A recap of national ICT headlines for the first 8+ months of 2015.

ICTs raise awareness of the need to improve women’s rights. There needs to be even greater policy intervention, however.

The sixth session of its kind, West Africa Internet Governance Forum (WAIGF) 2013 aimed to promote the multi-stakeholder model for further Internet development in Africa.

Emmanuel Aswan, the ‘web-mayor’ of will now work with a core Ivorian online community to create a safe, welcoming, and productive environment for all Ivorian web users.

Cote d’Ivoire’s Internet exchange point (IXP) has been nonoperational since 2009 but will soon become live once again.

In many African nations, relative web search interest for a head of state exceeds that of a top footballer – but only slightly.