Online West Africa News: July 23 – August 9, 2012
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25 articles from West Africa that help paint the picture of African Internet progress.
Ghana
- MTN Ghana H1 revenue up 22%, data revenue up 193% {Myjoyonline.com}
- Ghana mourns President online Radio Phoenix (1996) Ltd {Radio Phoenix Zambia}
- Telcos chase ISPs out of business {Myjoyonline.com}
- Personal Challenges of Tech Startups in Ghana {Africa Startup Box}
Guinea
Liberia
- LTA Probes Cellcom’s 4G Capability {AllAfrica.com}
Nigeria
- Panaftel boosts data services with mobile broadband solution {The Guardian Nigeria}
- NCC Woos Stakeholders on Fresh Broadband Plan {THISDAY Live}
- Internet Presence: 440 MDAs Lack Websites {Leadership Newspapers}
- Govt may reallocate 2.5GHz spectrum by 2015 {The Guardian Nigeria}
- Could we be approaching the end of e-mail? {Daily Times Nigeria}
- “The Use of Google and Yahoo by Internet Users in Nigeria” by … {UNL}
- Time to censor the social media? {The Nation}
- Competition thickens as phone makers turn to emerging markets {BusinessDay}
- Accelerating broadband penetration through USPF support {The Guardian Nigeria}
- Apple aims to increase Nigerian marketshare with official launch {BusinessDay}
- Broadband Critical to National Devt, Says FG {AllAfrica.com}
- The Challenge Before MainOne Cable And The Problem With Nigeria {Tekedia Editors}
- Broadband Penetration Rate in Nigeria Less Than 7 Percent – NCC {AllAfrica.com}
- Etisalat targets dominance in Nigeria’s telecoms market {BusinessDay}
- Google Hits 250 Million Users!- Nigerians Professionals Among Users Connecting Socially {AllAfrica.com}
Senegal
- Senegal’s Sonatel first half net up 15 pct {Reuters}
- Une association appelle à l’interdiction des sites pornographiques {Ecofin}