Two stories from the past couple of days paint very different pictures about the intentions of MTN Swaziland. One is of a company dedicated to improving primary education. The other is of a company involving itself in a nation’s controversial politics.

Our thoughts on a variety of issues facing African Internet development in 2013 run the gamut from electricity to freedom of expression to country-level domains.

Youth in Ghana, Uganda, and Morocco are content using simple mobile features like voice and SMS to participate in mLearning.

In October 2009, a group of Class 5 students from Shepherds Junior School in Arusha, Tanzania took the Internet by storm when they signed on to Twitter. Affectionately known as the TwitterKids, this group continues to interact via social media.

The Huffington Post’s recent (Oct. 23) article on the ‘TwitterKids of Tanzania’ highlights an interesting and very promising story. For those who haven’t heard, a classroom in Tanzania was connected to the internet for the first time. The event is made even more extraordinary when we realize that the idea …