Top stories from the most active African nations include 4G coming to Kenya and all sorts of broadband progress in Nigeria. Also getting coverage are mobile email, health, video, spectrum management, e-learning, Facebook, cable investments, and Google.

Kenya

• Kenya getting ready to roll with 4G network {IT News Africa}
• ‘Skype’ offers local cybercafes operators a new lifeline {Coastweek}
• France Telecom completes TEAMS repair {The Star}
• Benefits galore in KIE {Business Daily Africa}
• Kiswahili lovers find rich digital content on new Internet hub {Business Daily Africa}
• Mobile Technology in East Africa {*iHub_}
• Safaricom to go big on fibre {The Star}
• iThink iCow is iNsane {Kuwait Times}
• Rolling out the web to Kenya {BBC News}
• Orange Kenya runs 3G modem offer for students {Telecompaper (subscription)}
• Internet outage hits currency trade {Business Daily Africa}
• Karua holds first… {The Standard Digital News}
• CCK defends plan to monitor private emails {The Star}
• Communications tax is excessive {allkenyanews}
• Burning the digital village to save it {The View from Chestnut Hill}
• ISPs in Kenya move to shore up Internet security {HumanIPO}
• Kenya Internet Exchange Point {Afrinic}
• Country Focus: Kenya {IT News Africa}

Nigeria

• ‘Two Tech Revolutions Will Change the World in 2016 ‘ {AllAfrica.com}
• NITDA advocates broadband policy for West Africa {The Punch}
• NIGCOMSAT-1R Launch – a Giant Leap By Country {AllAfrica.com}
• Airtel Nigeria unveils newest {IT News Africa}
• Broadband – Key to Rapid GDP Growth {Extensia}
• IXPN Explains Reasons for Partnership with NIRA {Tekedia}
• ‘Smart regulation crucial to broadband roll-out’ {Vanguard}
• Mobile technology and social media {Mobility}
• Nigeria joins top 20 Internet nations {The Punch}
• Rocket Internet to launch Amazon Clone in Nigeria {Bandwidth Blog}
• Google Advises Nigerian Media To Create Local Content On Internet {Leadership}

South Africa

• Your voice needed to boost SA broadband {MyBroadband}
• Forget 4G – 4.5G is here soon {MyBroadband}
• Five reasons why Facebook IPO is important in South Africa {The Media Online}
• Teacher Laptop Initiative back on track – Motshekga {7thSpace Interactive (press release)}
• Joburg edges towards smart city status {ITWeb}
• Years later, SA’s Broadband for All Vision Still a Pipe Dream {HumanIPO}
• Plan your .joburg, .capetown and .durban domains {MyBroadband}
• Mobile Companies Enter Data Race as MTN Joins African Utility Week {Energy Digital (press release)}
• Internet for Africa: now hard work begins {Gadget}
• Benefits for Africa in the pipeline – Telkom {IT News Africa}
• The Man Behind Ubuntu: Mark Shuttleworth, Africa {Ventures-Africa.com}
• Microsoft Study: Bandwidth Caps Change Internet Users {DailyTech}
• South Africa Retail, Direct Selling, B2C E-Commerce Report 2012 {MarketWatch (press release)}
• SA’s First Wi-Fi Flight Has Bumpy Landing {African Business Review}
• South African Social Media Stats for 2012 (Video) {Running Wolf}
• The great Internet shift {Gadget}
• Internet finally reaches mass market {ITWeb}
• ePost Office delivers {ITWeb}
• Women in control at new SA online dating site {MyBroadband}
• 10Mbps uncapped ADSL for under R1,000 {MyBroadband}
• Facebook and M {Business Day}
• The Mobile E-mail Revolution: Are you ready for it? {ITWeb}
• Growth of Internet in South Africa [Infographic] {TechTalkAfrica}
• Internet statistics: SA vs the world {ITWeb}
• Internet use in SA growing {News24}

General Africa

• Eutelsat launches IP Easy for Africa {Broadband TV News}
• The Mobile Email Revolution – Are You Ready for It? {AllAfrica.com}
• How ICT is transforming education in Africa {eLearning Africa}
• Andrea Coleman: does Africa need ‘thealth’ rather than mHealth {mHealth Insight}
• Enabling Effects of Broadband Technology in Africa {YouTube}
• Broadband as a Platform for Video in Africa {Analysys Mason Group}
• 19 recommendations for spectrum management for mobile broadband revolution: GSMA {telecomlead.com}
• Top 10 African countries on Facebook {IT News Africa}
• Invest in Africa, Not Facebook {Daily Beast}
• WAFICT: Bridging Digital Divide through Broadband, Articles. {ThisDay}
• eLearning Africa 2012: One week to go! {Virtual School Meanderings}
• Apps Let Africans Take Matters Into Their Own Hands {AllAfrica.com}
• Facebook’s Amazing Growth in the Developing World {The Atlantic}
• ICT integration in education and training in Africa {Adea-ICT}
• Etisalat sets out vision for enabling ICT to drive economic growth in {Newsdire}
• Africa’s Cloudy Horizons {Telecoms.com (blog)}
• Wacs expands capacity {Fin24}
• WACS ownership breakdown {BusinessTech}
• Cable investments will drag Africa out of poverty {Independent Online}
• Research coalition to boost Internet access in rural Africa {Medilinkz}
• Google sees Africa profit by 2017 {Moneyweb.co.za}
• Google to scale investment in Africa to enhance innovation {Newstrack India}
• Google Is An Unprecedented Hit All Over Africa {Business Insider}
• Science Blogging in Sub-Saharan Africa {Global Voices Online}
• The prize to create African media 2.0 {Daily Maverick}
• Alcatel-Lucent to roll out 4G in East Africa in 2012 {The Africa Report}
• Innovation Focus of Africa Economic Forum {AllAfrica}