Type of Resource:
Research report

Year of Publication:
2017

Indicators:
- Enablers
- Challenges
- Outcomes and Impacts
- Trends


Themes:
- Internet for Democracy
- Internet Governance
- Internet Or Digital Rights and Freedoms

Author(s): Dawit Bekele

Africa has made considerable gains with regards to the Internet in the last decades. It’s Internet penetration grew by more than 400%; its international bandwidth has been multiplied by 20 just in just 5 years between 2009 and 2014; during the same period Africa’s terrestrial backbone has doubled. This achievement required considerable private and public investment and brought hope for Africans, particularly its youth. Africa and the developing world are already collecting the dividends of its investment.

URL
https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2017/06/internet-shutdowns-are-not-a-solution-to-africas-challenges/

Region of Study:
Africa,

Country of Study:
Africa,

Study Quality
Low