Major news-makers for the month included unrest in Ivory Coast, Nigerian elections, Ugandan social media threats, and undersea cables in South Africa.

Connecting young entrepreneurs, web and mobile-phone programmers, designers, and investors. Few concepts in Africa drives more excitement, collaboration, and promise than the tech hub.

18 promising stories from the usual suspects: SA, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Nigeria, Ghana

Ugandan social media concerns, new SA undersea cable planned, Kenyan mobile turnover, Burundi mobile users up 55% last year

Don’t let speculation overshadow tech progress.

According to a December 2010 infoDev report, “the primary challenges facing ICT SMEs as they attempt to launch and grow may vary significantly depending on the country in which the entrepreneur may be located.”
While challenges of each country are unique, the general hurdle preventing ICT uptake among small and medium …