A curated weekly selection of 51 headlines highlighting the spirit of African technology. 17+ nations are represented this week.

Angola

• Angolans vote in booths armed with iPads {News24}

Congo

• Un câble à fibre optique relie désormais la RD Congo au Congo-Brazzaville {Ecofin}

Egypt

• Ericsson study: Quadrupling Egypt broadband speed can boost GDP by more … {Zawya (registration)}
• Egyptian households spend $93 annually on phones, internet: Survey {Ahram Online}

Ghana

• Ghana’s e-Government Project Yielding Benefits Already – NITA Boss {Myjoyonline.com}
• Internet users in Ghana reach 14.11% of population in 2011 – ITU {Ghana Business News}
• Need to establish ICT units in basic and Senior High Schools – Minister {Ghana News Agency}

Kenya

• Kenya’s Safaricom to invest $95 mln in fibre-optics {Reuters}
• Safaricom’s App store goes live next month {Capital FM Kenya}
• Kenya could miss Vision 2030 broadband goal {IT News Africa}
• Kenya: Internet Penetration Still Below Vision2030 Target {AllAfrica.com}
• Kenya Hosts Second Freedom Online Conference {AllAfrica.com}

Lesotho

• Women making the most of Internet {Lesotho Times}

Libya

• Libya faces testing times for telecoms regulation {Global Telecoms Business}

Malawi

• Microsoft parades Windows 8 in Malawi {Biztech Africa}

Mauritius

• ICT: In search of better connections {Financial Times}

Morocco

• IBM boosts Morocco operations with new branch in Rabat {Bikya Masr}

Namibia

• Technology Has Slight Impact in Education {AllAfrica.com}

Nigeria

• New mobile app aimed at teaching children Yoruba {How we made it in Africa}
• Boko Haram’s Victimiation of SSS Goes Hi-Tech {BusinessNews}
• Mobile Operators Cry Out As Terrorists Bomb Facilities {AllAfrica.com}

Rwanda

• kLab, a tech community in the making {The Rwanda Focus}
• Rwanda International Conference On Technology in Education Kicks Off {AllAfrica.com}

South Africa

• Jozi, now with fibre to the home {TechCentral}
• 8 things you need to know about social media in South Africa … {Stuart Thomas, memeburn}
• Telkom supplies tablets, free internet to 2 schools {Telecompaper}
• Uncapped Internet caused data explosion in SA {MyBroadband}
• Enough international bandwidth for now: Telkom CEO {BusinessTech}
• SA seniors adopt social media {Biztech Africa}
• Meet the South African finalists for TNW’s Startup World {Ventureburn}

Tanzania

• BlackBerry services seen gaining popularity among Tigo subscribers {IPPmedia}

Tunisia

• Tunisia: Information and Communication Minister – ‘Internet Censorship No … {AllAfrica.com}

Zimbabwe

• Getting a passport in Zimbabwe, how can tech help? {Technology Zimbabwe}
• Zimbabwean ISPs say slash in charges boosts internet access {Telecompaper}
• Hackathon winners look to go commercial {Biztech Africa}

General Africa

• Africa Analysis: Kenya’s ICT lab is just the beginning {SciDev.Net}
• The future of education in Africa is mobile {BBC via GSMA}
• Seacom going big on Africa ‘cloud’ service {BDlive}
• Study: Sweden is best at using Internet {CNN}
• Africa needs own space agency: Sudan’s Bashir {Phys.Org}
• Helping to bring African universities online {Google Enterprise Blog}
• ISPs in Africa must catch tech’s next wave {IT News Africa}
• Boost in m-commerce in Ghana, Tanzania and South Africa, but who is on top? {The Africa Report}
• Amazon dominates global e-reading market {Mail & Guardian Online}
• The rise of social media in Africa {ITWeb}
• Facebook boosts mobile numbers {BusinessTech}
• A FarmVille for Africa {BBC News}
• iHub Research collaborates with Activspaces on the ICT Hubs study … {Hilda Moraa, iHub}
• Africa: Tweeting Out of Poverty – a Comparison of Access to Information and … {AllAfrica.com}
• Putting the backbone into communication networks {African Business Review}
• Tech growth opportunities in Africa {ITWeb}
• China’s digital learning curve in Africa {This is Africa}