Excerpts and tech snippets from Algeria (telecom goals), Burundi (infrastructure), Cameroon (mobile Twitter ban), Eritrea (Internet freedom), Ethiopia (tech city), Ghana.

Don’t let speculation overshadow tech progress.

MXit embraces mobile tech, a look at planned 4G in Cameroon & Ghana, SA’s universal broadband outlook

This video recaps the International Conference on ICT for Africa held March 25-28, 2010 in Cameroon. The most notable message is to focus on the can instead of the cannot. Africa, despite a host of limitations, has produced success stories since this conference first met 2 years ago. Although such …

PanAf Edu Vol. 2, N°1 on ICT research in education in Africa (27pp, 3.5MB) is a must-read for those interested in the field of African education. The publication contains a dozen first-hand reports focus on how computer-based ICT has been utilized in West African secondary schools. All articles in the …

Kenya eyes software industry, Nigeria still vulnerable, the perks of virtual business