Rounding out the African ICT news headlines for 2013 are stories from 29 countries. Many of the 122 articles are from key markets Kenya and Nigeria but many also hail from Rwanda, Egypt, Algeria, Senegal, and Zambia.

Algeria

• Le chinois ZTE envisage de lancer une usine de fabrication de téléphones portables en Algérie {Ecofin}
• Ooredoo celebrates launch of first commercial 3G network in Algeria {Al Bawaba}
• 2013, year of launch of 3G mobile telephony in Algeria {Algérie Presse Service}
• 1.3 millions d’abonnés à l’internet haut débit filaire {LeMag.ma}

Angola

• Angolan Executive Intends to Launch Proximity Digital Libraries {AllAfrica.com}

Benin

• Développement du secteur des TIC au Bénin : Le point d’échange Internet IXP, une réalité depuis hier {La Presse du Jour}

Cameroon

• Computer Scientists Seek Recognition {AllAfrica.com}
• YooMee launches its on-line directory of national companies {Business in Cameroon}
• Meet The Cameroon Youth Re-imagining Transport in Africa {Cameroon-Info}
• Cameroon holds sensitisation seminar for telecom operators {HumanIPO}

Cote D’Ivoire

• La 3eme édition du Barcamp se tiendra ce 21 Décembre 2013 {AfriqueITNews.com}
• La Côte d’Ivoire vise le désenclavement numérique du secteur agricole grâce au projet e-agriculture {Ecofin}

Djibouti

• Inauguration du réseau WiMax du projet “Village du Millénaire” {China.org.cn}

DR Congo

• Les consultations préliminaires pour la vente de la licence 4G sont lancées {Ecofin}

East Africa

• Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan resolve to reduce roaming charges {HumanIPO}

Egypt

• Video blogger awaits verdict on 22 January {Daily News Egypt}
• Entrepreneurs try to start a technological revolution in Egypt {GlobalPost}
• Internet Use in Egypt: No Wires Needed {Nielsen}
• Shifting tides for Egypt’s bloggers {openDemocracy}
• Telecom Egypt and Cisco Sign “Managed Services Memorandum Of Understanding” {Zawya}

Ethiopia

• Surfing Free – Addis Hotels Become Wi-Fi Retreats {AllAfrica.com}
• Ethiopian Commodity Exchange to Go Online {AllAfrica.com}
• Googling, Facebooking, Tweeting, Surfing {AllAfrica.com}

Ghana

• Ghanaian ICT Guru Charges Youth: Engage In Self-employment Ventures {Peace FM Online}
• Ghana lags behind in I.T. – Google country manage {GhanaWeb}
• Internet Opportunities in Ghana {YouTube}

Kenya

• Regional ICT Ministers Converge in Kenya to Discuss Infrastructure, Cyber-Security and Digital Migration Issues {AllAfrica.com}
• New ICT Academy Planned {AllAfrica.com}
• Accesskenya in Bid to Slash Fibre Network Cuts {AllAfrica.com}
• Pampers Launches an Online Platform for Mothers Countrywide {AllAfrica.com}
• Ikilimo Bridges Information Gap for Farmers in Kenya {AllAfrica.com}
• The march of ICT in Kenya Part II : A government willing to consult {Daily Nation}
• Google ranks ‘Daily Nation’ top news site in Kenya {Daily Nation}
• 136 Kenyan universities now connected {BiztechAfrica}
• AccessKenya installs fibre monitoring system {BiztechAfrica}
• Legal vacuum delays work on Kenya’s technology city {businessdailyafrica.com}
• Kenyatta signs into law controversial media bill {HumanIPO}
• Kenyan government to locally assemble school laptops in Phase 2 {HumanIPO}
• Kenya text message app helps users avoid traffic jam {SciDev.Net}
• Negative impact of social media as more Kenyans embrace Internet {Standard Media}
• Giant Kenyan e-Waste Scheme Hopes To Clean Up Toxic Tech Dumping {Tech Week Europe}
• Kenya wins Appstar challenge again {Telecompaper}
• Kenya considers 4G spectrum sharing {TeleGeography}

Liberia

• Cellcom 4G Network Reaches Bong and Nimba {AllAfrica.com}
• LTA seizes company’s equipment, arrests supervisor {HumanIPO}
• The Year 2013 in Retrospect: What We Did and Did Not Do {The Liberian Observer}

Libya

• Protesters force Libya internet shutdown {BBC News}

Malawi

• TNM expects 200% rise in FY net profit {TeleGeography}

Mali

• Innovation: A Spell Checker for Bambara Language {Global Voices}

Morocco

• The Internet has changed people‘s lives forever {Morocco World News}
• Will Morocco Regulate the Internet? An Interview with Zineb Belmkaddem and @IbnKafka {Electronic Frontier Foundation}

