A curated weekly selection of 96 headlines highlighting the spirit of African technology. 26+ nations are represented this week.

Angola

• Artistas podem promover produtos via Internet {AngolaPress}

Botswana

• BTC save internet customers {The Bostwana Gazette}

Cameroon

• Impact IPv6 Project in Cameroon {Internet Society}

Cape Verde

• Giuseppe Dell’Orto: Acabou monopólio da Internet em Cabo Verde {Expresso}

Egypt

• Egypt Mulls Option for Fourth Mobile Operator License {cellular-news}

Equatorial Guinea

• Interview with President Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea {CNN}

Ethiopia

• Huawei and ZTE set to sign $1.3 billion Govt. telecom contract in Ethiopia {Telecom Lead}
• Cashless Payments Sector in Ethiopia – Time to Open Up? {AllAfrica.com}

Gambia

• NICE Gambia Inaugurates New Centre {AllAfrica.com}
• Bad weather knocks out Gambia internet services {ITWeb Africa}

Ghana

• Mobile library project in Ashanti suffers setback {GhanaWeb}
• Tech media closely monitoring Ghana’s e-govt {IT News Africa}
• Ghana: MTN Provides U.S.$ 100,000 ICT Learning for Komenda {AllAfrica.com}

Kenya

• Yu launches BlackBerry service in Kenya {IT News Africa}
• AccessKenya rolls out fibre optics to north coast {Telecompaper}
• Kenyans Use Mobile Devices For Internet Browsing, Not Calls – CCK {Ventures Africa}
• Kenya’s mobile phone users hit 29.7mn {Capital FM Kenya}
• Safaricom to grow fibre link four-fold for faster Internet {Business Daily}

Mauritius

• Mauritius focuses on digitisation {Biztech Africa}

Morocco

• Morocco digital divide persists {magharebia.com}

Namibia

• ICT Part of Everyday Living {AllAfrica.com}
• Make Internet A Right {Namibian}
• Namibia riding the wave of digital revolution {New Era}

Nigeria

• Justice in the Twittersphere for Lynched Nigerian Students? {AllAfrica.com}
• African online retail sites, Jumia and Zando receive funding from J.P. … {CP-Africa.com}
• Apple Establishes Presence in Nigerian ICT Market {AllAfrica.com}
• Technology Will Drive Mobile Advertising’ {THISDAY Live}
• Mobile transformation in Nigeria {Bizcommunity.com}
• Nigeria needs online media regulatory framework … {Voice of Nigeria}
• How ICT Sector Fared in Q3 2012 {AllAfrica.com}
• Stakeholders advocate measures to address child online vulnerability {BusinessDay}
• Nigerian government urged to create country’s local Internet protocol … {HumanIPO}

Reunion

• Reunion plans 100% fibre coverage within ten years of launch {TeleGeography}

Sao Tome & Principe

• France’s Orange interested in Sao Tome and Principe market {Macauhub}

Senegal

• Senegal tops 88% mobile penetration {Biztech Africa}
• Internet haut débit: Vulgarisation au Sénégal {Afriquejet}

Sierra Leone

• Fibre Optic Project Takes Off – Govt Signs MOU to Divest Shares {AllAfrica.com}

Somalia

• Puntland authorities close down radio and website {CPJ Press Freedom Online}
• Djiboutian president, Somali poets discuss oral tradition {Sabahi Online}

South Africa

• SA’s ICT job landscape {BusinessTech}
• How South Africans access the Internet {MyBroadband}
• What does all the 4G/LTE hype mean? {Moneyweb.co.za}
• Telecoms 2020 {ITWeb}
• How much SA’s Internet users earn {MyBroadband}
• How APPs Are Taking Over Computing and Content {AllAfrica.com}
• The Innovation Hub partners with WIPO to benefit South African entrepreneurs … {ITWeb}
• Vodacom Launches First Commercial 4G Service in South Africa … {Vodafone}
• Time for a 4G reality check {TechCentral}
• iPhone 5 in South Africa: early adopter pricing {MyBroadband}
• Amazon outlines career opportunities in Cape Town {BusinessTech}
• The State of Cloud Computing Around the World: South Africa {CloudTimes (blog)}
• S African township’s solar-powered cafe {Aljazeera.com}
• Biggest South African mobile websites {MyBroadband}
• Under-pressure 8ta to trial 4G network {ITWeb Africa}
• South Africa: ‘Be Careful What You Share Online’ {AllAfrica.com}
• Xbox Music said to be coming to SA {TechCentral}
• Focus on internet and human rights in South Africa: Interview with Jane Duncan {APC}

Sudan

• Sudan tops MENA region on mobile services sales tax {IT News Africa}

Swaziland

• Govt altered MTN’s 3G licence {Times of Swaziland}

Tunisia

• Sofrecom Tunisia enters local market {IT News Africa}
• Tunisia: President Marzouki Enquires About ‘Digital Tunisia’ Development Programme {AllAfrica.com}

Uganda

• Local govts need more money for computers {The Observer (blog)}
• Using internet to create wealth {The Observer (blog)}
• Developing Social Networks in Uganda {Knowledge Wharton Today}
• Dar es Salaam to Build Undersea Cable to Uganda {AllAfrica.com}
• Ugandans urged on Internet content {The New Vision}
• Uganda: Utilising capacity will bring down internet fees, says Google … {}

West Africa

• Freelancer.com now in French Africa {Biztech Africa}
• Comviva Bets Big on Mobile Data Growth in West Africa Region {APO}

Zambia

• Online publishing irreversible – MISA Headquarters tells Zambia & Malawi {Zambian Watchdog}

Zimbabwe

• Zimbabwe among most dynamic countries in ICTs growth says ITU report {Technology Zimbabwe}
• Zimbabwe lags behind in data services {Zimbabwe Independent}
• Econet Most Popular Mobile Network – Poll {AllAfrica.com}
• Embrace E-Commerce, Tourism Industry Urged {AllAfrica.com}
• E-Tech Africa Expo a Success {AllAfrica.com}

General Africa

• LTE cannot just be for the big guys if Africa is to reach its full … {Balancing Act}
• A happy future for the “doomed continent”? {Reuters Blogs}
• How mobile phones are playing a role in African education {AfricanBrains}
• Satellite broadband gets millions more Africans online {New Scientist}
• Google’s African affair: An internet giant puts its money where its mouth is {Memeburn}
• TechWomen: The Global Network {Huffington Post}
• Affordability and accessibility sees Blackberry leading the smartphone race {Bizcommunity.com}
• Third of world’s population has Internet: UN {AFP}
• Battling it out online {The Economist (blog)}
• The impact of mobile devices in Africa {African Business Review}
• A Shipping Container Learning Lab To Launch African Kids {EarthTechling}
• Bootstraps or bust – starting a tech business in Africa {IT News Africa}
• Is the digital divide a defunct framework? « The Berkeley Blog {Jenna Burrell}
• Internet exchanges for Africa {BusinessTech}
• Airtel announces new appointments to bolster its Francophone operations {StarAfrica.com}
• ICTs Vital for Development {AllAfrica.com}
• African consumers get online {Warc}
• Africa’s future data architecture beginning to fall into place – exchange points and data centres {Balancing Act}
• 266m sub-Saharan phone users by 2017 {Biztech Africa}
• Students in Africa put their universities on Google Maps {Google Africa Blog}
• Part 5: How Communication and Technology are Changing the Faces of Africa {Byline Beat}