Sierra Leone harnessed momentum from the October 2011 landing of the ACE fibre cable in Freetown, Sierra Leone and is off to a great start in 2012.

Anat Bar-Gera, co-founder of 4G Africa, a broadband wireless Internet service provider operating in Cameroon, gave a short presentation at December 2011’s TEDxBayArea.

Africa’s carriers’ carrier WIOCC has entered into a strategic partnership with Cable&Wireless Worldwide, a global mission critical communications provider, to improve the reliability, performance and reach of international connectivity in and out of Africa.

Randall Lane, of Forbes, sits down with Dr. Hamadoun Touré, the head of the International Telecommunication Union to discuss broadband as a human right.

Further insight into African 4G, smartphone use, rural connectivity challenges, and MXit.

How many times have you read that a 10% increase in broadband penetration brings a 1.4% boost to GDP in developing nations? Ever wonder where that # comes from?