51 stories from 18+ countries over the course of 6 days. Plenty of promising headlines, too.

Angola

• Angola outlines ICT infrastructure plan: {BiztechAfrica}

Benin/Cote D’Ivoire

• MTN awarded 3G licences in Cote d’Ivoire, Benin: Operation is expected when WACS goes live later this year. {BusinessLIVE}

Chad

• Africa Review – Chad hooks up to high-speed internet through …: Internet news out of Chad! {Africa Review}

Egypt

• Blocking internet pornography a priority for telecom minister: {Egypt Independent}

Ghana

• How Ghana Is Using Social Media to Promote Voter Registration: {Mashable}
• Ghana donates computers to School of Communication Studies to improve ICT: Ghana’s VP has donated 20 computers and to the School of Communications Studies at the University of Ghana to enhance teaching and learning. {Bikya Masr}
• Digitizing Justice in Ghana: {Google Africa Blog}
• Expresso to land ACE Fibre Optic Cable in Ghana: {MyJoy Online}

Kenya

• Internet still a strange concept in rural Kenya: {Xinhua}
• The long and winding road to ICT success in Kenya: {Daily Nation}
• Orange Kenya introduces VPN service: Great for businesses and institutions {Telecompaper}
• Unesco fetes Kenyan for linking villages with ICT: One man is fighting to convert the challenges into an opportunity by leveraging a network of information centres targeting to expand access to ICTs among rural communities. {The Standard}
• Why Konza isn’t the city of the future: Kenya’s Konza City has become quite the controversy. Will it succeed? {The East African}
• We will not spy on Kenyans online, says internet watchdog: {Daily Nation}

Malawi

• Malawi excited about ITU digital dividend: {BiztechAfrica}

Mali

• Exceptional mobile growth in anticipation of third operator in Mali: Currently, an estimated 4% of Malians have Internet access. {BuddeComm}

Nigeria

• Delta To Establish ICT Park: {Nigerian Observer}
• Main One Cable Upgrades Network Infrastructure: {ThisDay}

Rwanda

• RDB, Google to Map Rwanda’s Tourism Attractions: {IGIHE.com}
• American university to boost East Africa ICT: Carnegie Mellon University and Rwanda continue to have a productive relationship {IT News Africa}

Senegal

• StartupWeekend Dakar Preparatory BootCamp: {SiliconAfrica.com}
• Les élections 2 POINT 0 … Vous connaissez? {liebebat.com}

Somalia

• SOMTEL unveils 3G network in Sanag and Sool regions: {SomalilandPress}

South Africa

• Broadband: balancing speed versus cost: Corporate and the cloud {Business Tech}
• Looking to create the Silicon Valley effect in South Africa: {Balancing Act}
• Brace yourselves for data explosion: Cisco’s network index shows that the amount of mobile data in South Africa will increase 49-fold over the next four years. {News24}
• Cyberbullying a cause for concern: {Independent Online}
• SA mobile data to grow 49-fold by 2016: {Engineering News}

Swaziland

• Swaziland Internet Radio Legal in Swaziland: {allAfrica}
• Govt Threatens Facebook Critics: {Swazi Media Commentary via allAfrica}

Tanzania

• Tanzania sees national broadband backbone complete end-March: {Telecompaper}
• E-government to be implemented soon: {Daily News}

Uganda

• Uganda govt outlines progress in ICT policies: {Telecompaper}
• How Internet failed to create an equal world: A reminder that the Internet helps with things that are difficult to have done in Uganda. It’s not all fun and games. {The Monitor}

Zambia

• AfriConnect users to enjoy high speed internet: 4G is making its way into Zambia {Times of Zambia}
• Charity provides netbooks, solar power to Zambian schools: {EMC Kanata}

General Africa

• The Top 5 Countries for ICT4D in Africa are Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria …: {ICTworks}
• Top 10 African tech start-ups: Another list {ForgetMeNot Africa}
• Innovation Africa Digital Summit gets underway in Ethiopia: {IT News Africa}
• The Road Ahead: Blueprint for Building Africa’s Tech Ecosystem: {Afrinnovator}
• How the developing world is using cellphone technology to change lives: On mobile finance, aid, agriculture, governance, and health {Toronto Star}
• Le rêve d’Airtel pour un « réseau vert » en Afrique: Solar powered mobile stations can be found in Niger {InfosGabon}
• 5 Tools to fight internet censorship: {IT News Africa}
• RIM aims to increase Africa market share: {PC Advisor}
• Bitcoin May Find a Fulfilling Market in Africa: {SiliconANGLE}
• Internet, mobile explosion driving digital marketing: {Punch}
• Steve Song: connectivity crusader and cartographer: About the man behind the African undersea cable map {TechCentral}
• Importance of cyber security in ICT advancement: {IPP Media}
• Opening ICT for Africa 2012 in Kampala: {debelzie via Flickr}
• Samsung sees smartphones leading Africa growth: {Reuters}
• SEACOM network improvement: SEACOM activated the first of two routes across Egypt in January 2012, thus reducing latency {MyBroadband}
• African mobile broadband worth USD 2.5 bln by 2017 – study: {Telecompaper}