Internet Users (per 100 people) – Line Graph View:

Internet Users (per 100 people) – Map View:

Internet Users (per 100 people) – Bar Graph View:

Time Required to Start a Business:
Rwanda = 3 days
Guinea-Bissau, DRC, Eq. Guinea = > 135 days
2009 average = 42 days, median = 32 days (improvements of 10-15 …

53 countries, 1,000 indicators, and even more data points. For years, The World Bank’s African Development Indicators have provided an important glimpse into African society, but the data has essentially only been available to driven individuals with time to crunch numbers. Especially useful indicators for ICT are:

Fixed broadband Internet subscribers
ICT …

For some reason, the online traffic analytics of one of Nigeria’s top news outlets, The Sun News Online, are available to the public. That’s right – a hyperlink inviting visitors to “View My Stats” exists in the footer of the Sun News Online site. In turn, a quick click brings …

Good news for Africa’s world image, even if the data is misleading. A study by online security company AVG recently determined that Internet users in the Caucasus region (Turkey, Russia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan) have the greatest chance of facing cyber attacks. Such results, however biased or limited by the method …

The working paper that produced the above image is worth a read, but this graph is especially captivating:

In the early years of cell phone use (1995-2000) there was little demand and incumbent operators simply controlled all mobile traffic. Those with cell phones either had them through the government or could …

Measuring exact date of revision or enactment of an ICT plan, let alone determining if such a plan indeed exists, is a challenge. Still, general trends become apparent when comparing the recency of African ICT plans:

West Africa has a high prevalence of national ICT plans but many have not been …