Which country has the most internet users in Africa?
February 23, 2009 2 Comments
Nigeria. The other news is that Mauritius and Seychelles exhibit the highest internet penetration rates.
Meanwhile, in a stroke of genius, that country’s techies have launched their own version of twitter, NaijaPulse (twitter is limited to the US, Canada and India).
Via: White African, and Global Advances.
UPDATE: See also Startups Nigeria.
Nigeria has 10 million users, followed by Egypt with 8.6 million and Morocco at 7.3. South Africa is fourth at 5.1 million then Algeria at 3.5.
To round out the top ten list:
Kenya – 3 million
Uganda – 2 million
Tunisia – 1.8
Sudan – 1.5
Zimbabwe – 1.4
Here’s a link showing data from the Internet World Stats.
http://www.startupsnigeria.com/2008/09/nigerias-internet-user-base-hits-10-million/
By the way, Nice blog!