South Africa: broadband myths, social media usage, top mobile websites. Internet vs. newspapers and writers

General points on wireless in Africa, Libya’s investment in Zamtel, green energy projects still under the radar

MWEB, a South African Internet service provider, has created two short YouTube videos to explain how 1) ADSL works in South Africa and 2) how the Internet works. The animated and voiced-over videos are simple but effectively explain how international data arrives at a computer via the World Wide Web. …

The excitement of East African broadband, Google to support African universities that invest in their infrastructure

600 applicants
40 hailed from South Africa
3 of 23 semi-finalists were from South Africa
0 of 12 finalists are African start-ups

Connecting 600k schools, LION2 cable to land in Kenya, indigenous software for Nigeria