Over the past two weeks we’ve found tech/Internet updates from 24 nations. Below is a recap of headlines (sorted by country) highlighting the spirit of African technology.

Algeria

• Algerian bloggers discuss In Amenas attack {Magharebia}
• More Algerians getting jobs via Internet {HumanIPO}

Botswana

• Botswana computerises land allocation {BiztechAfrica}

Cameroon

• Viettel promet 6200 emplois et une baisse de 15 à 20% sur les prix des communications {Ecofin}

Cote D’Ivoire

• África no es un país {El Pais}
• Ericsson construit le réseau 3G d’Atlantique Telecom {Ecofin}

Egypt

• Internet users in Egypt reach 31 million {Ahram Online}
• Cruel Irony: Egypt’s Morsi Announces Protester Crackdown Over Twitter {TechCrunch}
• Why Open Source Software? {Global Voices}

The Gambia

• Gambia’s newest entertainment magazine hits digital world {Daily Observer}

Ghana

• Ghana’s First Internet Freedom Fellow receives congratulatory message from US … {spyghana.com}
• 13.7 Million Syllabus Digitization Project Takes Off Soon {AllAfrica.com}

Kenya

• Standard Digital ranked top visited site by Internet users {The Standard Digital News}
• Online Community’s responsibility in curbing dangerous speech {iHub}
• Microsoft’s APPs Team for Africa Developers Tours Kenya {AllAfrica.com}
• Kenyan politicians embrace social media {Deutsche Welle}
• Orange Kenya mobile internet users up 2.4% in Q3 {Telecompaper}
• UAE students launch wireless network in Kenya {GulfNews.com}
• Kenya begins construction of ‘silicon’ city Konza {BBC News}
• Essar Telecom Kenya to invest directly in LTE / 4G and skip 3G network {Telecom Lead}
• AccessKenya Begins Its Network Upgrade {AllAfrica.com}
• When Will the Internet Transform Kenya’s Politics? {AllAfrica.com}
• Govt Data Centre Set for Konza {AllAfrica.com}
• Kenya Power Learns From Twitter {AllAfrica.com}
• Chepkoilel University to Have Internet Connection {AllAfrica.com}
• Companies Need to Adapt to the Mobile Internet {AllAfrica.com}
• Kenyan Universities, IBM partner on ICT skills {BiztechAfrica}
• Why Konza is high on rhetoric and short on prudence {Business Daily}
• Kenya ICT Board in US$1.6 million partnership with NaiLab {HumanIPO}
• New uses of open data for Kenyan elections {HumanIPO}
• ICT master plan finally ready for launch, says Ndemo {HumanIPO}
• YouTube launches Kenya election channel {HumanIPO}

Liberia

• For Recovering Liberia, Tech Hub a High-Speed Link to a Digital … {Tech President}
• LIBTELCO Launches Fiber Optic Cable {AllAfrica.com}

Libya

• Taqnia: everybody was talking fibre optics and LTE {Libya Herald}

Mali

• Internet, a tool used to communicate on the conflict in Mali {France 24}
• Dogon Telecom launches new service in Mali {IT News Africa}

Mauritius

• L’Internet haut débit sert davantage au téléchargement des films {Ecofin}
• Bientôt le Wifi gratuit sur toute l’île {Ecofin}

Mozambique

• Business in Angola and Mozambique better than expected for … {Macauhub}

Namibia

• Bravo Unam! {Namibian}
• IESC Namibia: Blueprints for ICT Success Intel Learning Series {Luke Filose}
• Massive Investment to Boost Telecom’s Market Share {AllAfrica.com}
• ZTE to build Telecom Namibia LTE network {BiztechAfrica}

Nigeria

• Nigeria’s Online Literature {AllAfrica.com}
• iROKOtv in exclusive app deal with Nokia Lumia {African Business Review}
• EFCC arrests 20 Internet fraudsters in Benin City {WorldStage}
• Internet Mob Rules {AllAfrica.com}
• Africa’s Most Innovative Companies: Twinpine {Ventures Africa}
• Bridging gender divide in Nigeria’s Internet access {The Guardian Nigeria}
• 90% of Nigerian SMEs lack online presence – Ehimuan {The Punch}
• Broadband – a Bridge to the Digital Gap? {AllAfrica.com}
• ICT As a Tool for Compelling Governance {AllAfrica.com}
• ‘Nation Must Move From Talking to Walking ICT’ {AllAfrica.com}
• One Laptop Per Child Policy Is Ongoing – Minister {AllAfrica.com}
• Konga Hits 100,000 Likes, Becomes Nigeria’s Most Liked E-Commerce Site On Facebook {techloy}
• Globacom s’associe à Samsung pour faciliter l’accès aux smartphones {Ecofin}
• Nigeria Online Shopping {CNN}
• Nigerian Computer Society calls for “innovation growth” {HumanIPO}
• Huawei targets Nigerian market with low and high-end smartphones {HumanIPO}

