Internet, mobile, fibre, and telecoms developments from Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Morocco, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe.

News-worthy African tech articles from early January 2012 that focus on 22 individual countries.

YouTube portal for Nigeria, BlackBerry for Malawi, African apps, 4G, decline of cybercafes in Kenya, Sierra Leone elections & media, South Sudan ICT update

Malawi’s Internet costs have vastly dropped since the days of $100/month for a 20kbps connection six years ago. Still, the presence of a fibre cable does not mean immediate reductions in Internet costs for consumers. Due to Malawi’s landlocked location, the country must link to international fibre via Mozambique, Zambia, …

African ICT news from the first week of December, 2011. Featured are 47 stories of how technology is changing lives in 18 African nations and beyond.

African ICT News Roundup, November 17-21, 2011.