A summary of broadband data from the quarterly Akamai State of the Internet report as it relates to Africa.

Themes include LTE for Angola, Gambia online censorship, cyber crime in East Africa, a study on IXPs, and other ICT news.

The untimely death of Guinea-Bissau President Malam Bacai Sanha is not likely to bolster Internet development anytime soon.

How diverse were the African ICT news articles we found in 2011? The following table gives a breakdown of how often a country was tagged in oAfrica.com news posts.

Ten months ago, I summarized a handful of archival Western news stories on the subject of Internet penetration in Africa. Generally speaking, in the mid-’90s, there was great hope that Africa’s economic and social woes would be cured by ICT in a matter of years. Many felt that …