Mauritania may very well have the highest rate of online activism per Internet user.

On our mind this January 31st, 2012 are a range of themes – from the changing Internet cafe demographic to Wikipedia to mobile platforms.

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

For terrorists, the Internet is a double-edged sword. On one hand, it eases the flow of dissent. At the same time, governments and security forces have a new means to intercept illicit transmissions.

A list of links to 44 sources that reported on African tech progress in September 2011.

25 fresh articles/posts/stories on Cameroon, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Rwanda, SA, South Sudan, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe and more