A curated weekly selection of 76 headlines highlighting the spirit of African technology. 27+ nations are represented this week.

General Africa

• Africa not just a mobile-first continent — it’s mobile only {CNN}
• ICT Start Ups: Hype or Business? {Africa Assets}
• Microsoft Holds ICT Day for Girls {AllAfrica.com}
• As Telecoms market in Africa reaches first … {Global Telecoms Business}
• New fibre helps Africa’s booming … {Global Telecoms Business}
• African startups sprint off on silicon safari {VentureBeat}
• Africa: a myriad different realities {The Guardian (blog)}
• African women’s disinterest in ICT cause for alarm {HumanIPO}
• Battle of the brands about to begin in Africa {How we made it in Africa}
• Internet plan will hamstring African growth {BDlive}
• Google rolls out ICT scholarship to African students {HumanIPO}
• Online content ecosystem in Africa {BusinessTech}
• Africa next: Africa’s investment boom offers valuable lessons {Globe and Mail}
• The rise of mobile money is driven by the poor [Infographic] {The Next Web}
• Am scared the fact that the labs and hubs are so into mobile development… {Tech360}
• The 2012/3 South African Cyber Threat Barometer {Wolfpack Risk}
• First Africa IGF opens with calls to tackle cyber crime {BiztechAfrica}

Algeria

• Broadband steering Algerian IT sector {IT News Africa}

Benin

• Semaine de l’Internet : le Bénin a des ambitions {Afrik.com}
• Benin university gets high speed bandwidth {BiztechAfrica}

Burkina Faso

• Guillaume Soro: «Nous ne pouvons pas nous passer d’Internet à l’heure actuelle» {Fasozine.com}

Cape Verde

• 32% of Cape Verdeans are regular users of Internet {asemana.sapo.cv}

Chad

• Les abonnés d’Airtel privés d’Internet depuis plusieurs semaines {Ecofin}

Egypt

• Cooperation Between Egypt and Sudan in ICT Fields {MCIT}

Ethiopia

• Ethiopia: Are Social Networking Sites Good for Society? {AllAfrica.com}
• Ethiopia: Opposition propaganda dominates social media {Indepth Africa}

Gambia

• Launching of the first 4g internet network in bangui {Balancing Act}
• Gambia – Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband {BuddeComm}

Ghana

• Reject new telcos’ proposals’ {Ghana Web}
• Ghana to start eastern corridor fibre-optic project {Telecompaper}
• 60,000 laptops in 2,500 schools by the end of the month {BiztechAfrica}

Kenya

• 8 African mobile money services that aren’t M-Pesa {Memeburn}
• Silent fibre-optic war rages {Daily Nation}
• Local Internet Provider Launches Video Call Tool {AllAfrica.com}
• EatOut Kenya, Google and Wazi WiFi partner to bring Internet access to restaurants {HumanIPO}
• Kenya: Orange Trailblazing in Data Services {Capital FM}

Liberia

• Facebook, a favorite among Liberian internet users, has become a … {Liberian Daily Observer}

Malawi

• Malawi government drafts ‘E-bill’ {Bizcommunity.com}
• Internet lowers barriers to news {BiztechAfrica}

Mali

• ISOC Mali Chapter Internet Society {ISOC Mali}

Mayotte

• Conférence sur l’internet dans l’entreprise à la CCI {Mayotte Hebdo}

Morocco

• Inwi prépare une grande réunion des inconditionnels de Facebook {Ecofin}

Mozambique

• Internet Solutions expands Mozambique network {BusinessTech}

Namibia

• Nam tackles ICT gap {The Southern Times}
• Namibia: Mobile Sector Still Under-Developed {AllAfrica.com}

Nigeria

• Nigerian government rejects calls to ban social media News … {HumanIPO}
• Nigerians Pay Frequently On Mobile Apps Than Mobile Sites {Ventures Africa}
• Nigerian Internet Governance Forum (NIGF-2012) {NIRA}
• 9 most promising areas to launch a technology based business in Africa {BusinessDay}
• Mubadala’s Yahsat drives down cost of internet service {BusinessDay}
• Nigeria: Social Media – a Double-Edged Sword {AllAfrica.com}

Rwanda

• Rwanda: How E-Government Is Transforming Delivery of Services {The New Times}

Senegal

• Dakar réfléchit sur la création d’un point… {Le Soleil}

Sierra Leone

• India to help boost Sierra Leone’s ICT growth (With Image) {Newstrack India}

South Africa

• Link Africa gets patent for sewer fibre {ITWeb}
• A gender-based analysis of ICT adoption and usage in South Africa {Wits.ac.za}
• Technology set to take over in the classroom {The New Age Online}
• Mobile broadband can boost SA economy: report {BusinessTech}
• Cell C to join 4G fray {TechCentral}
• Cheapest ever mobile data prices in SA {MyBroadband}
• SA drinking linked to social media {News24}
• ICT gets lion’s share of venture capital funding {BDlive}

South Sudan

• Ericsson to provide Internet access to youth in conflict areas in Uganda, South Sudan {CIO East Africa}

Tanzania

• Affordable mobile packages to help Tanzanians save {IPPmedia}
• Submarine connectivity a boon for Tanzania {IT News Africa}
• Tanzania’s invisible web revolution {BBC News}
• Submarine telecom stimulates connectivity in Tanzania {IPPmedia}
• Will Tanzania’s two new innovation hubs boost the country’s tech scene? {How we made it in Africa}
• Tanzania: Tigo Launches SMS Internet Browsing {AllAfrica.com}

Tunisia

• Dissolution of Fixed-line Monopoly and Launch of 3G Set to Invigorate Tunisia … {IT News Online}
• Des prix pour récompenser les meilleurs acteurs du web {Ecofin}
• Sofrecom s’installe en Tunisie {Ecofin}

Uganda

• Research and Markets: Uganda – Broadband and Internet Market, Digital Media {SYS-CON Media}
• MTN Uganda claims largest Facebook following {Telecompaper}

West Africa

• WARCIP Updates Journalists on Fiber Optic {AllAfrica.com}

Zimbabwe

• Econet connects 2.5 million through 3G {ITWeb}