplomat Magazine
• Mobile phones the pathway to internet in Africa
• Mobile technology widens its reach in Africa – FT.com
• MOOCs to the rescue? | Devex
• Mozilla brings low, low-cost smartphones to Africa – Looking forward to 50-80% smartphone ownership | balancingact-africa.com
• MTN Group and Liquid Telecom buddy up to extend African footprint
• MTN Group: An interesting way to gain exposure to the African growth story (Infographic) | African Business News | African Financial & Economic News
• Musicians, funky technologists, and the World Bank: What do they have in common? | Voices
• New start-ups target continent’s 300m-strong middle class as they race to become the ‘African Netflix’ | Mail & Guardian Africa
• No date for Africa’s 5G network – ITWeb Africa
• Nunu Ntshingila, la nouvelle directrice de Facebook en Afrique – Afrique IT News
• Nvision.Energy on Twitter: “#Electrification rates in #Africa. Great info graphic from this month’s @REWorld issue.
• Official Google Africa Blog: Sawubona! Google for Nonprofits launches in South Africa, Kenya and Botswana.
• On African mobile phones there’s social networking, and then there’s everything else – Quartz
• Online Activities in Emerging and Developing Nations | Pew Research Center’s Global Attitudes Project
• Online Marketplaces – A virtual mall helps retailers reach Africans thirsty for Western goods – Internet Retailer
• Online Sports Gambling in Africa? Don’t Bet On It Yet – Digits – WSJ
• Orange launches developer challenge for African startups
• Phones4Power: using mobile phones to run micro-grids in Africa | Guardian Sustainable Business | The Guardian
• Pros and cons of incubator models in Africa
• Public, private sectors must partner for successful ICT roll-out in Africa
• Ranked: Top 10 most innovative companies in Africa | IT News Africa- Africa’s Technology News Leader
• Reading on Mobile Phones? mLiteracy Opportunities and Challenges | ICT Works
• Reading this on a computer? Then you (probably) don’t live in Africa – CNN.com
• RIA Policy Brief Q12015_Final.pages – RIA Policy Brief Q12015_Final.pdf
• SEACOM announces DE-CIX peering | BiztechAfrica Mobile,Technology & IT News Africa
• Seacom to sell bandwidth to SMEs directly – Business
• Shining a Light on Africa’s Internet Success | Internet Society
• Silicon Savannahs and Cyber Cities: Where Does Success in Africa’s Tech Sectors Lie? | Lucy James
• Smartphones: Winning the Internet in the Developing World
• Standard Digital News : : Business – Obi mobiles to launch in Africa
• Start-up & Co : Afrique Francophone: Le Top 40 Des Entrepreneurs & Cadres à Suivre Sur Twitter
• Startup Incubators in Africa and why they don’t work | VC4Africa
• Storify: Internet governance in Africa – #AfriSIG2015 #GIGxAfrica #IGF2015 | Association for Progressive Communications
• Talk Africa: The popularity of cellular networks in Pan-African social media
• Tech Communities in Francophone Africa Rise to the Challenge of Their Anglophone Counterparts · Global Voices
• Tech Firms Extend Internet Access To Help Ebola Treatment in Africa – Digits – WSJ
• Technology focused investors in Africa are enjoying growth in revenue – Ventures Africa
• Technology no silver bullet for Africa’s farming challenges, says entrepreneur
• The ‘digital Jedi’ who started an online humanitarian revolution
• The African Startup Using Phones to Spot Counterfeit Drugs – Bloomberg Business
• The app that could transform Africa’s e-commerce by solving its postcode problem – and with just three little words | Mail & Guardian Africa
• The battle between Africa’s mobile phone companies and banks is a boon for financial inclusion – Quartz
• The Challenges Facing E-Commerce Start-ups in Africa – HBR
• The Final Frontier: Global Tech Giants Waking Up To Africa | AFKInsider
• The Funding Paradox
• The Future Is African | TechCrunch
• The Hype and Hustle of African Tech Startups | VC4Africa
• The key tech trends shaping Africa in the next 5 years | Leadership | African Business Review
• The Long Road to Stimulating Tech Innovation in Africa | Loren Treisman
• The Missing Middle
• The Mobile Divide | Internet Society
