This month (August 2011), there have been an astonishing number of news stories, blog posts, and media interest in African technology. Below are another 25 of the 70 or so major online articles that have focused on Africa this month.  Super-under-represented areas appearing below include Mali and Mauritania. (Part 1, consisting of 19 links, can be found here.)

Cameroon

• A new educational/social network is preparing to launch. The service allows for updates from lecturers, geo-location updates, event notification, and more:
  Pulse: Take a Second and Reimagine Education {Pulse}

Libya

• Libya’s Internet hasn’t been shut-down this summer, but a handful of its networks are showing signs of power outages:
  Libyan Internet Instability {Renesys Blog}

Mali

• An insightful interview with a young man from the Ségou region of Mali who has seen the Internet come to the rural & agricultural area:
  Featured Blogger: Yaya Coulibaly {Rising Voices}

• In Mali, Sonatel, operating as Orange Mali, only has Maroc Telecom’s Malitel SA as competition. A 3rd mobile operator could be granted later this year. Sonatel is currently gaining in market share in neighboring Guinea and Guinea-Bissau where competition is less fierce:
  Sonatel profits drop as Mali tax break ends {The Africa Report}

Mauritania

• Cyber cafes and parents can keep youth safe as they access the Internet in areas of extremist ideology:
  Jihadist websites tempt Mauritanian boys {Magharebia}

Nigeria

• In Nigeria, among other places, advertised network speeds fall way short. 4MBps often becomes less than 1/10th that amount:
  In Nigeria, Advertised Internet Speed Is Not Actual Speed {Loy Okezie}

• Because there’s more to Nigeria than online fraud:
  Why every Nigerian on the Internet should start a blog {CP-Africa}

• NigeriaSat X and NigeriaSat2 were launched in order to provide better mapping and growth monitoring:
  History as Nigeria Finally Launches Two Satellites {This Day}

• According to the COO of a Nigerian telecoms company, few Nigerians (12mm/3%) are connected to the Internet through broadband. Most use VSAT:
  ‘51% Internet connection in Nigeria done through VSAT’ {Punch Nigeria via Phase3 Telecom}

• More and more Nigerians are turning to online media for their daily (and hourly) news. The common man still uses print media, however, and online advertising is still in its early stages:
  Online journalism, virtual news source fast gaining ground {BusinessDay}

• How to stimulate demand for broadband Internet? Clearly define the responsibilities of NCC (create the environment for operators) and NITDA (encourage e-government and e-business):
  Firm Unveils Strategies to Promote Broadband {This Day via allAfrica}

Rwanda

• Network coverage is increasing outside of Kigli, but costs are still prohibitive. Interestingly, MTN Rwanda’s CMO mentions “3.5G”, which refers to HSPA:
  High costs affecting rural internet penetration {The New Times}

South Africa

• Mike Lawrie, the man who was instrumental in setting up South Africa’s first Internet gateway at Rhodes University, reflects on 20 years of Internet connectivity in South Africa:
  The humble birth of the South African Internet {iWeek}

• As wireless networks proliferate, there is still a need for fibre cable in South Africa. A fibre backbone is faster and more efficient than satellite or WiMAX:
  Fibre to support wireless web – Google {News24}

• And 40% revenue growth is expected for 2011. For reference, physical retail grew by 7% last year:
  Country Online Retail Sales Up 30 Percent in 2010 {SouthAfrica.info via allAfrica}

• The Mobility project also reports that more than one-quarter of rural users use the mobile Internet. Also, Facebook and Twitter are about to surpass MXit in terms of mobile users:
  SA mobile Internet usage soars to 39% {IT News Africa}

South Sudan

• .ss:
  South Sudan Gets Own Internet Domain {VOA News}

Uganda

• Libi Links and the Ugandan government launch Ugo, a web portal for Ugandans:
  Uganda’s ‘internet billboard’ launched {Sunrise}

Zambia

• E-learning has contributed to successful projects in Zambia’s schools:
  How Computers Helped Zambian Students to Win Awards in the Copperbelt Region {IICD}

Zimbabwe

• Zimbabwe, Morocco, and Ethiopia top the recent Opera State of Mobile report for pageview and unique user growth. Each Zimbabwean and Moroccan user browses 713 pages per month, on average:
  Zimbabwe ranked fastest-growing internet market {Biztech Africa}

• Part of a bi-weekly series focusing on the top 20 mobile operators in Africa. In the spotlight this week was Orascom Telecom, with operations in Algeria, Egypt, CAR, Burundi, Namibia, and Zim:
  Africa’s Telecoms Titans: Orascom Telecom Holdings {TechZim}

Africa

• Over 350,000 Huawei IDEOS smartphones have been sold in Kenya, thus spreading the Android platform:
  $80 Android Phone Sells Like Hotcakes in Kenya, the World Next? {Singularity Hub}

• Since July 2010 Africa has seen more than 45,000km of terrestrial fibre. An estimated 54 million more people now live near a fibre node:
  Terrestrial Network Broadband in Africa Adds 50,000 km {Vector1 Magazine}

• Internet usage, e-commerce, and online attitudes from a survey given in Egypt and Morocco:
  Explore the media habits of consumers in the Middle East and North Africa {Insights MENA}

• By 2015 there will be over 250 million data subscribers in Africa. There are currently an estimated 12 million such individuals:
  Smartphones will drive Africa’s Internet uptake {IT News Africa}