Namibia

• WACS to lower ICT costs {New Era}

Nigeria

• Airtel, Google Partner for Free Search Service {AllAfrica.com}
• Errand Booking Website Launched in Abuja {AllAfrica.com}
• SMS, Emails,Phone Calls Replace Greeting Cards {AllAfrica.com}
• Averting Fresh Tussle Between Telecoms Regulator, Operators On Service Quality {AllAfrica.com}
• 3 Initiatives Working to Make Niger a Better Place {Global Voices}
• NCC: Widening the Frontiers For Broadband {Leadership Newspaper NG}
• Internet association drives local domain uptake {News24 Nigeria}
• Nigeria’s internet entrepreneur {National Mirror}
• Africa’s richest man, @AlikoDangote, joins twitter {Premium Times Nigeria}
• Broadband is powerful enough to transform Nigeria – Comm Tech Minister {TechMoran}
• Nigerians ‘ignorant about domain name potential’ {BiztechAfrica}
• Nigeria Targets 30% Broadband Penetration by 2017, Minister Says {Bloomberg}
• Reviewing 2013: How Online Business Can Help Young Nigerians In 2014 {ChannelsTV}
• Nigeria slaps $7.5m fine on operators over poor network services {HumanIPO}
• MTN, Regenesys partner to boost online education in Nigeria {HumanIPO}
• iROKOtv raises $8m in funding, total investment reaches $21m {HumanIPO}
• 88mph to launch in Nigeria in next year {HumanIPO}
• ZTE plans to bring its smartphones to Nigeria {Telecompaper}
• Top Selling Gadgets In Nigeria This Season {Ventures-Africa}
• High-Tech and Low-Tech, Nigerian E-Commerce Starting to Click {VOA News}

Rwanda

• Imbaraga Tells Rwanda’s Story By Internet Radio {AllAfrica.com}
• You Too Can Learn How to Code {AllAfrica.com}
• Telecoms Fight for Mobile Money Clients {AllAfrica.com}
• Rwandan mobile penetration now at 62% {BiztechAfrica}
• Rwanda, Congo-Brazzaville pen Information Tech deal {The New Times}
• Trends that shaped tech sector in 2013 {The New Times}
• Rwanda’s high-tech future: 20 years after genocide, the nation aspires to be a tech hub. {Slate.com}

Senegal

• Les 10 personnalités les plus recherchées sur Google {AfriqueITNews.com}
• Lancement de la Librairie Numérique Africaine {AfriqueITNews.com}
• 3G+ au Sénégal : quel opérateur choisir ? {SocialNetLink.org}
• ARTP: Senegal mobile market tops 12.721m at end-September as Expresso leapfrogs Tigo {TeleGeography}

Sierra Leone

• Information Minister Launches Sierra Wifi Internet Services {AllAfrica.com}

Somalia

• Fiber Optic Cable Installation Stopped After Disagreement. {AllAfrica.com}
• Low-cost internet on smartphones altering way Somalis stay connected to world {Sabahionline.com}

South Africa

• SA’s biggest ICT challenges {BusinessTech.co.za}
• Don’t discount Durban when it comes to South Africa’s digital landscape {ventureburn}
• Malls’ WiFi to draw teenagers {BDlive}
• Challenges faced by online publishers in South Africa {Bizcommunity.com}
• DoC has reasons for optimism in 2014 after turbulent year {HumanIPO}
• South African Startup Central 2013 {HumanIPO}
• Online shopping puts traditional jobs at risk {IOL.co.za}
• SA’s top Google searches in 2013 {TechCentral}
• io: Africa’s first locally-made smartphone is almost here – but is the continent ready for it {ZDNet}

South Sudan

• My Tribe Is South Sudan and I Choose Peace {Global Voices}

Tanzania

• Tanzania: Mtwara Education Stakeholders Urged to Embrace ICTs {AllAfrica.com}
• Govt set to tighten cyber security laws {IPP Media}

Tunisia

• La ville de Sayada teste un projet de réseau Wi-Fi communautaire gratuit {Ecofin}
• #sidibouzid : comment la révolution tunisienne s’est propagée sur Twitter {Jeuneafrique.com}

Uganda

• Uganda’s Top Google’s Searches of 2013 {PC Tech Magazine}
• Google plans to spend $14M to boost internet access in Uganda {YouTube}

Zambia

• Register Your SIM Card, or Lose Your Service {Global Voices Advocacy}
• Airtel to improve network coverage {Zambia Daily Mail}
• Children and the internet: How safe are they? {Zambia Daily Mail}
• Zambian bank to offer customers internet banking {HumanIPO}

Zimbabwe

• The year 2013: The high and low tech moments in Zimbabwe {Techzim}

General Africa

• 10 grands moments de la tech africaine en 2013 {AfriqueITNews.com}
• 50 idées de projets de startup pour l’Afrique. {AfriqueITNews.com}
• L’expérience de quatre pays africains qui pratiquent la portabilité mobile {Ecofin}
• Strong demand likely to spur growth in Africa’s digital media offerings {BDlive}
• Coleago’s Chris gives insights on LTE network sharing, spectrum, future and regulation of Africa telecoms {CIO East Africa}
• Impact of Africa’s innovation hubs: Too early to call? {How We Made It}
• CNN Launches ‘African Start-Up’ Programme {HumanIPO}
• Big Data threatens a large percentage of Africa’s population – report {HumanIPO}
• Internet Society Community Grants Programme Supports Diverse Projects that Impact People in Underserved Communities {Internet Society}
• Africa to attract more ICT investment in 2014, IDC says {PC Advisor}
• Hello Bitcoin, goodbye Western Union? The future of remittance could be digital {Radio Netherlands Worldwide}
• African Union set to get tougher on cybercrime {SciDev.Net}
• What mobile broadband in Africa can teach America about fiber to the home-CICTP {Tech Policy Daily}
• Africa’s ICT in the next 12 months {Wanjiku’s Take}
• B2C E-Commerce in Africa driven by improved infrastructure and an emerging middle class {Ystats}