Rounding out African ICT news headlines for the second half of January are 131 stories from an impressive 35 countries.

Algeria

• “Encourager la généralisation du réseau Internet” Zohra Derdouri à Médéa {Liberté Algérie}

Angola

• Mobile Digital Library in Bie Announced {AllAfrica.com}

Burkina Faso

• Viettel sole bidder for fourth telecoms licence? {TeleGeography}

Burundi

• ECONET Wireless Burundi na AFCA bemeje amasezerano yo gukorera hamwe {IGIHE}
• Burundi invests $25 mln in high-speed Internet network {Reuters}

Cameroon

• Cameroon to implement internet access points {Business in Cameroon}
• Buea: 8 Startup Profiles from Cameroon’s Leading Tech City {IDG Connect}
• Cameroon shows Africa how not to do it {TechCentral}

Central African Republic

• Country focus: Technology and troubled Central African Republic {IT News Africa}

Congo

• Huawei launches 4G smartphone for Africa {ZBC}

Cote D’Ivoire

• YooMee Africa va lancer ses activités à Abidjan {Jeune Afrique}
• Job Market Trends in the Mobile Phone Industry of Côte d’Ivoire {Global Voices}
• Ivory Coast cracks down on cyber crime {BBC News}
• L’Autre Côte d’Ivoire / The Other Côte d’Ivoire (documentaire) {YouTube}

DR Congo

• L’Icann va aider la RD Congo à gérer le problème du .cd « dans les meilleurs délais » {Ecofin}

East Africa

• SEACOM encouraged by Pamoja cloud service uptake in East Africa {BiztechAfrica}
• IT experts push for one platform {East Africa Business Week}

Egypt

• China’s Baidu Testing Search Engines for Brazil, Egypt, Thailand {AllAfrica.com}
• Telecom Egypt to help build intercontinental internet cable {Ahram Online}
• Egypt’s Anti-Terrorism Law to Target Internet {Global Voices}
• Egypt warns social media users against inciting unrest {Bangkok Post}
• Only two in 100 in Egypt have access to broadband internet: MCIT {Daily News Egypt}
• Fibre deal for future Egyptian city Madinaty {ITWeb Africa}

Ethiopia

• Ethiopian educational mobile app set for launch {HumanIPO}

Gabon

• Gabon Wagers on High-Speed Internet {World Bank}

Gambia

• Gambia National Library Receives 15 Computers {AllAfrica.com}

Ghana

• Bloggers in Ghana move closer to establishing a Social Media Hub {Africa on the Blog}
• Ghana’s Blu pitches content as the show-stopper for its new LTE service {balancingact-africa.com}

Guinea

• Telecoms minister pledges to revive Sotelgui before the end of 2014 {TeleGeography}

Kenya

• Internet Providers ‘To Share Infrastructure’ {AllAfrica.com}
• Cyber Bullies Target Kenya’s Women {AllAfrica.com}
• VAT Legislation Killing Kenya’s PC & Internet Market {TechMoran}
• Most Kenyans use phones for banking – survey {Capital Business}
• New Yorker talks about running a tech startup in Nairobi {How We Made It}
• Kenyan government to create information database {HumanIPO}
• Kenya’s internet user numbers fall, says CCK {ITWeb Africa}
• New laws to stem cyber crime in Kenya {nation.co.ke}
• Kenya’s Internet domain market is set for a shakeup {nation.co.ke}

Liberia

• LTA lacks equipment to monitor telecoms networks {TeleGeography}

Libya

• Nokia Opens Office In Libya {Ventures Africa}

Madagascar

• A Business Model Competition to Ignite Start Ups in Madagascar {Global Voices}

Malawi

• Malawi’s Last Mile Project success {BiztechAfrica}
• Malawi Uses Mobile Phones to Promote Maternal Health {VOA News}

Mali

• How a coup d’état drove a scholar to social media {Africa Is A Country}

Mali

• Alpha Telecom commences rollout in Mali {TeleGeography}

Mauritius

• Mauritian Post office hit head-on by the Internet and its electronic messaging {Indian Ocean Times}

Morocco

• Moroccan telecom traffic grows, prices fall in 2013 {Telecompaper}

Mozambique

• Construction underway on Mozambican govt data centre {BiztechAfrica}

Nigeria

• Firms Partner to Promote Diffusion of e-Learning Software in Nigeria {AllAfrica.com}
• Lagos Transforms Yaba Into Silicon Valley {AllAfrica.com}
• Govt Targets 10 Percent Growth in IT Sector By 2015 {AllAfrica.com}
• WITIN to Enhance Girls’ ICT Education With Access to Technology {AllAfrica.com}
• ‘Regulatory Framework Will Restore Confidence in Online Shopping’ {AllAfrica.com}
• Expanding small business through online visibility {BusinessDay}
• Tutor.ng, an Online Tutoring Platform With a marketplace for Teachers Launches to Disrupt Online Learning in Africa {TechMoran}
• Tech in Nigeria should not be all about Lagos {HumanIPO}
• Glo Mobile to expand West Africa fibre network {ITWeb Africa}
• Nigeria cybercrime law to intercept texts, emails, messages {Telecompaper}
• Facebook Team Visits Nigeria’s Konga {Ventures Africa}
• TechCabal To Hold Inaugural Competition in Nigeria {Ventures Africa}

