A curated weekly selection of 99 headlines highlighting the spirit of African technology. 27+ nations are represented this week.

Algeria

• Kada Zaoui, élu à Sétif meilleur blogueur algérien pour 2012 {Algeria ISP}

Cameroon

• Cameroun : l’Infrastructure nationale à clé publique est opérationnelle {Agence Ecofin}
• Cameroonian Twitter Users Celebrate Biya’s 30 years Anniversary with Sarcasm {Global Voices}
• Group takes Cameroon gay right activism online, petitions govt {HumanIPO}

Cote D’Ivoire

• Huawei launches data center in Cote d’Ivoire {China Daily}
• Côte d’Ivoire : le pays entame sa migration vers l’e-agriculture {Ecofin}

DRC

• Do you think there are 1.3 million daily Internet users in Kinshasa? {ICTWorks}

Egypt

• Egypt prosecutor orders Internet porn ban {AFP}
• Egyptian bloggers call for new media regulations {Al-Shorfa}
• 150m EGP to be pumped into Egyptian ICT start-ups {BiztechAfrica}
• Ice, Ice Cairo {Egypt Today}

Equatorial Guinea

• Airspan Selected by Guineanet for 4G Network in Equatorial Guinea {MarketWatch}

Gabon

• Gabon to suspend new Megaupload site {Yahoo!7 News}

Gambia

• Gambia’s national telecoms reports increased revenue, expansion, upgrade {HumanIPO}

Ghana

• Technology connects Milton Hershey and Ghanaian students {PennLive.com}
• Congratulations to Ghana for first place in mobile-broadband … {ICTWorks}
• Katakyie Internet Café and ICT Training Centre inaugurated at Bomaa {Ghana News Agency}
• Ghana establishes ICT club for girls {Bizcommunity.com}
• Online Polls in Ghana are not credible – CODGHA {GhanaWeb}

Kenya

• Airtel records impressive growth {The Standard Digital News}
• Safaricom net profit jumps 94pc to Sh7.8bn {Capital FM Kenya}
• Google Swahili push for more local content {The Star}
• Google Aims To Support Kenya’s Businesses, Tech Entrepreneurs {Africa Science News Service}
• Silicon Savannah: Time to grow up? {How we made it in Africa}
• Google-backed project rolls out Wi Fi hotspots in major Kenyan cities {Memeburn}
• Kenya using only 6 percent of internet capacity {Capital FM Kenya}
• Kenya: Creative Commons Comes to Kenya {AllAfrica.com}
• Kenya’s new music download business {BBC News}

Libya

• The Monopolist’s Advantage {Correspondents.org}

Madagascar

• Madagascar: le gouvernement prépare un cadre juridique pour l’e-commerce {Ecofin}

Malawi

• Exhibitor impressed with Malawi ICT conference {Nyasa Times}

Mauritius

• Ile Maurice: le Wifi gratuit sur 20 nouvelles régions {Ecofin}

Mayotte

• FT-Orange eyes broadband boost in Mayotte in 2013 {TeleGeography}

Morocco

• E-Santé : 5 sites internet qui vous faciliteront vos démarches au Maroc {MedecineMag.ma}
• IBM develops cloud-based plan to help Moroccan farmers {BiztechAfrica}

Mozambique

• 60% of Mozambican districts now linked to ICT {BiztechAfrica}

Namibia

• Titanic Battle Looming in Telecom Sector {AllAfrica.com}
• Namibia to get home fibre, 4G {TechCentral}

Nigeria

• Nigerian Mobile subs top 106.9m in 3Q12 – 4G Africa {}
• Minister Launches Students PC Ownership Scheme {AllAfrica.com}
• Microsoft unveils windows 8 in Nigeria {Osun Defender}
• Nigeria: Operators Blame Govt for High Cost of Bandwidth {AllAfrica.com}
• Nigeria nears 77% teledensity {BiztechAfrica}
• Nigeria seeds N500m for software development {BiztechAfrica}

