A curated weekly selection of 72 headlines highlighting the spirit of African technology. This week, 28 nations are represented!

Algeria

• Bientôt 4 millions d’utilisateurs de Facebook {Algeria ISP}
• Moussa Benhamadi s’insurge contre la persistance des poches d’absence de connexion Internet {Ecofin}

Cameroon

• Djibril Traore Pleads Guilty in Special Criminal Court {AllAfrica.com}
• Local Cameroonian news site provides platform for students and startups {HumanIPO}
• “We Mapped The Campus” {ActivSpaces}

Comoros

• Govt publishes expressions of interest request for Comores Telecom privatisation {TeleGeography}

Cote D’Ivoire

• Cyber Activist Alain Doh Bi Released {RSF}

DR Congo

• Congo M23 rebels build Facebook following in face of UN pressure {HumanIPO}
• D.R. of Congo: Artists Sing Against War {Global Voices}

Egypt

• The Super-motivated Entrepreneur Behind Egypt’s SuperMama {Knowledge@Wharton}
• Huawei launches its Egypt Network Operation Center in Cairo {AME Info}
• A Visit to the Future Home of icecairo {24months.com}
• Facebook Campaign Reveals Arab Women Struggle {AllAfrica.com}

Ethiopia

• Government Introduces E-Service With 3.8 Million Br {AllAfrica.com}
• One tablet per child: creating opportunity in Africa {Deseret News}
• Ethiopian Prime Minister Visits Safaricom for M-Pesa {AllAfrica.com}

Ghana

• Ghana Politicians Using Social Media to Reach Out to Voters {Voice of America}
• Vodafone Ghana CEO highlights broadband progress {TeleGeography}
• Ghana telecoms ‘stands tall’ {BiztechAfrica}

Guinea

• ETI contracts Alvarion for network expansion project {TeleGeography}

Kenya

• la Silicon Valley de l’Afrique {FRANCE 24}
• Open Data Portal Not That Open {AllAfrica.com}
• Kenya to launch National ICT Master Plan {HumanIPO}
• Young developers unlock earnings with games apps {Business Daily}

Malawi

• Govt to use ICT in Agriculture {BiztechAfrica}

Mauritius

• ICTA offers ISPs chance to bid for low-cost internet services {TeleGeography}

Morocco

• L’Observatoire des télécommunications de l’ANRT publie les chiffres du 3ème trimestre 2012 {ANRT}

Namibia

• Crime Spoils the Exponential Benefits of the Internet {AllAfrica.com}

Niger

• Work begins on second phase of fibre-optic network rollout in Konni {TeleGeography}

Nigeria

• Unilag Team Win Google Contest {Information Nigeria}
• Android in Nigeria {AllAfrica.com}
• Etisalat to invest USD400m in 2013, targets 20m subs {TeleGeography}

North Africa

• ‘TechCamp’ teaches Maghreb job search strategies {Magharebia}
• 10 Popular Coworking Spaces in the Arab World {Wamda}

Rwanda

• Tigo Rwanda rewards social entrepreneurs {IT News Africa}
• High-Speed Internet Still Very Limited, Improvement in Sight {AllAfrica.com}

Senegal

• Senegalese caravan aims to boost ICT youth training {ITWeb}

Sierra Leone

• Playing politics: new ways to win votes in Africa {Deutsche Welle}

Somalia

• RLabs Technology and Incubation Centre in Borama City {RLabs}

South Africa

• Seacom brings ICT training to South African slum {Telecompaper}
• Province’s broadband goal for 1000 schools {BDlive}
• Making sense of Africa’s media landscape {The Media Online}
• High-Tech Digital Twist for Gravestones in South Africa {PR.com}
• Is South Africa the best place to start your start-up? {ZDNet}
• Mobile growing ‘in spite of’ government {News24}
• Online shopping in South Africa has (finally) come of age {Mail & Guardian Online}
• Installation of new cable linking SA to Brazil to start in 2014 {Creamer Media’s Engineering News}
• Google Africa teams up with business accelerator 88mph to light up the South African startup scene {TNW}
• Seacom brings ICT training to South African slum {Telecompaper}

South Sudan

• Yahsat prepares satellite broadband launch in South Sudan {TeleGeography}

Swaziland

• Comviva expands its Mobile Internet Offerings into Swaziland … {Swazi Live}

Tanzania

• China Offers Laptops to Dar es Salaam Police {AllAfrica.com}
• Cyber Crime Targeted in New ICT Policy {AllAfrica.com}

Tunisia

• Tunisian Blogger Receives International Peace Prize {AllAfrica.com}

Uganda

• Uganda tech community abuzz with Hive Colab {ITWeb}

Zambia

• Zambia needs efficient ICT solutions – Msiska {Lusaka Times}
• Zambian Phone Apps Gather Country’s News in One Place {Global Voices}

Zimbabwe

• Zimbabwe’s 2012 mobile broadband subscribers: 2.2 mil {Technology Zimbabwe}
• Parties Turn to Social Media {AllAfrica.com}

General Africa

• ICANN, Make a Difference {Slate Magazine}
• Ethan Zuckerman: ‘Africa’s hackers are today’s world-class tech innovators’ {Wired.co.uk}
• Where Africa’s ICT wealth sits {Chris Tredger}
• IBM invests in Africa {Gadget}
• #Accessibility for Africa @ Internet Governance Forum {AllAfrica.com}
• Africa awaits ACE switch-on {BiztechAfrica}
• African Union objects to DotConnectAfrica Trust’s application for .africa {HumanIPO}
• App challenge targets increased socio-economic inclusion {ITU}
• Ericsson Mobility Report {Ericsson}
• Proposal for additions to Article 1 and Article 5 {WCIT}
• Un nouveau réseau social voit le jour en Afrique {Ecofin}
• Why Google might just be wrong about responsive design in Africa {memeburn}
• African social network launches online video campaign {HumanIPO}