Two weeks. 35 countries. 149 stories.

Algeria

• Accès à internet à haut débit : les mille et une promesses d’Algérie Télécom {Algerie Focus}
• L’enseignant-chercheur Fareh Abdelhak en est l’ambassadeur Wikipedia s’invite dans les universités algériennes {IT Mag}

Angola

• South Africa to implement Angola?s model of Internet expansion {AngolaPress}
• Tales of Love and Sex from Angola {Global Voices}

Botswana

• Botswana awaits cheaper internet {Biztech Africa}
• Orange Botswana to bring Opera Mini to subscribers {Biztech Africa}
• Botswana turns to ITU for cyber-security framework {HumanIPO}
• Telecoms, broadcasting regulators set to merge {TeleGeography}

Burkina Faso

• Lancement du réseau informatique administratif national et régional {Ecofin}

Burundi

• Orascom’s Burundi Unit to Start Mobile Banking to Add Customers {Bloomberg}
• Le Burundi va être doté des infrastructures permettant d’avoir un internet de haut débit {RTNB}
• Le système informatique douanier automatisé ne marche pas. La connexion Internet en cause {IWACU}

Cameroon

• WikiAfrica project welcomes and trains Cameroonians to contribute … {WikiMedia Blog}
• Development aid through crowdfunding {Deutsche Welle}

Comoros

• La connexion est impossible pour les clients de Comores Telecom {Comores Infos}
• IMF concludes Comoros’ ECF arrangement, but issues fresh call for Comores Telecom privatisation {TeleGeography}

Congo

• The first smartphone made in Africa is a farce—along with Congo’s commitment … {Quartz}
• Le 1er Point d’Echange Internet en Afrique Centrale à Brazzaville. Le CGIXP est opérationnel, lancement prévu pour le 18 avril à BZV {Twitter / lucMissidimbazi}

Cote D’Ivoire

• Ivory Coast’s AMN co-working space boosts innovation {ITWeb Africa}

DR Congo

• Leading central African ISP signs high-capacity deal with O3b Networks {ITWeb}

East Africa

• Pivot East 2013 to Establish Enterprises Out of Mobile APP Developers {AllAfrica}

Egypt

• Egypt: Divers caught while cutting Internet cable {Huffington Post}
• 13 Quick Stats about Internet Usage in the Middle East Stats {Wamda}
• Orascom Telecom: Our internet cable in Egypt is still unlicensed {Daily News Egypt}
• YouTube expands its Partner Program to users in Egypt, Saudi … {Nick Summers, TNW}
• Arrest Warrant Issued for Egyptian Blogger Alaa Abd El Fattah for a Twitter Mention {Global Voices}
• OTH still awaiting deal to allow extension of MENA cable into Egypt {TeleGeography}

Ethiopia

• Ethiopian telcos secure space in multi-billion ICT Park {IT News Africa}
• Ethiopia ‘blocks’ Al Jazeera websites {Aljazeera.com}
• Microsoft looking into setting up a manufacturing plant here {The Reporter Ethiopia}

Gabon

• Gabon et Maroc signent un partenariat dans le secteur des technologies et systèmes d’information {Ecofin}
• Potential purchase of Gabon Telecom by Etisalat under discussion {TeleGeography}

Gambia

• Internet scams {The Point Newspaper}
• ‘Thinking Big’: Gambian IT Teacher Talks Moving the Classroom Online {Global Voices}

Ghana

• Students should use internet wisely – Minister of Education {Vibe Ghana}
• Google Ghana partners local media to produce more online content {Vibe Ghana}
• Shopping for tech devices in Ghana now made easier by GhTechBuy {spyghana.com}
• What do you use the Internet for? {Blogcamp Ghana}
• Huawei Technologies to implement e-government project in Ghana {HumanIPO}
• NCA says no LTE in near future {TeleGeography}

