African ICT news headlines, guidance, and commentary for the past 2 1/2 weeks include a massively diverse group of 182 stories from 35 countries. We cannot simply pick one that is most promising or influential so here’s everything in the usual sorted format. We really need to post these sooner!

Algeria

• Algeria to launch fixed LTE in May 2014; mobile 4G in 2015 {TeleGeography}

Angola

• Broadband Technology to Connect Uige to Luanda {AllAfrica.com}

Botswana

• Botho ICT University holds first BothoTED Talk {BiztechAfrica}

Burkina Faso

• Airtel requests 4G licence from ARCEP {TeleGeography}

Burundi

• Internet Exchange Point Launched on 21 March 2014 in Bujumbura, Burundi {Internet Society}

Cameroon

• Limits to E-Commerce Abound {AllAfrica.com}
• Gays et lesbiennes prennent d’assaut internet au Cameroun {Camer.be}

Chad

• Airtel s’engage à former près de 6000 jeunes dans le secteur des TIC {Ecofin}
• Airtel partners Chad on ICT training for youth {World State Group}

DR Congo

• Tryphon Kin-Kiey Mulumba a reçu la charte de gestion du .cd {Ecofin}
• 900 enseignants d’Idiofa ne veulent plus recevoir leurs salaires par Airtel Money {Ecofin}

East Africa

• Twitter Is Off in Turkey but Alive in East Africa {AllAfrica.com}
• Cyber Security Meeting Kicks Off in Dar {AllAfrica.com}
• The economic expectations and potentials of broadband Internet in East Africa {The Policy and Internet Blog}
• Anthony Voscarides, Djibouti Data Center Q&A: Facilitating growth in East Africa {Capacity Magazine}

Egypt

• Get Online Week: Development Through Technology in MENA {Egyptian Streets}
• Government body to launch electricity saving mobile app {Ahram Online}
• Media: Sudan seeks to block ‘negative’ websites {Al Arabiya News}
• In Egypt, high hopes for mobile wallets {Fortune Tech}
• Facebook Usage High in Egypt and Jordan {eMarketer}
• Yemen, Egypt discuss cooperation in telecom field {Saba News}
• Telecom Egypt Poised To Offer Mobile Services {Ventures-Africa}
• Rails Girls, a Finnish programming workshop for women, brings seminars to Cairo {Wamda.com}

Ethiopia

• Supporting start-ups in Addis Ababa {DW.de}
• “They Know Everything We Do” {Human Rights Watch}
• New Report on Ethiopia Examines the Off-the-Shelf Surveillance State {Electronic Frontier Foundation}

Gabon

• Airtel Gabon offers commercial HSPA+ services {TeleGeography}
• Airtel paid USD11.55m for 3G/4G licence {TeleGeography}

Gambia

• Gambian Girls in ICT Day Celebration Equity and Empowerment in ICT Usage {AllAfrica.com}
• ‘Gambia Took Giant Steps to Rejuvenate ICT Sector’ {AllAfrica.com}
• Gambia without internet service for 48 hours {Sidisanneh.Blogspot.com}

Ghana

• Communication Ministry Holds Digital Family Forum {AllAfrica.com}
• First E-Government Phase Complete {AllAfrica.com}
• Gov’t Committed to Deepening Internet Accessibility {AllAfrica.com}
• Tigo rolls out superior internet security to fight cyber crime {Business Ghana}
• Data is the new oil in Ghana – Sakyi-Addo {HumanIPO}
• Ghana’s iSpace announces entrepreneurial programme for women {HumanIPO}
• Ghana receives $3.8 million boost for ICT sector {ITWeb Africa}
• MFWA holds major forum on internet and citizens’ empowerment {Joy Online}
• Bridging the Digital Divide in Ghana’s Cocoa Growing Communities {PR Newswire UK}
• Vodafone Ghana to raise internet penetration via tie-ups {Telecompaper}