• The mobile phone comes first in Africa; before electricity, water, toilets or even food | Mail & Guardian Africa
• The New Space Race: Bringing Internet to the Other 4 Billion | WIRED
• The New Tech Of Financial Inclusion In Africa | PYMNTS.com
• The Next Africa: An Emerging Continent Becomes a Global Powerhouse
• The Rise and Perils of West African Startups | World Policy Institute
• The rise of ‘unknown OS’ in global smartphone markets | VentureBeat | Mobile | by Marco Veremis, Upstream
• The Rise of Mobile Gaming Across Africa | PC Tech Magazine
• The Rise Of Silicon Savannah And Africa’s Tech Movement | TechCrunch
• The tech geek who wants to conquer art world – CNN.com
• The tech giants trying to steal African startups’ lunches
• The World’s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies of 2015 in Africa | Fast Company | Business + Innovation
• These 10 apps will boost agriculture in Africa – Ventures Africa
• These two companies are looking to change the way Africans watch movies – Quartz
• Think African presidents popular on Twitter have high approval ratings? Think again | Mail & Guardian Africa
• This Map Shows the Countries With the Lowest Internet Penetration | Motherboard
• To kill, beat up, or jail an African blogger, Tweep or Facebooker, that is the question | Mail & Guardian Africa
• Top 30 startups selected for DEMO Africa 2015 | VC4Africa
• Top mobile apps made in Africa | IT News Africa- Africa’s Technology News Leader
• TV White Spaces to improve broadband access in the health sector | BiztechAfrica Mobile,Technology & IT News Africa
• Twitter Ads are now available in over 200 countries and territories | Twitter Blogs
• Uber eyes use of mobile money service in Africa – PC Advisor
• Un ancien de Facebook pour diriger Airbnb en Afrique – Afrique IT News
• 8 exciting African startup programmes and accelerators to watch in 2015
• From fire detectors to SMS fundraisers: meet Africa’s top 10 innovators of 2015
• Here’s where Africa’s payments revolution should be happening today
• How do you infiltrate the startup ecosystem in Africa?
• Meet Tracking the Wild: the social tool using crowdsourcing to help Africa’s wildlife
• #ISurvivedEbola Mobile App Launched For the Testimonies of Ebola Survivors
• Assessing Africa’s tech boom
• How Social Media is Integrating Africa
• Smart Schools Are Reshaping Rural Education In Africa
• Who Needs Incubators? A Lesson from Young Entrepreneurs in sub-Saharan Africa
• Video: The state of internet governance in Africa – CNBC Africa
• We need to stop talking about how mobile phones will save Africa and think bigger – Quartz
• Web poet’s society: African poetry goes mobile – CNN.com
• West Africa turns into dumping ground for e-waste | PCWorld
• What African Start-Ups Need to Do to Hire and Keep Great Talent – HBR
• What the Internet of Everything will do for Africa – Agenda – The World Economic Forum
• What Would a True Digital Renaissance in Africa Look Like? – Yahoo News
• What’s the Future of Chocolate? Tech, Innovation, and Human Connection | Singularity HUB
• Where Are Africa’s Developers? | PC Tech Magazine
• Where will Africa’s unicorn come from
• Who wants a BlackBerry these days? Millions in Africa and Asia
• Why a mobile-technology revolution needs teachers | Home | Life Links | DW.DE | 02.04.2015
• Why I Think The Internet Can Solve Africa’s Problems
• Why The Solution To African Tech Investment Is An African One | Morad’s blog
• Why your internet connection is slow wherever you are in Africa – Quartz
• Will Uber’s Foray Into More African Cities Succeed? | AFKInsider
• World Bank on Twitter: “#Kenya is the highest user of mobile phones for money transactions in the Sub Saharan Africa region: INFOGRAPHIC”
• Worldreader and Opera Software Partnership Reaches 5 Million Readers in Africa via Mobile Phones | Virtual-Strategy Magazine
• Xiaomi, the ‘Apple of China’, is launching in Africa with India as a good blueprint – Quartz
• Young, rich and African: the Cheetah Generation
• Youth, Technology And Startups Are Transforming Agriculture In Africa
• Youtube s’adapte au marché africain – Afrique IT News