Infostate of Africa 2009

Zimbabwe In 2009 Africans accounted for less than four out of every one hundred internet users. AFRICA TOP 5 INTERNET COUNTRIES MA Zambia Uganda Avg $ per Mbps .DZ Middie Eant (2.05) LY Tunisia .EG Nerh Anericaa515 Tanzania 90% MR Sudan ceania (12) International bandwith costs are expected to fall by 90% following the completion of the SEACOM, TEAMS and GLO-1 undersea cable projects this year. ML NE TD Milions of Lisers The combined cost of these marine cable projects is over two billion US dollars; to bring over 14 terabits of bandwidth to the region. BF .SD CAPACITY IN TERABITS PER SECOND .NG South Africa Broadband use in the region is still disproportionately 3.84 2.5 1.92 1.92 1.4 1.28 1.28 concentrated, with South Africa, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia accounting for over 90% of all household subscriptions. GH Senegal e.CM Rwanda WACS GLO1 MainOne & ACE EASSY Seacom & Teams 2009 STRONGEST ECONOMIES (GDP) In Billions of USD UG KE % planet not online GA 37% Mobile penetratiom $277 South Africa .CD 25% Electricity penetration TZ $188 Egypt $165 Nigeria Nigeria 27.7% $135 Algeria 27% of Africas Internet $90 Morocco users reside in South Africa AO Under 10m .ZM 6.7% 10m - 20m 3.9% of the world's Internet users are African MQ Mozambique 6.7% Internet penetration 20m - 40m NA NETWORK READINESS INDEX RANKING 40m - 80m The cost of combined ICT services is equal to 41% of the regions average monthly income. 41% Senegal 3.67 Above 80m $2975 is the average African annual per capita income. Botswana 3.72 EST. 2009 POP. BY COUNTRY MILLIONS Morocco 36% of the population still lives on less than $1 a day. Egypt 3.76 LS Economists predict that 4 of the world's 10 fastest growing economies in 2010 will be African. South Africa / Mauritius 4.07 Tunisia 4,34 Africas CCTLDS - .ao, bf, .bi, bj, bw, .cd, .cf, .cg, .ci, .cm, .cv, .dj, .dz, .eg, .eh, .er, .et, .ga, .gh, .gm, .gn, .gg, .gw, .ke, .km, Ir, Is, ly, .ma, .mg, .ml, .mr, .mu, .mw, .mz, .na, .ne, .ng, .re, .rw, .sc, sd, sh, .sl, sn, .so, st, sz, .td, .tg, .tn, .tz, .ug, „za, .zm, .zw Mauritius Madaga INFOSTATE OF AFRICA 2009 Kenya The map above shows the country-code top-level domains (CCTLD) of the African continent. Africa has more recognized countries than any other continent but only 10 of the CCTLDS Ghana Visualizing A Rapidly Changing Region have functional registries within the African countries they belong to. MARINE CABLE PROJECTS 2009 - 2011 Africa's use of the internet has grown by 1,359.9% since 2000. The chart below shows the trend from 2004 on. The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority now allows sponsored top level domains. ASIA is one of them. Could this pave the way for the AFRICA STLD? Egypt INTERNET PENETRATION 2004 to 2009 The spectral graph to the right proportionately details the internet usage of Africa's many countries. The larger the field 6.7% the more active the countries internet users. Several countries do not appear because their percentage was 0% or there was not enough space in relation to their neighbor. 5.3% 4.8% 5% Cote divoire 4 The countries pulled out of the map have the highest percentage of internet users per capita. Their color on the map indicates the size of their populations while the size of their name beside the spectral graph indicates their ranking which is Egypt, Nigeria, Mor- occo, South Africa, and Sudan (in that order). 4% Cameroon Angola 2.6% Algeria Global Penetration Avg, Less Africa Global Internet Users 200 - 299 % 300 - 499 % 500 - 699 % 700 - 1500 % GLOBAL GROWTH 2000 - 2009 in % % 66T - 0