East African cable repairs to take upwards of 3 weeks, LTE for Angola beginning in May, Gabon’s development agenda, Kenyan government and social media, Airtel launches 3.75G in Nigeria, Rwanda updates bandwidth sharing policy, free Wi-Fi trend for small towns in SA, ICT for eduction in Zanzibar, Zambia fights cyber crime, tech policy is more urgent than investment in ICT, the power of mobile broadband, and more.

Angola

• Huawei Partners With Angola’s Movicel to Deploy Africa’s First 4G {Tech Mtaa}

Botswana

• Internet slow in some areas {Mmegi Online}

Egypt

• Internet Censorship in Egypt {Censorwatch.co.uk}
• Economic upheaval takes toll on mobile services in Egypt {Hindu Business Line}

Gabon

• Gabon President Bongo Launches Ambitious Development Agenda {Voice of America}

Kenya

• Kenyan Government Takes Cautious Approach Toward Social Media {PCWorld}
• Kenyan Diaspora seek to vote online {The Standard}
• Women wanted for Kenya’s ICT sector {ITWeb}
• Kenyas Safaricom readies apps store {ITWeb}
• ITU helps Kenyan watchdog set up central cybercrime desk {Telecompaper}
• Why Kenya Is Country to Watch for Ground-Breaking Innovations in ICT Sector {AllAfrica.com}
• For Start-Ups, Tech Hub Anytime, Not Konza City {AllAfrica.com}

Liberia

• Mapping party {iLab Liberia}

Morocco

• The dark side of Facebook {Telegraph.co.uk}

Mozambique

• Movitel Connects Schools to Internet {AIM via AllAfrica.com}

Nigeria

• Nigeria to host FOSS Conference {Daily Times Nigeria}
• Inaugural showcase invites leaders in African ICT {The Nation Newspaper}
• Airtel deepens coverage, launches 3.75G network {Vanguard}
• Stakeholders canvass Internet access for ICT {One Cable Nigeria}
• Increased Internet use’ll grow Nigerian economy {Punch}
• Airtel Nigeria launches 3.75G service {Zee News}
• Samsung West Africa Introduces Two Galaxy Smartphones into the Nigerian Market {Bella Naija}
• Hacker cracks into Nigerian Twitter accounts {IT News Africa}

Rwanda

• Rwanda issues new guidelines for sharing internet bandwidth {The East African}

South Africa

• All the media moves {The Media Online}
• How Wi-FI can replace 3G {Africa Telecoms Online}
• Online shopping to rise {Independent Online}
• Lack of internet is killing us {News24}
• Inside Web Africa with founder Matthew Tagg {Bandwidth Blog}
• ICT hub planned for Nasrec {News24}
• Small towns free Wi-Fi sets trend for larger cities {Moneyweb.co.za}
• 14.4 Million South Africans Within Reach in Seconds {SYS-CON Media}

South Sudan

• Cyber Internet breakdown, South Sudan searches alternatives {GroundReport}

Swaziland

• Wonders of ICT tear taboos apart {The Swazi Observer}

Tanzania

• Teachers’ new scheme of service launched in Z’bar {IPPmedia}
• Locals Urged to Compete in Domain Name Registration {Tanzania Daily News via AllAfrica.com}

Zambia

• Zambian mobile money startup closes US $4 million Series A investment {Technology Zimbabwe}
• ZICTA take up fight against cybercrime {Zambia Daily Mail}

Zimbabwe

• Zimbabwean internet hit by ship accidents {Zimbabwe Guardian}
• SMEs Urged to Embrace E-Business {The Herald via AllAfrica.com}
• Internet usage in Zimbabwe grows to 34 percent {Nehanda Radio}
• LinkedIn Africa Stats: Zimbabwe sitting in 11th position {Technology Zimbabwe}

East Africa

• East African Internet Cable May Take 20 Days to Repair {Bloomberg}
• East African Internet Resilience {Renesys Blog}

Southern Africa

• Zambia, Botswana agree fibre links {Telecompaper}

General Africa

• Investment in ICT is no substitute for technology policy {AfricanBrains}
• Africa’s ICT entrepreneurs {Balancing Act}
• Google in Africa – Expansion into the continent with the lowest online penetration {OBAN Multilingual SEO}
• Africa offers promise and peril to telcos {Reuters}
• You can build a startup in Africa. Here’s how {Technology Zimbabwe}
• Total connected devices will grow by 100% in 2020- GSMA {BusinessDay}
• Google’s Schmidt Warns Against Creation of ‘Digital Caste System’ {PC Magazine}
• Developing-market Carriers Call for Sub-$50 Smartphone {PCWorld}
• Etisalat to Expand its Business with Intelsat 22 {MarketWatch}
• IBM bullish on African SMEs {ITWeb}
• Mobile in Africa: Insights from Research ICT {Bizcommunity.com}
• How mobile broadband can transform Africa {CNN}
• Satellite broadband a reality in Africa {IT-Online}