Guinea

• MTN Guinée promet la 3G à ses abonnés avant la fin de cette année {Ecofin}
• MTN licencie 60 ingénieurs télécom dans le cadre de son programme d’externalisation {Ecofin}

Kenya

• Kenya to Review Its ICT Policy {AllAfrica.com}
• Kisumu Gets Sh17 Million for E-Readers Project {AllAfrica.com}
• Kenyan Company Launches Social Media Sharing Card {Global Voices}
• 3 Ways Mobile Money Transfer Has Changed Kenyans’ Lives {Global Voices}
• AccessKenya launches Security as a Service {BiztechAfrica}
• CCK: use ICT to maximise postal sector {BiztechAfrica}
• Qualcomm, eLimu pilot 3G solar tablet for Kenyan primary schools {Capital Business}
• Nailab launches crowd-funding site {CIO East Africa}
• Mark Kaigwa – Communications specialist from Nairobi {DW.de}
• Kenyan government tackles legal cybercrime loopholes {HumanIPO}
• WhatsApp, Social Me-Devolution social media trends in Kenya – report {HumanIPO}
• Orange launches low-cost wireless internet at Kenyatta University {HumanIPO}
• Kenya in planning phase for 4G {IT News Africa}
• ‘Poorer Kenyans over spending on mobile phones’ {ITWeb Africa}
• Harnessing ICT for development in Kenya {Oxford Business Group}
• Why we’re still chasing ‘Silicon Savannah’ dream {Standard Media}
• Microsoft targets 200,000 Africans in knowledge gap project {Standard Media}
• The world’s unlikely leader in mobile payments: Kenya {TechRepublic}

Lesotho

• Julius Caesar in Africa – ICT helps reinvent Shakespearean drama {eLearning Africa}

Liberia

• LTA to Provide Universal Access Services {AllAfrica.com}

Libya

• Etisalat and Libyan telecom firm to Establish training academy {GulfNews.com}
• Ericsson and Nokia Siemens to be awarded 3.75G mobile broadband contracts {Libya Herald}
• Trans-Sahara launches corporate ISP under ‘1st NET’ name {TeleGeography}

Madagascar

• First Tweet from President of Madagascar is the Ultimate Meta Tweet {Global Voices}

Malawi

• Using Technology Ahead of Tripartite Elections {AllAfrica.com}

Mali

• Malitel lance Mobicash, son service de transfert d’argent mobile {Ecofin}

Morocco

• 100% de la population aura accès à Internet en 2022 {Afriquinfos}
• La 4G au Maroc: un objectif réaliste ? {Telquel-Online}
• Morocco Bans Daring Online News Website {TIME.com}
• Morocco has Africa’s highest internet penetration rate – Lamudi {HumanIPO}
• Morocco New Digital Code To Put An End to Online Anonymity  {Morocco World News}
• Inwi migrates to HSPA+ {TeleGeography}

Namibia

• Namibia’s strange internet domain fiasco. {The Tech Guys}
• Telecom Namibia launches Speedlink Lite {BiztechAfrica}
• Telecom Namibia expands W-CDMA/HSPA+ 3G footprint {TeleGeography}

Nigeria

• Investments in Software Will Create Sustainable Business, Says Minister {AllAfrica.com}
• Microsoft Nigeria Gets New Country Manager, Kabelo Makwane {AllAfrica.com}
• How Online Publishing Gives New Writers a Voice {AllAfrica.com}
• FG Flags Off Digital ICT Club to Bridge Gender Divide {AllAfrica.com}
• Govt Inaugurates Media Advisory Committee On Broadband {AllAfrica.com}
• Technology Transfer – FG, Huawei Boost It Education With N315 Million {AllAfrica.com}
• Co-creation Hub partners with Google to Support Nigerian Female Technology Entrepreneurs {Co-creation Hub}
• More Telecom Spectrums Will Increase GDP, Create Jobs {Leadership}
• Nigeria’s internet access grows 200% in four years {National Mirror}
• Smile Communications launches 4G/LTE network in Lagos, Nigeria {WSJ.com}
• Nigeria’s spectrum bid winner pays $23.25m for licence {HumanIPO}
• Nigeria pilots digital ICT clubs in girls schools {HumanIPO}
• Building trust central to e-commerce – Kehinde {HumanIPO}
• Nigeria’s ICT growth sustainable – Johnson {HumanIPO}
• 88% of Nigerians want laws against cyber attacks {IT News Africa}
• Key challenges Nigeria’s startup space needs to conquer {ITWeb Africa}
• Yookos: Africa’s Facebook? {TechCentral}

