Links to 120 stories from 29+ nations during the second half of April 2012. Plenty of development to go around:

Angola

• Mobile phone company Movicel launches fourth generation network {AngolaPress}

Botswana

• Faster, cheaper internet due next month {Mmegi Online}
• Free Internet for schools {New Era}

Burundi

• Incoming fibre boosts investment prospects for Burundi {Developing Telecoms (press release)}

Chad

• Tchad, Soudan, Centrafrique: 1500 kilometres de fibre optique {Ecofin}

DRC

• Girls in ICT Day: Young women and internet in Goma, Eastern DRCongo {Tungali}

Djibouti

• 3G on the way in Djibouti, but competition is required {Developing Telecoms (press release)}
• Dahabshiil provides vital service for African community {SomalilandPress}

Egypt

• Egypt: “Blog About Nubia” Day {Global Voices}

Ethiopia

• Netizens Outraged as Ethiopia Steps Up Internet… {Endalk}
• Ethiopia community tourism goes online {Balancing Act}

Ghana

• Ghana celebrates Girls in ICT Day {Africa on the Blog}
• Address the issue of content development, stakeholders told {GhanaWeb}
• Bridging the technology divide to empower women {MediaGlobal (blog)}
• Government committed to promote ICT – Dr Mustafa {Vibe Ghana}
• 45% of world’s internet users below 25 years – ITU {Ghana Business News}
• MainOne transforms Ghana Internet service {The Nation}
• Insecure websites to be named and shamed after checks {Citifmonline}
• Africa mostly not on Facebook, and not on Zuckerberg’s to do list {Technology Zimbabwe}
• Photo of the day: Internet in Africa {OMG! Ghana}
• $150m For Broadband Expansion {Spyghana.com}
• A Social Niche Beyond Facebook in Africa {Technology Review}
• Ghanaweb and its competitors {GhanaWeb}
• Only 4.6 per cent Ghanaians are on facebook {Spyghana.com}

Kenya

• Kenya ICT Master Plan get’s discussed at top African IT Summit {ICT.go.ke}
• Safaricom, Airtel in joint venture to lay fibre cable {Business Daily Africa}
• Kenya’s Kids & Kindles {EContent (press release)}
• Vision 2030: Kenya ICT hub in Africa {Bikya Masr}
• Safaricom to lay fibre for “data tsunami” {The Standard}
• Kenya’s Kids & Kindles {EContent (press release)}
• Digital media the way to go, report says {allkenyanews}
• CCK release 2nd quarter ICT sector statistics for 2011/2012 {CCK}

Liberia

• Remote Liberia Internet Woes {CCTV News – CNTV English}
• Locals Prepare for Fast Speed and Affordable Internet… {allAfrica}

Mali

• Ségou Villages: Boukary Konaté Is A Finalist At BOBs {Global Voices Online (blog)}

Mauritius

• ICT: Developing e-Commerce in Africa {Mega.mu}

Morocco

• Abused By Maroc Telecom {Morocco Board News Service}

Mozambique

• Internet freedom is great, but what about access? {The Kubatana (blog)}

Namibia

• No Computers at the University of Namibia {Informante}
• Free Internet for Schools {AllAfrica.com}

Nigeria

• Remodelling Businesses in the Era of Technology Convergence {THISDAY Live}
• Improving Nigeria’s internet presence for economic prosperity {BusinessDay}
• Nigeria govt eager to use ICT in education {IT News Africais}
• E-books, the way to go? {BusinessDay}
• BlackBerry And The African Market: What Does it Have to Offer? {Business Insider}
• Nigeria: 3000 Entrepreneurs for Google’s 2012 Web Fair {AllAfrica.com}
• Internet fraud, Nigerian scammers and cyber-racism {DigitalJournal}
• My curiosity led me into entrepreneurship – Aniekan Okono {Vanguard}
• Nigeria seeks input on history of internet {Bizcommunity.com}
• Regulatory Framework approach to Cybersecurity in Nigeria… {Commonwealth IGF}
• This Day Blast Sparks Social Media War {allAfrica.com}
• NOA: Bridging communication gap between govt and Nigerians via e-polling {Nigerian Tribune}
• Mobile penetration in Nigeria to reach 82% by 2015 {BusinessDay}
• Nigeria works to revamp cybercrime enforcement {IDG News Service}

Rwanda

• Rwanda top EAC country for ICT readiness {Communications Africa}
• 40 Graduates Benefit From Nethope ICT Programme {AllAfrica.com}

Senegal

• An Innovative Way to Monitor the Presidential Elections {Global Voices Online}

Sierra Leone

• Google+ SMS feature extended to 41 countries {Mobiletor.com}
• Without Internet access are computers any good for Sierra Leone {Stop}

Somalia

• Firm considers re-routing fibre cable {Daily Nation}
• In Somalia, new telecommunication technologies play important role… {Sabahi Online}

