We take a deeper dive on top stories of the week including solar-powered schools, lower tariffs for Gabon, South Africa’s access divide, Africa’s mobile money lead, African 5G, Eritrea’s internet stats, and Libyan voter registration.

According to Akamai, Sudan has seen rapid growth in fixed broadband speeds in 2014. Libya has seen a continued decline. South Africa’s average connection speed is around 2.6 Mbps.

Our top 10 stories from the past week feature made in Africa tablets, PayPal, new TV white spaces trials, and more.

A survey of 1,000 Kenyans and South Africans finds they view the state of the Internet more positively than those in other regions. Moreover, Africans feel more strongly that the Internet can improve knowledge-sharing, the economy, and political awareness.

African ICT news headlines, perspectives, and briefs from early June 2014 represent 36 countries.

African examples of Internet governance as discussed at Stockholm Internet Forum 2014.