North Africa

• “Click Rights” Campaign for Digital Rights in Middle East and North Africa {Global Voices}

Reunion

• Outremer Telecom taps Alca-Lu for LTE deployments in five markets {TeleGeography}
• Zeop upgrades top fibre speed to 100Mbps {TeleGeography}

Rwanda

• Airtel Subscribers to Access Facebook On Non-Internet Enabled Phones {AllAfrica.com}
• Broadband Indispensable for Development – Kagame {AllAfrica.com}
• Rwanda Has Promoted ICT for All, Says Minister {AllAfrica.com}
• Big Dreams for ICT Sector {AllAfrica.com}
• 5 ICT Solutions From Miss Geek Rwanda 2014 {Global Voices}
• Minister Nsengimana highlights Rwandan ICT progress {BiztechAfrica}
• How to spread Rwandan propaganda, and intimidate opponents? Twitter, of course. {Daily Maverick}

Sierra Leone

• How Mobile Internet is Changing Lives in Sierra Leone {Digital Giants}
• Alpha Kanu introduces “Computeracy” among Commonwealth countries {Cocorioko}

Somalia

• Glocall Telecoms, LLC And Tazca Connects Partner to Deploy 4G LTE in Mogadishu, Somalia {Digital Journal}

South Africa

• Great Curated Content Not to Be Underestimated {AllAfrica.com}
• SA Youtube Views Increased in 2013 By Over 90 Percent {AllAfrica.com}
• The Evolving Business Model for M-Governance {AllAfrica.com}
• More South Africans are buying groceries online {BusinessTech}
• SA political parties turn to online campaigning {MyBroadband}
• Does SA need more broadband, telecoms competition? {MyBroadband}
• Data centres‚ cloud services key to MTN Business’s growth plan {Bizcommunity}
• eThekwini pays $10k for 10-day social media campaign – report {HumanIPO}
• Western Cape launches FIZs, partners Project Isizwe {HumanIPO}
• SADC communications ministers to accelerate universal broadband access {HumanIPO}
• SA Schools Connectivity programme ahead of schedule – Carrim {HumanIPO}
• Wi-fi should be a right like water {IOL.co.za}
• Right to cheap data needs addressing {IT News Africa}
• EOH rolls out 10 Gbps broadband service {IT News Africa}
• Orange to launch WiFi pilot {ITWeb}
• Online shopping: is SA ready for it? {Moneyweb}
• 100% SA broadband by 2020 ‘not going to happen’ {News24}
• SA has a ‘right’ to cheap data {News24}
• Mobile operators fighting the wrong war {TechCentral}
• Vodacom SA to deploy 555 4G sites in Gauteng {TeleGeography}

Swaziland

• Major Changes at SPTC {Times of Swaziland}

Tanzania

• Tanzania’s Internet users hit 9m {The Citizen}

Tunisia

• Can the Internet Help Build Democracy in Tunisia? {TechPresident}
• De l’ATI à l’ATT: Quel avenir pour l’internet en Tunisie? {Huff Post Maghreb}