South Africa

• Is your private Wi-Fi data still in Google’s hands? {BusinessTech}
• South Africa extends broadband invite {The Jakarta Post}
• iPad 3 pricing revealed for SA {MyBroadband}
• South Africa plans full ICT policy review {Telecompaper}
• Communications Minister unveils new policy plans {Natasha Odendaal}
• We have failed to provide the best broadband: Knott-Craig {Moneyweb.co.za}
• Mike Jensen | Internet Hall of Fame {Internet Hall of Fame}
• National dialogue aimed at youth launched on Mxit {7thSpace Interactive (press release)}
• Uptake of cloud in SA {ITWeb}
• Undersea Cables – Total Capacity Vs. Capacity in Use {AllAfrica.com}
• Top 10 Facebook pages and brands in SA {MyBroadband}
• Alarm bells ringing for SA ICT sector? {BusinessTech}
• Will .Africa Go the .Asia Way? {DNF Blog}
• Internet debut for local eagles {IOL}
• What People Forward a Gang Rape Video? {Global Voices Online}
• In-flight Wi-Fi in SA soon {MyBroadband}

Swaziland

• Tourism boom: 30 million Russians see Swaziland {Times of Swaziland}

Tanzania

• ICT growth attracts more investors to Dar {Daily News}
• Cyber-roam to protect computers {Daily News}
• No more radio waves for Dar, says communications body {The Citizen Daily}
• Wikipedia to Be Accessed Free on Mobile {allAfrica.com}
• Tanzania wins praise over transparency {Daily News}
• Minister Urges Public Service to Use Website to Enhance Recruitment {allAfrica.com}

Tunisia

• Tunisiana’s 3G Bid Declined {Wireless Federation}

Uganda

• New Report Shows How ICT is Aiding Citizen Participation in Uganda {ICT4Democracy}
• Ugandan bloggers speak out about Kony2012 {Aljazeera.com (blog)}
• Uganda: solar power aids technology {Bikya Masr}
• Orange brings high internet speeds {The Observer (blog)}
• Uganda Govt bureaucracy delays fibre internet backbone… {In2EastAfrica}
• iLabs Brings Global Science to Makerere {allAfrica.com}
• Telecoms moving to speed up data upgrade {Daily Monitor}
• Laying of Lira Fibre Optic Cable Stalls {Uganda Radio Network}

Zambia

• ZICTA’s regional and international collaboration vital for ICT advancement {Zambia Daily Mail}
• CITI conference to examine Africa broadband challenges set for… {HumanIPO}
• Who is responsible for Africa’s rotten image? {The Observer}
• Zamtel dials in broadband 3G service {Times of Zambia}
• Zambian Bloggers Network – By The Zambian For Zambia {The Zambian}
• More than 850 000 people read Zambian Watchdog last month … {Zambian Watchdog}
• AfriConnect Assists Zambia in Joining the Internet Revolution, in African… {African Business Review (press release)}

Zimbabwe

• The essence of cyber security, IT governance {The Zimbabwe Independent}
• Aquiva Wireless launches VoIP in Zimbabwe {TeleGeography}
• Zimbabwe Internet to Influence Next Elections {allAfrica.com}
• In Zimbabwe, retailers give shoppers airtime instead of change… {Springwise}
• Hats Off to ZNCC {AllAfrica.com}

General

• Looking beyond ICT for ICT’s sake – Microsoft on the Issues Africa… {TechNet}
• Continent Realises Importance of ICT for… {allAfrica.com}
• For Girls, ‘It Is Possible to Dream Big’ {AllAfrica.com}
• Africa’s mobile broadband reaches four per cent {Vibe Ghana}
• Africa Infrastructure Growth Supporting ccTLDs and New gTLD Growth {CircleID}
• EU to bridge digital divide in Africa {New Europe}
• iindlela ICT Introducing Virtual Desktop in Africa {YouTube}
• Fibre, not privatisation, could be the answer for Africa’s fixed-line operators {Developing Telecoms (press release)}
• Leadership key to driving tech innovation in Africa {BusinessDay}
• Solar Internet project earns immediate recognition {Creamer Media’s Engineering News}
• Cyber Crime Takes Root As ICT Usage Grows {AllAfrica.com}
• Why Women, Girls Should Embrace ICT – Witin {Nigeria Communications Week}
• Cloud computing to transform African IT {IT-Online}
• Pricing in the negatives {Business Standard}
• Africa realises importance of ICT for economic growth {Bizcommunity.com}
• Africa set for new continental domain name extension {IT News Africa}
• Less power to cell phones, more power to the people {Gizmag}
• Africa set for subsea cable surge {ITWeb}
• 3G mobile licences expected in 2012 {BuddeComm}
• African Developers Finding Success… {Official Google Africa Blog}