Alcatel-Lucent has signed two contracts to roll out 4G, long term evolution (LTE) in East Africa as the race among African mobile phone operators to capture a growing market gathers speed.

 A decision on the winning bid for the world's most powerful radio telescope has been postponed.

Twitter came of age in Africa in 2011, according to a study by Portland Communications and Tweetminster of geo-located tweets from the continent.

Most of East Africa lost access to the internet last week after a ship docked at an illegal spot, damaging the undersea cable that provides broadband internet to most of the sub continent.

Chinese mobile telecommunication firms are scrambling for a stake in the Ethiopia's mobile platform after the government of that country indicated that it would undertake a US$1.2 billion expansion project.

Ethiopia will soon launch an information and communication technology (ICT) park, becoming the second East African nation, after Kenya, to do so.