g|Maghreb, good biz env. in Rwanda, SA (edu/uni) broadband speeds, Nigerian PowerPoint skills, mobile web in EA

ICT prices fall 20+% over 2 years, Vodafone Social Impact of Mobile report, does broadband help society as much as we think?, 10 years of Nigerian GSM

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

Although the Internet is great for improving education and health, people are naturally drawn to entertainment sites. Africans are no exception. However, despite growing interest and success, empirical evidence suggests that Nigeria’s decentralized movie industry relies more on Facebook than the traditional Web. Still, there is room for growth.

Major news-makers for the month included unrest in Ivory Coast, Nigerian elections, Ugandan social media threats, and undersea cables in South Africa.