Guinea

• Bisbille entre la Sotelgui et Sodiacom sur la fibre optique {Ecofin}

Kenya

• Don’t Call Africa’s Tech Hub ‘Silicon Savannah’ {Mashable}
• Most Kenyans still enjoy low internet tariffs {Coastweek}
• Kenya petitions Facebook and Twitter over senders of hate speech {IDG News Service}
• Hatred on social media in Kenya worrying – NCIC {Capital FM Kenya}
• Airtel Kenya Halts Unlimited Internet Offerings {AllAfrica}
• Open Source {AllAfrica}
• CCK Rolls Out Rural ICT Coverage {AllAfrica}
• Microsoft Equips Women With ICT Tools {AllAfrica}
• The Kenyan Blogosphere Still Has Great Talent {WhiteAfrican}
• Microsoft, m:Lab and iHUB enter into partnership {HumanIPO}
• Kenyan blogger charged in court {HumanIPO}

Liberia

• LTA Announces Minimum Internet Service {AllAfrica}

Libya

• Libyan government slams the brakes on telco management tender {TeleGeography}

Malawi

• MTL increases tariffs for internet, telephone services over Malawi Kwacha … {Nyasa Times}
• High penetration dogged by poor services {Biztech Africa}
• MTL to connect with USA in 2014 {Biztech Africa}
• Malawi’s Nyasa Times integrates Mimiboards {HumanIPO}

Mali

• Nouveaux problèmes en vue dans l’attribution de la 3ème licence télécom {Ecofin}

Mauritius

• Government of Mauritius and LINK Development launch new portal … {AME Info}
• Mauritius to Offer Ugandans ICT Jobs {AllAfrica.com}

Morocco

• Blogger Wants More Freedoms in Morocco {Spiegel Online}
• CGI et Méditel veulent bâtir une « ville intelligente » {Ecofin}

Mozambique

• Internet Solutions voted best ISP in Mozambique {IT News Africa}
• Assembly of Computers in Mozambique At Standstill {AllAfrica}
• INCM to offer 800MHz frequencies in Jun-13 auction {TeleGeography}

Nigeria

• PC penetration will spur broadband growth, says Mortazavi {The Guardian Nigeria}
• Expert canvasses IC3 certification to boost digital literacy in Nigeria {The Guardian Nigeria}
• West Africans turn to technology to tame the traffic beast {Bangkok Post}
• Tech hub working on ‘Nigeria’s next big idea’ {CNN International}
• IDW – Intel Bridges Gender Technology Gap {AllAfrica.com}
• Why build a tech city when you can build a tech neighbourhood? {Ventureburn}
• World’s Most Crime-Ridden ISP Found in Nigeria {Wall Street Journal (blog)}
• Iroko’s Jason Njoku Is Creating The Next Netlfix In Nigeria {Fast Company}
• Number of Internet Users in Nigeria Hits 48 Million – Maku {AllAfrica}
• 123 Varsities Launch Anti-Plagiarism Software {AllAfrica}
• Airtel Reassures Nigerians of Reliable, Fast 3.75g Coverage {AllAfrica}
• ‘We Must Fine-Tune Ways to Address Cybercrimes’ {AllAfrica}
• Online Job Earnings in Nigeria Increase by 35 Percent {AllAfrica}
• Lagos tech hub solves social problem {CNN}
• “Tough Skin and Brains”: Nigeria’s Apps4Africa Winner Talks Tech Innovation in Africa {Global Voices}
• IBM helps Ekiti State improve governance, education {Biztech Africa}
• Hackers pull down four government websites in Nigeria {HumanIPO}
• M.I becomes first African rapper to premiere a song on Google Hangout {HumanIPO}

Rwanda

• Rwf95 Million for ICT in Education {AllAfrica.com}
• Rwanda’s ICT Ambitions Bearing Fruit {AllAfrica}
• Girls in ICT Launch Network {AllAfrica}
• Minister opens Techno Brain office in Kigali {Biztech Africa}

Senegal

• New cable broadens web access in Senegal {spyghana.com}

Somalia

• Telecomunication development of somalia and its challenges {Mareeg}

South Africa

• Vodacom extends 4G service to prepaid and top up {Moneyweb.co.za}
• Brics fibre-optic cable viable – i3 Africa {Creamer Media’s Engineering News}
• Broadband is top priority for Department of Communications {BDlive}
• Kwazulu-Natal School Gets Computer Centre From Vodacom Millionaires {AllAfrica.com}
• Government’s ICT policy is slowly strangling SA {Mail & Guardian Online}
• Gauteng’s Innovation Hub – a critical pit-stop on Africa’s IT superhighway {IT News Africa}
• Fastest rising Google search terms in SA {MyBroadband}
• The Gauteng Online Schools Project Reviewed {AllAfrica.com}
• What’s in store for SA’s online shoppers? {The New Age Online}
• TV White Spaces broadband trial in South Africa {MyBroadband}
• Local online crowdfunding platform created by actor {HumanIPO}
• Government intervention required for rural broadband {HumanIPO}
• SA Human Rights Day celebrated on Twitter {HumanIPO}
• Female label needs to be removed in tech field, says SA programmer {HumanIPO}

