Most of the recent news stories relating to Africa’s Internet developments are over at the ICT page on allAfrica. Stories from the past few days include:

• The East African Community partnering with OLPC
• Rwanda’s multi-day Internet breakdown
• Mozambique’s Internet breakdown last week
• MAIN One’s commitment to build a fiber optic ring from South Africa to Nigeria
• Telecoms in Kenya expressing excitement about mobile broadband

And, there is an interesting article from the April 9th edition of The New York Times that explores the differences in mobile ideology between America and the rest of the world.