Snippets of the weekly tech/Internet/mobile/computing developments in over 20 African nations.

Evidence suggests Pinterest is slowly taking hold in South Africa and Egypt. Still, Pinterest is not suited for most African users.

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

Google street view for Botswana, Comoros Internet advances, new management for .gh domain, Guinea’s hopes for ACE backbone, Nigeria encourages fixed-line growth, broadband in SA still means 256kbps, censorship looms in Tunisia, and more.

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