Listed in reverse chronological order by country, here is a selection of important ICT headlines from around the continent this week.

Zimbabwe

• Utande Unveils New Broadband Service {AllAfrica.com}
• Zim officials complain about fibre trenches {ITWeb}

Uganda

• YouTube turns Ugandans into instant celebrities {The Observer}
• Uganda: SMEs Slow On It Usage {PC Tech}

Tunisia

• More Competitiveness If Information and Communication … {AllAfrica.com}
• La BM organise une table ronde sur la concurrence dans le secteur des télécommunications en Tunisie le 19 juin 2012 {Tustex}

Togo

• MainOne ups investment in distribution networks {BusinessDay}

Tanzania

• Computer Project to Benefit Mtwara, Zanzibar Pupils {AllAfrica.com}

South Africa

• Internet killing the video store {TechCentral}
• Internet, imperialism and us {The Nation}
• Low threshold ‘impedes online shopping’ {Business Day}
• SA’s government to subsidize 5m Internet-capable Set-top boxes … {HumanIPO}
• Over 50 SA networks share Internet traffic through ISPA {MyBroadband}

Sierra Leone

• Telecommunications Visitors arrive to state of APC Dombolo … {Awareness Times}
• Perm Sec emphasizes the importance of Fibre Optic {Sierra Express Media}

Rwanda

• Internet and information overload {The New Times Rwanda}
• Rwanda High Speed Internet to Boost Entrepreneurship … {allAfrica.com}

Nigeria

• Nigeria Online Churches Flourish Amid Rising Insecurity {allAfrica.com}
• Nigeria ranks 59th on global cyber threat list, says Symantec {BusinessDay}
• Boosting education through ICT-driven instructional aids {The Punch}
• MainOne flays influence of ‘dominant players’ {The Nation}

Malawi

• Internet to Malawi {Herald.ie}
• Building on ICT {BiztechAfrica}

Liberia

• The Use of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) as a Cost … {Liberian Daily Observer}

Lesotho

• Vodacom to ‘unlock power of internet’ {BusinessDay}

Kenya

• What it Means to Have the Global Voices Summit Here in Nairobi {Global Voices}
• Kenyans online angry over use of the word ‘primitive’ in Korean Air … {Washington Post}
• 20 Percent of Computers Virus Prone {AllAfrica.com}
• How Google is helping Improve Internet Access for Kenyan … {Webaraza}

Ghana

• Towards Open Education in Ghana- What is Happening … {GovInTheLab}

Ethiopia

• E-learning for Ethiopian lecturers {Bourne Local}
• Skype me? Indeed | Text of Ethiopia’s draft Telecom Law {Daniel Berhane}

Egypt

• New mobile and fixed-line licences in Egypt may be … {Peter Lange, Senior Analyst Africa, BuddeComm}
• Social Media in the Egyptian Revolution:Reconsidering Resource … {Sudan Vision}
• Google Translate Misfires on Egypt’s Future President {Voice of America}
• The Egyptian Presidential Candidates on Social Media {Mashable}
• Egypt: Tweet to Cheat in High School {Global Voices}

DRC

• Africell, sixième opérateur de télécommunications, sur les rails {Ecofin}

Cote D’Ivoire

• Cote d’Ivoire Shopping At the Ivorian Market With the … {allAfrica.com}

Congo

• Jasco brings data centre to Congo {Gadget}

Chad

• Airtel partners with Pan African bank to launch Airtel Money in Chad {APO}

General Africa

• Opportunities, obstacles for small firms keen on entering Internet … {Creamer Media’s Engineering News}
• Boost for Moroccan tech start-ups {The Africa Report}
• The 7th Connecting Rural Communities Africa (CRC) … {Sierra Express Media}
• Top 10 South African mobile websites {MyBroadband}
• SA needs its own broadband path {TechCentral}
• Role Of ICT And Workforce Education {The Ghanaian Times}
• Opinion: It’s Europe and America’s internet. Africans just live in it {CNN}
• Africa: Cloud Computing’s Secret Weapon {CloudTweaks News}
• Juba. The world’s first Open Source City? {ict@innovation}
• S.Africa’s Telkom jumps on nationalisation report {Reuters}
• “We are sitting on a gold mine” says Rwandan software developer {IT News Africa}
• Africa’s top tech-preneurs to watch {IT News Africa}
• 2013 Landmark Year for Affordable Connectivity {AllAfrica.com}
• Utande launches new WIMAX broadband service {Technology Zimbabwe}
• E-Waste A Concern To Consider {Namibian}
• Wits University rolls out hi-tech ICT solution for better learning … {ITWeb}
• Maasai Told to Embrace ICT {AllAfrica.com}
• 5 Reasons Mobile Is the Future of Sustainable Development {Mashable}
• Esoko: Mobile e-marketing for Africa {BusinessDay}
• Google’s Schmidt warns ‘Net revolution leaves many behind {Computerworld}