by CIO Staff

African Internet Use on the Rise

News
Feb 15, 20031 min
Internet

A United Nations report shows Africans’ Internet access is modest but rising

31 percent: The estimated increase in Internet users worldwide from 2001 to 2002. (Total is 655 million.)

46 percent: The increase in Internet users in Africa from 2000 to 2001. (Total in 2001 was 6.7 million.)

14 percent: The increase in North America Internet users from 2000 to 2001. (Total in 2001 was 56 million.)

Source: U.N. Conference on Trade and Development’s “E-Commerce and Development Report 2002,” which includes data from Forrester Research