Without assistance, it can be difficult to configure handsets for the mobile Internet. Would-be mobile Internet users often need help to get online. Navigating a phone requires a calibrated series of button pushes – a daunting task for those only starting out with electronic devices. Sure, a user manual could …

Barcamp Benin, “new colonialism”, IPv6 Day, MTN growth, new cybercafe business model, mHealth reports, women in tech on the rise, Visa enters m-banking, ITU report

Google continues to work on making the Internet be part of everyday life in Africa. They are serious about Africa and their strategy is simple: get users online by developing a relevant, accessible, vibrant and self-sufficient Internet ecosystem. The current focus is to strengthen the African developer community …

21 stories from the past week including: censorship, kiosks, e-books, fibre, Paul Kagame, co-location, mobile apps, e-commerce, gender gap, e-governance

Health & e-governance are hot topics, Ghanaian writers and the Internet, South African fibre, MainOne/Seacom agreement, USA firms eye Kenya

Catch up on 24 newsworthy African ICT stories from the last week of April