Here are a few miscellaneous articles and posts that have been shared in the past week in case you missed them the first time:

• How inefficient operators, information asymmetry between regulator and operators and the role of the regulator to balance the interests of consumers, competing enterprises and investors is not being fulfilled in Namibia: http://cprsouth.org/sites/default/files/Christoph%20Stork%202_0.pdf
• Market conditions for investment in East African ICT: http://www.docstoc.com/docs/19457957/ICT-Investment-Opportunities-in-East-Africa-Regional-Market
• A May 2009 report on ICT in Zambia: http://www.sociolingo.com/2009/12/africa-paper-ict-in-zambia/
• An analysis of the annual ITU statistics: http://whiteafrican.com/2009/12/22/internet-mobile-stats-africa-grows-fastest-in-the-world-2009/
• The widely-shared map of social networks: http://www.vincos.it/world-map-of-social-networks/
• Information Society Statistical Profiles – Africa 2009: http://www.itu.int/publ/D-IND-RPM.AF-2009/en