Uganda

• E-Learning Africa 2014 Set for Kampala {AllAfrica.com}
• Uganda Mobile Services Under Fire {AllAfrica.com}
• Report on Internet Freedom and Online Safety in Uganda {Uganda Speaks}
• Sunshine powers Uganda’s school computers {BBC}
• Google’s Project Link offers Ugandans unlimited internet access {HumanIPO}
• New operator launches in Uganda {HumanIPO}
• MTN Uganda says internet uplinks prevent fibre cut problems {Telecompaper}
• Tracking The Impact of Technology On Entrepreneurship In Uganda {Ventures-Africa}
• Are Virtual Doctors the Answer for Ugandan Health Care? {VOA News}

West Africa

• African Technology: The TechAfrique Project Assesses How Far It’s Come {Global Voices}
• The Challenges Facing Data Journalism in West Africa {Global Voices}
• West African countries look to adopt, coordinate cyberlaws {CFOworld}
• IDC Poised for Return of ‘Francophone CIO Summit’ with Region’s ICT Spending Set to Reach $18.9 Billion by 2016 {IDC}

Zambia

• Envoy Counsels Teachers, Pupils On ICTs {AllAfrica.com}
• Searching without the Internet (Part 4 of 4: Innovation in Zambia) {Stories of UNICEF Innovation}
• Zambian tablet to make learning fun {IT News Africa}
• Zambia to engage operators on young internet users {ITWeb Africa}
• Zambia to issue fourth mobile licence {ITWeb Africa}
• Airtel, ZNUT launch smartphone scheme {Zambia Post}
• Check Downside of Technology {AllAfrica.com}

Zimbabwe

• Liquid Sinks U.S.$32 Million in Zim Broadband {AllAfrica.com}
• Zimbabwe to host first ever ‘No Limits’ Startup Weekend 16-18 May {ventureburn}
• Chinese bank grants Zim $218m {DailyNews Live}
• Ecobank Zimbabwe customers turn to internet banking {ITWeb Africa}
• Zimbabwe adopts cheaper internet roll-out ways {ITWeb Africa}

General Africa

• Mobile Payments in Africa Infographic {Afrographic}
• Rural Africa the Next Frontier Market for Mobile Operators {AllAfrica.com}
• Gambia to Host 12th Annual Innovation Africa Digital Summit {AllAfrica.com}
• Income Governs Internet, Mobile Use in Developing World {VOA News}
• Africa’s tech scene is overrun by startup competitions — here’s how to do them better {VentureBeat}
• 20 kickass African tech entrepreneurs worth your time {ventureburn}
• Hotel booking startup Jovago expands to Senegal, Kenya {ventureburn}
• In startups we trust: Africa and its ‘silent’ rise to stardom {ventureburn}
• Waabeh shows snapshot of Africa’s music streaming industry [infographic] {ventureburn}
• Alliance For Affordable Internet wants to get Internet prices down to 5% of per capita income or below, focused on several African countries {balancingact-africa.com}
• Changing sales tactics as digital consumers grow in Africa {BDlive}
• Bharti Airtel: Reducing the bumps in African safari {Business Standard}
• Intel makes African in-roads {Businessweek}
• 10 Female Tech Founders To Watch In Africa {Forbes}
• From phones to fashion to rice: Online shopping gaining traction in Africa {How We Made It}
• Back to the Future: Africa’s Mobile Revolution Should Inspire Rural Energy Solutions {Huff Post}
• Q&A: Jennifer Haroon, principal, Access Strategy & Operations, Google {HumanIPO}
• Big 7 African telcos enter landmark agreement {IT News Africa}
• First Afro emoticons launched by Oju Africa {IT News Africa}
• Social media fulfills five human needs {ITWeb}
• Chase Bank, Motorola partner to sponsor tech startups {ITWeb Africa}
• Speak UP: How much of your life should be on Facebook? {Radio Netherlands Worldwide}
• Embracing-mobile-education-in-Africa– {The Southern Times}
• Green light for .africa domain {TechCentral}
• A Short Guide to the Internet’s Biggest Enemies {Electronic Frontier Foundation}