Events to engage girls with information communications technology were held in many African countries as part of international Girls in ICT Day 2014.

A summary of broadband data from the Third Quarter, 2013 ‘Akamai State of the Internet’ report as it relates to Africa.

Our top 10 stories from the past week feature themes relating to elections, tablets, transparency, free Wi-Fi, and more.

Highlighted by the recent awarding of a 3G/4G license, Chad’s ICT progress is riddled with opaque promises.

Social media is popular in Cameroon but encouraging even greater participation is challenging given the online climate.

Despite reports of online surveillance, relatively few African governments – 8 to be exact – requested user information or content removal from Facebook or Google.