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In Fact: Afro-Asian digital access
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Magazine >> December 2004 >> Features
 

In Fact

Afro-Asian digital access

Information technology in African countries (Data for 2003)
  Internet PCs
  Hosts Total  Hosts per 10’000 inhab.  Users (k)   Users per 10’000 inhab.   Tota (k)   Per 100 inhab.
1. Algeria   866   0.27  500.0   [02]   159.78   242 [02]   0.77 
2. Angola    17   0.01   41.0    [02]    29.42    27 [02]   0.19 
3. Benin   854  1.22   70.0    99.64   26    0.37 
4. Botswana  1,920  10.91   60.0    [02]   348.84   70 [02]   4.07 
5. Burkina Faso 442   0.36    48.0      39.16   26   0.21 
6. Burundi   22    0.03    14.0      19.67    13    0.18 
7. Cameroon 477   0.29    60.0   [02]   37.90    90 [02]   0.57 
8. Comoros  11   0.14    5.0      62.58    5    0.58 
9. Congo    46    0.13   15.0     42.86   15   0.43 
10. Egypt   3,338   0.49    2,700.0     393.31  1,500   2.19 
11. Equatorial Guinea   3    0.06    1.8   [02]  35.64   4 [02]   0.69 
12. Ethiopia   9   -  75.0    10.81  150   0.22 
13. Gambia   568  4.16   25.0    [02]   188.30   19 [02]  1.43
14. Ghana   389  0.17  170.0   [02]    78.43    82 [02]   0.38
15. Mali   187  0.17   25.0    [02]    23.52    15 [02]    0.14 
16. Mauritius  3,985  32.64  150.0    1,228.50 180  [02]  14.87
17. Morocco  3,561   1.18    800.0      265.57   600   1.99 
18. Mozambique 3,249  1.73   50.0   [02]   27.65    82 [02]   0.45 
19. Nigeria  1,094   0.09   750.0     60.82    853 [02]    0.71 
20. Senegal   672    0.65    225.0     217.20  220   2.12 
21. Seychelles 264  33.00   11.7    [02]   1,452.10   13 [02]   16.08
22. Sierra Leone 277   0.56    8.0    [02]   16.16   ... ... 
23. South Africa   288,633   62.25  3,100.0   [02]   682.01   3,300 [02]  7.26
24. Sudan  -  -  300.0     90.13    200 [02]   0.61
25. Tanzania  5,534   1.57   250.0     70.80   200  0.57
26. Uganda   2,561   1.00   125.0     48.83    103   0.40
27. Zambia   1,880   1.68    68.2      60.88    95    0.85 
28. Zimbabwe 4,501   3.83   500.0  [02]  429.75  620   5.27
Source: ITU (Internet host data: Network Wizards, RIPE).

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