A curated weekly selection of 100 headlines highlighting the spirit of African technology. This week, 31+ nations are represented!

Algeria

• Algerian ISPs angry at lack of support from larger operators {TeleGeography}

Angola

• Angola’ Sophisticated Censorship · Global Voices {Yohana de Andrade}

Benin

• Benin drafts cyber crime plan {BiztechAfrica}

Botswana

• BTC backbone separation to cost P100m {Mmegi Online}
• Google Street View live in Botswana {BiztechAfrica}

Burkina Faso

• SES to Provide Satellite Services for Connected Elections {AllAfrica.com}

Cote D’Ivoire

• Une charte du bon usage de l’internet en Côte d’Ivoire {akendewa}
• The boom of the Ivorian blogosphere {RNW}

DRC

• Congo rebel group M23 leaves Facebook {HumanIPO}
• Kinshasa IXP up and running after decade of disrepair {TeleGeography}
• Mapping the Conflicts in DRC in 2012 {Global Voices}
• Orange telecoms firm officially launches operations in DRC {HumanIPO}

Egypt

• Egypt’ internet economy could grow by 22% a year – study {Telecompaper}
• Egypt: Telecoms competition {Oxford Business Group}
• Egyptian blogger takes to the streets – again {Deutsche Welle (blog)}

Ethiopia

• An “Iron Curtain” for the Digital Age {Mobiledia}
• Thumbs Up Africa blog 9: Ethiopia’s internet explorer {RNW}

Gambia

• ACE Submarine Cable To Boost Gambia’ Digital Future {Jollofnews}
• 17 Institutions Get Presidential Boost {AllAfrica.com}

Ghana

• Google Goes Digital With Elections {Peace FM Online}
• How IICD helps entrepreneurs in Africa and Latin America via ICT {IICD}
• Ghana Lauded For Internet Penetration {Ghana.gov.gh}
• Happy birthday SMS… but what is your future in Ghana? {Citifmonline}
• Gov’t Distributes Laptops in Central, Volta Regions {AllAfrica.com}
• Cable cuts continue to cause concern in Ghana {TeleGeography}
• New Technologies Monitor Ghana Elections 2012 {Global Voices}

Kenya

• Digital education in Kenya: Tablet teachers {The Economist}
• Electronic Books and Kindles Transform Education in Trans Mara {AllAfrica.com}
• Connected tech communities and competitive advantage: the Kenyan way {Memeburn}
• Afrocentric innovation: Kenya’ case {Zimbabwe Independent}
• Ushahidi being used to assist Kenya carpools {HumanIPO}
• Kenyans in Diaspora to vote online in 2017 {HumanIPO}
• Mobile phones to get IP addresses in new drive to fight cybercrime {HumanIPO}
• Samsung pushes e-Learning in Kenyan primary schools {BiztechAfrica}
• Kenya seeks 100% Internet penetration by 2017 {HumanIPO}

Lesotho

• Lesotho Communications Authority {Business Excellence Magazine}

Liberia

• Cellcom Reduces Internet Service {AllAfrica.com}

Libya

• Libya Telecoms & Technology did not intentionally shut down Facebook {Libya Herald}
• Tripoli Blogger Freed By Kidnappers {AllAfrica.com}

Madagascar

• Gulfsat chooses O3b for satellite Internet in Madagascar {IT News Africa}

Malawi

• Anti-Banda video goes viral online {Newstime Africa}

Mauritius

• Island aims to become fastest internet provider in African region {Independent Daily}

Mozambique

• AITEC Mozambique to gather international and local experts to focus on ICT … {ITWeb}

Namibia

• Nation Should Develop Software? – Kaapanda {AllAfrica.com}
• Namibia supports ZA Central Registry .africa bid {Bizcommunity}

