“Presently, only 17.8 per cent of households in Africa have Internet at home and the continent accounts for only 21 per cent of worldwide Internet users.” Nigeria InternetUsers Internet
This was stated by the Director of Technology, Climate Change and Natural Resources Management at the Economic Commission for Africa , Jean-Paul Adam, during a virtual press briefing, yesterday.
Adam, who disclosed that due to lack to infrastructure, Africa contributes less than one per cent to the world’s digital economy, which accounts for about 15 per cent of global GDP, he stressed that “the continent needs about $100 billion to achieve universal, affordable and good quality internet access by 2030 . Presently, only 17.8 per cent of households in Africa have Internet at home and the continent accounts for only 21 per cent of worldwide Internet users.
He cited affordability as one of the biggest barriers to internet access in Africa, stating “The average cost of 1GB of data on the continent is 7.12 per cent of average income, with some countries having rates as high as 20 per cent, which is way above the 1 – 2 per cent deemed to be affordable.” Adding to the issues of access and bandwidth is what Adam referred to as a “deplorable digital gender gap in Africa” with a 33.8 per cent Internet penetration rate for men and only 22.6 per cent for women in 2019.
Another positive example is in Nigeria where an ICT company created the COVID-19 Triage Tool, as a free online tool to help users self-assess their coronavirus risks category based on their symptoms and their exposure history.
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