Rwanda

• Rwanda: Govt Unveils Online Business Licensing Portal {AllAfrica.com}

Somalia

• SomCable, Bluwan to Expand Fast Wireless Service From Somalia {Businessweek}

Tanzania

• `Tanzania moving fast in internet technology` {IPPmedia}
• Tanzania: State Eyes E-Waste Recycling Policy {AllAfrica.com}

Tunisia

• Empowering Artists after the Tunisian Revolution: eArtvolution {Wamda}

Uganda

• MTN Uganda provides faster internet on 3G+ service {Telecompaper}
• Ugandan Prime Minister Interacts on Twitter Using #AskthePM … {Ndesanjo Macha}

West Africa

• ECOWAS Ministers Meet in Yamoussoukro On Regional Infrastructure … {AllAfrica.com}
• Afripedia: Wikipedia with Offline Access for Francophone Africa {Global Voices}

Zambia

• Airtel donates computers to Ndola schools {Times of Zambia}
• Zambia to roll-out phase 3 of new fiber optic network {Bikya Masr}
• ICTs and moral dilemma in schools {Times of Zambia}
• Zambia’s high voltage fibre-optic project enters phase … {ITWeb Africa}

Zimbabwe

• In Zimbabwe, Satellite Dishes are Widespread and New Media are … {sorr}
• Zimbabwe: Hashtag #263Chat to Crowdsource Opinions on Pressing Issues {Global Voices}

South Africa

• South Africa’s biggest and best websites {MyBroadband}
• Online Video: the experience is here {Gadget}
• Local apps lab will cut costs for start-up companies {BDlive}
• Low bandwidth video streaming {BusinessTech}
• Can South Africa’s grand broadband plan succeed? {ZDNet}
• Neotel achieves 70Mbps in LTE trials {Telecompaper}
• Social Entrepreneurs develop App to save South Africa’s Rhinos {YBL}
• Keep calm and make your marketing mobile {The Media Online}
• Guzzle online, purchase offline {Gadget}
• Vodacom LTE coverage expanded {IT News Africa}
• South Africa’s social media sensation {CNN}
• SA’s ICT industry in 50 years’ time {ITWeb}
• Survey shows consumer industries will drive growth in Africa {BDlive}
• SA business school launches free MBA education to the world {The Skills Portal}
• BlackBerry apps lab opens in Cape Town {News24}
• Easy2Map wins Startup Knight software startups challenge {HumanIPO}
• Infographic: Cost Comparison of Mobile Broadband in SA {Bandwidth Blog}
• SAEx cable system advancing despite funding problems {Balancing Act}

General Africa

• African Apps for African Problems {Edward Amartey-Tagoe}
• African Youth: Mobile Social Networks, a Way Forward {Africa.com (blog)}
• Mobile phones perfect platform for start-ups {The Africa Report}
• Ericsson – How Technology Is Disrupting Learning {AllAfrica.com}
• Africa is Rising Fast {Forbes}
• Why African Technology Startups Should Look For Partners {Forbes}
• A report describes the sacrifices the poor make to keep a mobile phone {The Economist}
• Two thirds of Africans yet to join the mobile revolution {Mobile Business Briefing}
• Data to account for 22% of service revenue in Africa in 2016 {Telecompaper}
• EA mobile games for Africa {Gadget}
• Countries Must Boost Measures to Combat Internet Racism {AllAfrica.com}
• Africa needs tech tools to develop untapped content {Business Daily}
• Sony expects MEA revenues to cross $2.2b {gulfnews.com}
• LTE in Africa – call it like it is {IT News Africa}
• Africa Becomes World’s Second Largest Phone Market {Ventures-Africa}
• Telecoms: Steady march to risky destinations {Financial Times}
• African developers: show us what you’ve got! {Microsoft/TechNet}
• Africa’s tech challenge {Al Jazeera English}
• Mobile Web Africa 2012 agenda and speakers announced {BiztechAfrica}
• African Presidents On Twitter {MSN Howzit}
• The Best African Digital Start-ups {MSN Howzit}
• Mobile Industry Makes a Long-Distance Call to Africa {Bloomberg Tech Blog}