Airtel Africa, with operations in 17 African countries, has a tough year ahead as 3G data margins are slim.

Recently, Deloitte (consultancy) and GSMA (association of worldwide mobile operators) produced a report on the state of mobile in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Although there is plenty of ICT news coming out of the Democratic Republic of the Congo these past two months, most reporting revolves around the failure to capture access to the recently launched WACS fibre cable.

The state of the Internet is rapidly improving all across the African continent. A summary, in 1,000 words.

June 2012 advert for Orange Uganda’s 3G+ Internet service.

How fast is high-speed broadband? MTN Sudan provides an excellent definition.