This week’s African tech news round-up consists of 88 stories from 31 countries.

Amid discussion that many African apps do not live much beyond their competition, we’ve decided to see how the winners of 2012’s Google Android Developer Challenge are doing a year later.

Tech activity in the Indian Ocean islands has been heating up of late. Especially in Madagascar where ICT events are more common than ever.

Top videos from May 2013 on how ICT innovation is driving change across Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, and South Africa.

From Klout influencer scores, we can find general trends about how active online media is within a country and in general, how many engaged social media users exist.

The top 19 Rising Voices Microgrants 2013 finalists from Sub-Saharan Africa aim to preserve local culture and empower neglected groups.