The number of Chadians (especially students and teachers) who don’t know how to use the internet is rather high. A study identifies the difficulties facing the sector.

Senegal hosted a Forum National sur la Gouvernance de l’Internet on September 19, 2013. The event, with three key panels, was organized by ISOC Senegal under the theme of economic development.

This week’s African tech news round-up consists of 117 stories from 25 countries.

A dozen or so ideas and facts shared at the September 2013 Uganda Internet Governance Forum describe the state of ICT service delivery in the East African country.

Held 16-17 September, 2013, the fourth annual NigeriaCom event brings together hundreds of representatives from the mobile and telecoms industry. Panelists included members of Etisalat Nigeria, Nigerian Communications Commission, Airtel and other key operators with a presence in Nigeria.

Most African nations have partly free online access. The decision may be less about censorship and more about manipulation of information. All African governments need to better address what exactly constitutes online freedom of speech.