75 African tech stories from at least 22 countries appeared on our radar during the first week of May 2012.

Bi-weekly African ICT news roundup, featuring stories from Rwanda, Sudan, South Africa, Kenya, Zambia, Seychelles, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Libya, Mozambique, Cameroon, and more.

Ghana, Malawi, Kenya, Mali, Somalia, Angola, Benin, Cote D’Ivoire, Senegal, South Africa, Nigeria, Rwanda, Chad, Uganda, Swaziland, Zambia, Egypt, Cameroon

Chad is now connected to the SAT-3 cable via Cameroon as part of the Central African Backbone project. DRC faces public-private challenges.

Tech startup lists rarely include companies outside South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana. In 2012, five lists have acknowledged only 7 countries.

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.