Rwanda

• MTN Donates Computers to Schools {AllAfrica.com}
• Silicon Valley women gurus inspire Rwandans {The New Times}

Sierra Leone

• World Bank Country Director on Fibre Optic …“Hiccups but no suspension” {Awoko}

Somalia

• Al Shabaab Shuts Out Central and Southern Somalia From Internet {AllAfrica.com}
• Internet usage thrives in Somalia {Somalicurrent.com}

South Africa

• SA not ready for e-books {BusinessTech}
• What broadband taught us about access lies {The Citizen}
• SA internet users can now be part of world’s largest Wi-Fi network {memeburn}
• Is fibre-to-the-home for the elite only? {MyBroadband.co.za}
• Shocking state of South Africa’s broadband: report {MyBroadband.co.za}
• MTN LTE coverage in South Africa {MyBroadband.co.za}
• Monthly income of SA’s Internet users revealed {MyBroadband.co.za}
• Internet users in SA: who are these people? {MyBroadband.co.za}
• 5 top SA online retail trends for 2014 {ventureburn}
• South Africa’s ANC rolls-out Mxit app nationally {ITWeb Africa}
• ‘SA mobile data revenue to top $5bn by 2018’ {ITWeb Africa}
• South Africa`s own Silicon Valley? {Moneyweb}
• SA operators eager to ‘flick the switch’ to 4G {News24}
• Young people ’embracing’ online shopping {News24}
• Flashes of genius in SA’s tech sector {TechCentral}
• SA must tackle net neutrality {TechCentral}
• SA gets its own SXSW-type festival {TechCentral}
• Sub-$50 Android smartphone hits South Africa as MTN launches Steppa {ZDNet}

South Sudan

• S. Sudan to Shut Down Mobile Phone Network in Malakal {AllAfrica.com}

Sudan

• Zain reports Sudanese revenue growth {HumanIPO}

Tanzania

• Tablet Donation Ushers in New Era for Schools {AllAfrica.com}
• The facts of the online and mobile payment systems in Tanzania, recap of the last Mobile Monday {TANZICT}

Uganda

• Mps’ Shs I Billion Ipads ‘Don’t Work’ {AllAfrica.com}
• MTN Uganda commissions $80,000 refurbished ICT Resource Centre in Mukono {PC Tech Magazine}
• Connect Uganda, a Rural Library Project for Local Farmers {Global Voices Rising}
• Telecoms warned against poor network quality {New Vision}
• Affordable phones, internet will raise data use {New Vision}

Zambia

• Zamtel Launches 4G Mobile Service for Copperbelt Users {AllAfrica.com}
• MTN evolves to faster internet speed {Zambia Daily Mail}
• Zambian President now on facebook {BiztechAfrica}
• Zambia cracks down on online media {CFOworld}
• Zambian police crackdown on ‘misuse of internet, online porn’ {ITWeb Africa}
• The reality of MTN’s ‘successful’ 4G LTE launch {TechTrends}
• Hot on the Heels of MTN Zambia, Zamtel Launches 4G LTE Service in Kitwe {TechTrends}
• Zambia IXP Project {YouTube}
• Smartphone Freedom {YouTube}

Zimbabwe

• Could it be Africa’s first cashless economy? {Fortune Tech}
• Pssst… Liquid Silently Rebranding {TechnoMag}
• Telecash Officially launched With Heavily Slashed Rates {TechnoMag}
• Teen held for Mugabe dead Facebook post {New Zimbabwe}

General Africa

• Africa’s top four technology predictions for 2014 {ITWeb Africa}
• Ministers to Meet Biennially to Explore Technology in the Commonwealth {AllAfrica.com}
• International Development in 2014 {CFR Blogs}
• Africa leads in mobile banking {BusinessTech}
• How Africa’s mobile revolution is disrupting the continent {CNN.com}
• Solar powered computers for Africa {Phys.org}
• 8 trends and lessons for the future of tech in Africa {VC4Africa}
• How do we accelerate internet access in Africa? {ventureburn}
• Interconnexion : le point sur chacune des 5 grandes régions africaines {Ecofin}
• Mobile tech to transform consumer research {Bizcommunity}
• Video: How ICT is assisting growth of the Africa agenda {CNBC Africa}
• Ascending Africa: Women And Youth Are Our Assets {Huff Post}
• 53% of African companies have adopted new technologies {HumanIPO}
• Four African Mobile Startups Set For Growth In 2014 – No Smartphone Required {IB Times}
• Here’s Why Mobile Ads In Africa Are Worth $1.3 Billion {IB Times}
• 5 African techpreneurs going global {IT News Africa}
• Changing face of Africa’s mobile user {ITWeb}
• Delays hit .africa sunrise launch phase {ITWeb Africa}
• Adoption of ‘flawed’ AU cybersecurity convention postponed {ITWeb Africa}
• African mobile operators struggle with network quality {PC Advisor}
• India’s Bharti Airtel reports first profit rise in 4 years {Reuters}
• Huge speed boost for Eassy cable {TechCentral}
• Alcatel-Lucent to upgrade Eassy submarine cable system {Telecompaper}
• The Mac @ 30: What African Tech Companies Can Learn {Ventures Africa}
• Etisalat empowers women in rural Africa {Zawya}
• Lack of IT could turn Africa into the world’s next mobile manufacturing hub {ZDNet}