Nigeria

• Smartphones in Nigeria {The Economist}
• Activists Use Facebook to Fight Nigeria Lead Poisoning {Voice of America}
• Absence of national eHealth strategy, threat to nation’ healthcare delivery {BusinessDay}
• MainOne Blames Low Broadband Penetration On Weak Demand {AllAfrica.com}
• Nigerian cybercrime bill passed for second reading {HumanIPO}
• Nigeria students PC ownership scheme now underway {BiztechAfrica}
• iROKOtv celebrates first anniversary and SA office is planned for 2013 {HumanIPO}
• Starcomms to ‘redefine mobile broadband’ {BiztechAfrica}
• How Social Network Exposed Nigeria’s ICT Growth to St Kitts and Nevis Island {AllAfrica.com}

North Africa

• Facebook in the Middle East and North AfricaInfographic {Socialbakers}
• 4G in Middle East and North Africa to Grow at a CAGR of 122% during 2012 … {Telecom Lead}
• Arabic Infographic Competition promoted by Google {Visualoop}

Rwanda

• Clarisse Iribagiza, a Role Model for Women in ICT {AllAfrica.com}

Sao Tome & Principe

• AGER opens tender for second telecoms licence {TeleGeography}

Senegal

• Google Africa official bemoans ‘lack of status’ as reason for weak ISP investment in Senegal {TeleGeography}
• Can Senegal consolidate ICT gains? {BiztechAfrica}
• Gender ICT divide worsens in Senegal {BiztechAfrica}

Sierra Leone

• Ethical Fashion Spotlight: Bureh Belts made in Sierra Leone now on Etsy {Swit Salone}

South Africa

• Communications minister gets an E {MyBroadband}
• Mxit in mobile app experiment {BusinessTech}
• Tech ‘can help’ in Eastern Cape education crisis {BDlive}
• South Africa: Increased data services propel mobile applications {Afrique en Ligue}
• In Some Places, Facebook Opens Message Service to the Facebookless {New York Times (blog)}
• What the iTunes music store in SA means {Moneyweb.co.za}
• LTE, satellite, fibre to change SA telecoms {ITWeb}
• New generation of economy apps arrives in SA {Gadget}
• Education without the textbook crisis {BDlive}
• Telkom bandwidth prices hard to explain {MyBroadband}
• ICT strategies for disabled, youth {ITWeb}
• Young, black, poor and online {TechCentral}
• Bharti eyes South African entry through purchase of Cell C or 8ta {TeleGeography}
• MTN LTE network now up and running in Pretoria, Durban, Jo’burg {TeleGeography}
• 16 Voices – Blogging Against Abuse {AllAfrica.com}

Tanzania

• Lobby asks TCRA to block access to porn on the Web {The Citizen Daily}
• ICT Investment Crucial to Improved Internet Services {AllAfrica.com}

Togo

• Communiqué de presse sur le lancement officiel du site Internet du DSRP {DSRP Togo}

Uganda

• Learning to save lives in Uganda {Guardian}
• Africa’s First 3.0 Licenses! {Creative Commons}
• Web Creativity Dogged By Doubt {AllAfrica.com}

Zambia

• Zambia: ICT Authority’ plans to pulverise poor service {IT News Africa}
• Major challenge of swift ICT growth {Times of Zambia}

Zimbabwe

• Un-Conference Looks at Rise of Social Media in Zimbabwe {Zimbojam}

General Africa

• Etisalat Makes Case For 4G Deployment {P.M. News}
• New High-Speed Internet For African Research Cooperation Unveiled {IT News Online}
• ict@innovation featured in UNCTAD’ Information Economy Report {ict@innovation}
• As digital disruption comes to Africa, investing in data journalism takes on … {O’Reilly Radar}
• 20 African news startups you really have to know about {Ventureburn}
• ABI: Africa’ Mobile Market To Pass 80% Subscriber Penetration In … {Natasha Lomas}
• Mobile moving Africa’ economy – Mobile Web Africa 2012 {IT News Africa}
• Could It Happen In Your Country? {Renesys}
• eHealth programmes in Africa lack support from governments {HumanIPO}
• Microsoft prévoit d’investir 75 millions de dollars pour l’éducation numérique en Afrique {Ecofin}
• Why ICT is critical in ‘illiterate’ Africa {BiztechAfrica}
• Cybercrime growing more quickly in Africa than in any part of the world {HumanIPO}
• The way ahead on ICT: progress through partnership {scidevnet}