Ambitious broadband policy for Mauritius, Internet training in Mali, Mozambique eyes e-government, opinions on social media in Kenya/Nigeria/Rwanda, “3.75G” for Ghana & Zambia, broadband costs, and more!

3G for Algeria, Chad/Cameroon fibre partnership, Google Ghana aims to help get business online, Nigerian protests successful with social media, St. Helena aims for broadband upgrade, behind Tanzania’s TCRA, random stats, and more!

Although 2012 will most likely see a dozen or more BarCamp events, there are very few on the calendar as of mid-January.

News-worthy African tech articles from early January 2012 that focus on 22 individual countries.

An exciting end of the year for tech, telecoms, and Internet in Cameroon, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Mayotte, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Zambian ICT action, Zanu PF fights online criticism, iPhone 4S for South Africa, SMS ban in DRC, Rwanda spends two days discussing ICT future, fibre backbone makes progress in Central Africa, and more.