Generally speaking, July has been a quiet month for major African ICT announcements. However, plenty of progress has been reported by sources in many nations (think baby steps!) A few high-level articles (found at the bottom of the page) are worth skimming, too.

Zimbabwe

• Zimbabwe Internet Demand on the Rise in Zim’s Urban Areas {allAfrica.com}
• Zimbabwe: National ICT Policy Review Starts {AfricanSeer News}

Uganda

• Huawei taps local talent and innovators in Uganda {CIO East Africa}
• Uganda is a ripe state for open governance data {APC}
• Shs 7 trillion collected via e-tax payments {The Observer (blog)}
• Ouganda: initiative pour développer des contenus locaux {Ecofin}
• Ugandan student makes a billion through apps {AllAfrica.com}

Tunisia

• La Tunisie veut internationaliser ses startups  {Ecofin}

Tanzania

• Movitel in talks to secure Tanzanian NICTBB bandwidth {TeleGeography}
• Alcatel-Lucent to ‘expand’ Tanzania’s 4G coverage {ITWeb Africa}

Sudan

• The Readiness of the Sudanese Universities for On-line Learning … {Lap Publishing}

South Africa

• ANC has broadband responsibility {ITWeb}
• Kaspersky gets aggressive in Africa {BusinessLIVE}
• SA needs R90bn for broadband ambition {ITWeb}

Rwanda

• Internet Society Rwanda Chapter Takes Part In ICT Awareness … {ISOC}
• Technology, Taboos and Social Enterprise {AllAfrica.com}
• Airtel to offer fastest mobile Internet with 3.75G launch in Rwanda {IT News Africa}

Nigeria

• WACS now carries traffic in Nigeria {Vanguard}
• Nigeria: Students, Teachers Get E-Learning Data Base {Balancing Act}
• Nigeria: Internet expansion {Oxford Business Group}
• Netflix of Africa’ brings Nollywood to world {CNN}

Namibia

• West Africa Cable System holds endless possibilities {The Namibian}
• Internet Cafe takes advantage of WACS {Windhoek Obserfver}
• Unam Involved in Open Access Intitiative {AllAfrica.com}

Morocco

• Maroc: Méditel retire son offre 3G illimitée {Ecofin}

Mauritania

• Mauritania mulls internet monitoring to counter extremism Internet… {magharebia.com}

Mali

• Wiring Offgrid Villages & Preserving Language Online {Global Voices Online}

Libya

• Gadhafi-Era Spy Tactics Quietly Restarted in Libya  {WSJ}

Liberia

• Cellcom Rolls Out Hspa+ Network and Gains a Technology Edge Over Its Competitors {Balancing Act}

Kenya

• Comparing Internet Speeds In Kenya {File-It Africa}
• Tech Literacy, Tech Creativity, and the GDRL {Ellis Ballard}
• The Invisible Bank: How Kenya Has Beaten the World in Mobile Money {NatGeo}

Ghana

• Rural Electrification, Alternate Energy, Green Books and the Digital Divide in… {Vibe Ghana}

Gabon

• Gabon enters deal with World Bank to improve Internet services {Communications Africa}
• Premier pas vers l’e-éducation avec l’Aninf {Koaci}

Ethiopia

• Can Ethiopia survive the social media wave? {Africa Review}

Egypt

• A revolution and a presidential election: Egypt’s social media mania {Memeburn}

Cote D’Ivoire

• Côte d’Ivoire : préserver les emplois par la reconversion aux TIC  {Ecofin}

Chad

• Research and Markets: Chad – Telecoms, Mobile and Internet {Virtual-Strategy Magazine}

Cameroon

• Valdes T. Nzalli : « Créer de nouveaux points d’échanges Internet » {TIC Mag}
• Le groupe MTN et le Cameroun s’engagent pour le câble à fibre optique WACS {Ecofin}

Burkina Faso

• Burkina Faso: un pas vers une administration «sans papier»  {Ecofin}

Angola

• Angola: inauguration d’une centrale de fibre optique {Ecofin}

General Africa

• Africa internet penetration is now 13.5% {Moneyweb.co.za}
• 4G service reaches Africa before much of Europe {Similoluwa Ojurongbe}
• #Cisco uses the power of #TelePresence to shape the next generation of African… {Justmeans}
• Africa must build own Cloud {Gadget}
• Developing ICT Skills in African Teachers {World Bank blog}
• Africa: The infrastructure that actually drives growth {BBC News}
• Africa finally pays its own way — with a mobile phone {Memeburn}
• IBM Supports Accelerated Adoption of Technology in Tanzania {MarketWatch}
• Broadband Internet coming to Africa Promoting Information and … {Michel Rogy}
• Africa perfectly poised gain from digital tuition {IT News Africa}
• Open-access wireless: tread carefully, SA {TechCentral}
• Connectivity Is a Key Contributor to Social Equity and Cohesion {AllAfrica.com}
• CTO’s Tim Unwin: Public, private sector balance needed for African ICT {CFOWorld}
• Fast broadband allowing government initiatives and innovative … {Afridigital}
• La 3G pourrait combler le déficit de l’accès Internet en Afrique {Ecofin}
• How To: Set Off In Mobile Advertising in Africa – “Please Call Me”, WAP, Metrics & More {Afrinnovator}
• Africa’s True Mobile Revolution Has Yet to Start {Harvard Business Review blog}