Top Internet users in Africa - Nigeria Leads
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Posted by Felix Okoli on October 01, 2010 at 04:28:18:
Here is a list of numbers by country when it comes to internet users in Africa according to countries1. Nigeria 43m (Country has over 150m people)
2. Egypt 17m
3. Morocco 10.4m
4. South Africa 5.3m
5. Algeria 4.7m
6. Sudan 4.2m
7. Kenya 3.9m
8. Tunisia 3.6m
9. Uganda 3.2m
10. Zimbabwe 1.42m
11. Ghana 1.29mNigeria has for a while may have been slow to join the internet age but has surprisingly emerged the country with the highest internet usage in Africa and with no small thanks to the increasing rate of telecommunication which also opened a huge window to broadband internet connectivity.
Nigeria has 4 major Telecommunication providers which are MTN, Glo, Zain and Etisalat in order of their market reach. All these networks provide 3G broadband internet services and apart from these, there are a couple of say 50 more ISPs like Starcomms, Multilinks, Visafone and others all of which are helping spread the use of internet service in a nation which has the highest population in Africa.
The highest spots where internet usage is common is in cities like Lagos state, Abuja, Ibadan, Benin, Onitsha and so on.
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2. Egypt 17m
3. Morocco 10.4m
4. South Africa 5.3m
5. Algeria 4.7m
6. Sudan 4.2m
7. Kenya 3.9m
8. Tunisia 3.6m
9. Uganda 3.2m
10. Zimbabwe 1.42m
11. Ghana 1.29mNigeria has for a while may have been slow to join the internet age but has surprisingly emerged the country with the highest internet usage in Africa and with no small thanks to the increasing rate of telecommunication which also opened a huge window to broadband internet connectivity.
Nigeria has 4 major Telecommunication providers which are MTN, Glo, Zain and Etisalat in order of their market reach. All these networks provide 3G broadband internet services and apart from these, there are a couple of say 50 more ISPs like Starcomms, Multilinks, Visafone and others all of which are helping spread the use of internet service in a nation which has the highest population in Africa.
The highest spots where internet usage is common is in cities like Lagos state, Abuja, Ibadan, Benin, Onitsha and so on.
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Re: Top Internet users in Africa - Nigeria Leads
Posted by Ekene Liz
on October 03, 2010 at 14:28:08:
This is a great feat and Nigerian deserves commendation for this