Sudan

• Sudatel envisage de se débarrasser de ses filiales africaines {Ecofin}

Tanzania

• New brand of smartphones launched in Tanzania {Daily News}
• 3G, 4G, LTE? Little buzzwords, big tech for Dar netizens as networks speed up  {The Citizen}

Uganda

• Facebook for Dwanzies {AllAfrica.com}
• From deal sites to tablet makers: inside Africa’s startup boom {Ventureburn}
• Kcca to Issue Computerised Taxi Stickers {AllAfrica}
• Powering Africa out of poverty {EWEA Blog}
• MTN activates DC-HSPA+ upgrade {TeleGeography}
• Women in Kampala, #Uganda imagining what it’s like to use the Internet in their daily lives {Twitter / UNICEFUSAevents}

Zambia

• ZAMTEL to introduce broadband peri urban and rural areas to improve Internet … {Lusaka Times}
• Theft by facebook, twitter, skype {postzambia.com}
• New data centre launched in Zambia {Biztech Africa}
• Bantu Babel Android App published by the Bongo Hive team in Zambia {HumanIPO}

Zimbabwe

• New VSAT provider Stargaze, targets rural communities with low prices {Technology Zimbabwe}
• Iran helping Zimbabwe snoop on internet {Nehanda Radio}
• Zimbabwe’s internet crawls as undersea fibre outage enters 4th day {Technology Zimbabwe}
• Startup lessons from Culture Shift Zimbabwe {Technology Zimbabwe}
• Zimbabwe Stock Exchange finally launches new website {HumanIPO}

Africa

• Africa’s ICT investment landscape: where to look next? {How we made it in Africa}
• African TLDs, ISPs implement DNSSEC to attract more users {ITworld.com}
• The Influence of New Smart Phone Technology on Education in Africa {AfricanBrains}
• Mobile Applications Developers Meet {AllAfrica.com}
• Google at odds with African ministers and musicians over internet regulation {Media Guardian (blog)}
• Africa’s ICT Sector Growth with David Eurin {ABN Digital}
• In Africa, devs struggle to create modern games for 3K cultures {VentureBeat}
• 49 Ideas For Profitable Mobile Business in Africa {SiliconAfrica.com}
• African accelerator weaves loose strands of local startup scene together {VentureBeat}
• Social Media and Mobile Greatly Impact Shopping Habits in Asian & African Countries {Huffington Post}
• Why the African economy is 4Ging ahead {Developing Telecoms}
• SXSW 2013: Africa is exploding with development, mobile only and … {Innovation Series}
• Group Director Marketing, Expresso Telecom, Africa: “LTE will become a … {Telecoms.com}
• Fibre optic networks in Africa {Lexology}
• Tech firms look to expand sales in Africa {Los Angeles Times}
• Africa’s ICT environment should be conductive to meet demands of tomorrow’s … {Mail & Guardian Online}
• Building Software Solutions For ICT Challenges In Africa {Ventures-Africa}
• African Facebook Users 2013 {Afrografique}
• Embracing New Technologies {AllAfrica}
• Official Google Africa Blog: Africa Maps gets better {Google Africa Blog}
• Kenya v. Nigeria on Twitter {Al Jazeera}
• Tech Links Around Africa, March 2013 {WhiteAfrican}
• L’utilisation du Live Tweet par les dirigeants africains « serait fortement appréciée » {Ecofin}
• Lenovo targets Africa {Biztech Africa}
• Africa has reached connectivity saturation point {HumanIPO}
• Social media users celebrate Chinua Achebe {HumanIPO}
• Chrome becomes Africa’s favourite browser {HumanIPO}