North Africa

• Twitter introduces advertising in North Africa {HumanIPO}

Rwanda

• Lack of Mile Network Hampers ICT {AllAfrica.com}
• ICT dev’t is the way foward {The New Times Rwanda}
• ICT Ministry to Establish Content Market {AllAfrica.com}
• kLab Livens Tech Scene {AllAfrica.com}
• Electronic Waste Clogging Government Institutions {AllAfrica.com}
• ICT Sector Profile 2012 {AllAfrica.com}
• Rwanda ICT Sector Profile 2012 Released {Rwanda Ministry of Youth and Information and Communication Technology}
• Rwandan mobile subscriber base reaches 5.7 million {TeleGeography}

Somalia

• Somalia’s al-Shabab opens new Twitter account {BBC News}

South Africa

• Internet opportunities for Africa {The Media Online}
• Broadband Access for Eastern Cape School {ITU}
• Has SA broadband been let down by private sector? {MyBroadband}
• Start-up takes computing to the people {South Africa.info}
• Two more rural SA schools to get broadband {HumanIPO}
• SA schools still slow to catch on with ebooks {HumanIPO}
• SA’s leading Internet provider to embrace social media {HumanIPO}
• Facebook top social network for SA advertisers {HumanIPO}
• 88mph welcomes nine new startups to accelerator program {HumanIPO}
• Free fibre infrastructure to benefit landlords in SA {HumanIPO}

South Sudan

• South Sudan plans link to fibre-optic Internet in 2013 {Reuters}
• SIM registration deadline extended to end of month {TeleGeography}

Tanzania

• Vodacom Tanzania progresses on 3G backbone {IT News Africa}
• Huawei Vows to Support ICT Development {AllAfrica.com}
• Air Travellers to Buy Tickets Via M-Pesa {AllAfrica.com}
• Tanzanians to Follow Education Conference Through Social Media {AllAfrica.com}
• Internet services upgraded {The Citizen}

Tunisia

• Orange Tunisia adds 2G/3G to three more towns {IT News Africa}
• Tunisian “Open Data” Advocates Honored {Tunisia Live}

Uganda

• MTN Uganda launches Wi-Fi hotspots {Bizcommunity.com}
• Elikia, Africa’s First Smartphone {AllAfrica.com}
• Telecoms Gear for Turf Wars in 2013 {AllAfrica.com}
• Google to Offer Localised Data {AllAfrica.com}
• truIT promises cost effective broadband soon {BiztechAfrica}
• Ugandan students design smartphone {HumanIPO}

West Africa

• Bluegrass Digital Set To Expand Business To West Africa {Ventures Africa}

Zambia

• Zambia’s Zamtel adding 3G base stations {IT News Africa}
• Ban On Counterfeit Phones Coming {AllAfrica.com}
• Speed Up Rural Tower Installations, Zicta Urged {AllAfrica.com}
• Interview with BongoHive Co-Founder · Global Voices {Global Voices}

Zimbabwe

• Zimbabwe speeds up internet connectivity ahead of UNWTO assembly {communicationsafrica.com}
• Econet, TN Bank to partner to allow customers buy smartphones {BiztechAfrica}

General Africa

• Microsoft and Huawei of China to Unite to Sell Low-Cost Windows Smartphones {New York Times}
• Online shopping market grows in South Africa {BDlive}
• End-to-end ICT is vital for growth in Africa {IT News Africa}
• Airtel Q3-FY13 Concall: Data Usage Up 25% QoQ, Bangladesh EBITA Break … {MediaNama.com}
• K-NET launches unlimited broadband internet services across sub-Saharan Africa {TelecomTiger}
• In rural Africa ‘You climb stick… before you have network’ {Times LIVE}
• Liquid expands footprint with East African assets acquisition {Technology Zimbabwe}
• Africa’s Mobile Tech Boom {Newsweek}
• ICT policy a challenge for Africa {Gadget}
• African software developers need a dose of realism in their ambitions’ {How we made it in Africa}
• E-commerce & Mobile Payments in Africa will not scale without … {Mbwana Alliy}
• Where are the women in African tech? {Ventureburn}
• Africa Has Huge Potential {AllAfrica.com}
• Africa Poised for a Great Future {AllAfrica.com}
• Apps4Africa {Apps4Africa}
• Africa eLearning revenues to reach $512.7m {BiztechAfrica}
• VimpelCom to launch free mobile Wikipedia access {BiztechAfrica}
• Google Africa opens Science Fair entries {HumanIPO}
• NGOs to bring new e-learning platform to Africa {HumanIPO}
• Local hosting is key to cloud’s success in Africa {IT News Africa}
• Open Society report mapping news & new media in #DRC, #Rwanda and #Burundi and how to improve access & quality {OSISA}
• Unitel budgets USD1.35bn for 2013-15 {TeleGeography}
• Une étude du CTA révèle qu’en Afrique les jeunes femmes sont les plus ferventes adeptes du web 2.0 et des médias sociaux {web2fordev}