In advance of the Connect Arab Summit which took place in early March 2012, the ITU released a report titled “ICT Adoption and Prospects in the Arab Region.”

This week’s news covers 20+ countries: ICT centers, broadband infrastructure plans, social media, Senegal elections, cyber security, and more

On our mind this February 16th, 2012 are a range of themes – from Wikipedia to hacking to draft laws.

We were able to find 67 news stories representing 24+ African nations in one week. The progress described in these sources is simply outstanding!

ICT policy for Benin, e-Algerie, robust e-services in Kenya, Mozambique signs agreement with SEACOM, Egyptian Internet makes gains in 2011, 4G drama in Namibia, Congolese tablet goes on sale, and much more.

Sierra Leone’s transparency portal, SA targets corruption using new media, mobile begins to negatively impact Internet cafe business, ACE cable brings hope to Liberia, start-ups urged in Zimbabwe, Egyptian protests one year later, terrorists use the Internet in Algeria and Nigeria