A curated weekly selection of 71 headlines highlighting the spirit of African technology. 23+ nations are represented this week.

Algeria

• Major boost for Algerian scientists {IT News Online}

Angola

• Social Media Course Transforms Campaigning {AllAfrica.com}

Cameroon

• Cameroun : le mystère de la fibre optique clandestine est enfin levé {Ecofin}

East Africa

• Inside East Africa’s technology hubs {BBC News}
• Traveling the world, meeting startups: What We learned {The Next Web (blog)}

Egypt

• Is it Time To Invest in Middle East Start-Ups? {Wall Street Journal (blog)}
• Egyptian Startup Yadget Debuts At Global Mobile Internet Conference {PR Web (press release)}

Ethiopia

• Ethiopia: growing solo {Financial Times (blog)}
• When tablet turns teacher {Financial Times}
• Ethiopia: Is Facebook Advantageous? {AllAfrica.com}

Ghana

• The future of E-book education in Africa {GhanaWeb}
• KNUST establishes maiden state-of-the art mobile web lab {Ghana News Agency}

Kenya

• Firm unveils Swahili mobile, web health application {The Standard Digital News}
• Control of Internet will hurt uptake in Kenya {Business Daily}
• Orange simplifies its wireless internet bundles {Africa Science News Service}
• How much will technology boom change Kenya? {BBC}
• Kenya: Computer Training for Villagers {AllAfrica.com}

Liberia

• The Impact the ACE Subsea Optical Fiber Cable Could Have on the Yana Boy … {Liberian Daily Observer}
• Liberia: Lonestar Cell MTN Launches ‘Co Do’ Clubs {AllAfrica.com}

Malawi

• Malawi journalist arrested over seditious articles online: Justice … {Nyasa Times}

Morocco

• Maroc : Inwi se positionne pour la reprise de l’opérateur mauritanien Mattel {Ecofin}
• Moroccan web series make ICT cool {BiztechAfrica}

Namibia

• Namibia: Setting the Trend With the E-Waste Campaign {AllAfrica.com}
• Network Congestion Traced to Lack of Infrastructure Backhaul {THISDAY Live}
• NCC, NITDA, Zinox Collaborate on ICT Capacity Devt {THISDAY Live}
• Nigeria to award fixed telecom licences early next year {Reuters}
• Nokia introduces solar phone charger in Nigeria {IT News Africa}
• Online business expands on back of new investment {BusinessDay}
• Nigeria: FG Pledges to Widen Broadband Penetration {AllAfrica.com}

North Africa

• MENA Netizen Report: Blasphemy Edition {Global Voices Online}

Rwanda

• Rwanda National police warns internet users against cyber crime … {Police.gov.rw}
• Tigo Provides Schools With Internet Connectivity {AllAfrica.com}
• Rwanda: Over Rwf10 Billion Earmarked for ICT Students {AllAfrica.com}

Sierra Leone

• Sierra Leone: Is Ami Musa the Saddest Pinterest Page in the World? {Global Voices}

Somalia

• Internet accessibility growing steadily in Somalia {Sabahi Online}

South Africa

• BlackBerry to host hackathon {ITWeb}
• App Star Challenge for Africa {Gadget}
• E-readers the answer to textbooks {Mail & Guardian Online}
• “We’ll be launching new innovative features soon” – MXit {IT News Africa}
• State to unveil broadband strategy {BDlive}
• SA’s 8ta customers are the happiest {Staff Writer}
• SA easy target for cyber criminals {Independent Online}
• Launch of new high-speed technology a big advance {Times LIVE}

Southern Africa

• WACs provides opportunities beyond borders {The Southern Times}

Uganda

• Uganda police call for social media monitoring {The Standard Digital News}
• Smartphones are revolutionizing Africa healthcare. Ugandan software … {Deutsche Welle}
• Uganda embraces ICTs in healthcare {BiztechAfrica}

Zambia

• Zambia: Fourth Mobile Operator Welcome, Assures State {AllAfrica.com}

Zimbabwe

• Remote village enjoys internet access {The Zimbabwean}
• How to: Responsive web development. Develop websites for mobile {Technology Zimbabwe}
• Liquid Telecom focuses on fibre for Zimbabwe {IT News Africa}
• Why the ZAMPS Internet usage survey results are inadequate {TechZim}

General Africa

• What’s wrong with Africa’s startup scene? {Ventureburn}
• Transformational use of ICTs in Africa {World Bank Blogs}
• Africa’s economy {The Economist}
• Health eVillages launches new mHealth initiative in Africa {mHIMSS}
• Amazing! High-tech nuns team up to build cyber cafes in sub-Saharan Africa {VentureBeat}
• Africa is ready to accommodate start-up businesses {ITWeb}
• Feeding Africa’s hunger for technology {African Business Review}
• Initiative Unveiled to Increase ICANN’s Presence and Participation across Africa {PR Web (press release)}
• Africa telecoms enter high-growth phase – PwC {Creamer Media’s Engineering News}
• How apps are changing the agricultural sector worldwide {IT News Africa}
• What LTE means for Africa in the long term {IT News Africa}
• The Future, as Imagined by Google {New York Times (blog)}
• Unpacking Our Mobile Broadband Future {Steve Song}
• Africa to be next big ICT investment opportunity {Daily Tribune}
• Regulators Hold the Key to Mobile Broadband Development in Africa {Pyramid Research}
• Africa’s Leadership Fails Billionaire Mo Ibrahim’s Test, But Technocrats Rise {Forbes}
• Mobile app eases access to sanitary towels in rural Africa {HumanIPO}
• Top 5 venture capital firms targeting Africa {IT News Africa}
• “Make African Mobile Games Educational, but also Cool and Fun” {IICD}