In April and May 2013, Google sponsored Barcamps for its developer groups (GDGs). The free “community-developer-driven” events focused on Android and Google Apps API.

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.

African mobile ARPUs vary so much across different countries in Africa and there is less 3G and 4G than one would expect.

Nearly every African country has partnered with the Chinese company Huawei for either smartphone distribution or network infrastructure.

A Tanzanian healthy pregnancy text messaging (SMS) service reached 100,000 active registrants in March 2013.

3G service has been promised to Algerians since 2011. The launch date continues to be postponed but there is new hope.