Africa - Internet, Broadband and Digital Media Statistics (tables only)

Report Summary

Africa - Internet, Broadband and Digital Media Statistics (tables only) - Large parts of Africa gained access to international fibre bandwidth for the first time via submarine cables in 2009 and 2010. In other parts of the continent, additional fibre systems have brought competition to a previously monopolised market. More cables are expected to go online in 2011. This has led to massive investments into terrestrial fibre backbone infrastructure to take the new bandwidth to population centres in the interior and across borders into landlocked countries.

Africa's Internet and broadband sector is set to benefit the most from these developments. Wholesale prices for Internet bandwidth have come down by as much as 90% from previous levels based on satellite access, and the cost savings are slowly being passed on to the retail level as well. Broadband is rapidly replacing dial-up as the preferred access method, and this process is already virtually completed in the continents more developed markets.

Most African countries now have commercial DSL services, but their growth is limited by the poor geographical reach of the fixed-line networks. Improvements in Internet access have therefore been mostly confined to the capital cities so far. However, the rapid spread of mobile data and third-generation (3G) broadband services is changing this, with the mobile networks bringing Internet access to many areas outside of the main cities for the first time.

Many fixed-line incumbents have reacted by rolling out fixed-wireless access networks to expand their geographical reach. The technology of choice has been CDMA-2000 which supports broadband data rates with an upgrade to EV-DO standard. WiMAX technology, however, offers higher data rates and has gained ground in Africa with well over 100 networks already in operation.

This report provides 174 statistical tables for the Internet and broadband activities up to 2010 for the major 38 African countries. Full details are given elsewhere in the annual reports listed at the end of the Contents section.

Table Of Contents

1. Country comparisons
1.1 Internet
1.2 Broadband

2. Individual country statistical tables
2.1 Algeria
2.1.1 Internet users
2.1.2 Broadband
2.2 Angola
2.2.1 Internet users
2.2.2 Operator pricing
2.3 Benin
2.3.1 Users and subscribers
2.3.2 Infrastructure
2.3.3 Broadband
2.3.4 Operator statistics
2.4 Botswana
2.4.1 Broadband
2.5 Burkina faso
2.6 Cameroon
2.7 Chad
2.7.1 Infrastructure
2.7.2 Users
2.8 Côte d'Ivoire
2.8.1 Internet users
2.8.2 Operator statistics
2.9 Democratic Republic of Congo
2.9.1 Internet users
2.9.2 Company statistics
2.10 Egypt
2.10.1 Internet users
2.10.2 Operator statistics
2.11 Ethiopia
2.11.1 Internet users
2.12 Gabon
2.12.1 Internet users
2.12.2 Operator statistics
2.13 Gambia
2.14 Ghana
2.14.1 Internet users and subscribers
2.14.2 Operator statistics
2.15 Guinea
2.16 Kenya
2.16.1 Internet users
2.16.2 Operator statistics
2.17 Lesotho
2.17.1 Internet users
2.17.2 Operator statistics
2.18 Liberia
2.18.1 Internet users
2.18.2 Operator statistics
2.19 Libya
2.19.1 Internet users
2.20 Madagascar
2.20.1 Industry statistics
2.20.2 Internet users and subscribers
2.20.3 Operator statistics
2.21 Malawi
2.21.1 Internet users
2.21.2 Operator statistics
2.22 Mali
2.22.1 Internet users
2.22.2 Operator statistics
2.23 Mauritius
2.23.1 Infrastructure
2.23.2 Internet users and subscribers
2.23.3 Broadband subscribers
2.23.4 Operator statistics
2.24 Morocco
2.24.1 Infrastructure
2.24.2 Internet users
2.24.3 Broadband
2.24.4 Operator statistics
2.25 Mozambique
2.25.1 Internet users
2.25.2 Broadband operator statistics
2.26 Namibia
2.26.1 Internet users
2.26.2 Operator statistics
2.27 Nigeria
2.27.1 Internet users
2.28 Rwanda
2.28.1 Internet users
2.29 Senegal
2.29.1 Infrastructure
2.29.2 Internet users and subscribers
2.29.3 Broadband
2.30 Sierra Leone
2.30.1 Internet users
2.30.2 Operator statistics
2.31 South Africa
2.31.1 Internet users
2.31.2 Broadband
2.31.3 Operator statistics
2.31.4 Digital media
2.32 Sudan
2.32.1 Internet users
2.32.2 Operator statistics
2.33 Swaziland
2.33.1 Internet users
2.33.2 Operator statistics
2.34 Tanzania
2.34.1 Internet users
2.34.2 Operator statistics
2.35 Tunisia
2.35.1 Infrastructure
2.35.2 Internet users and subscribers
2.35.3 Broadband
2.36 Uganda
2.36.1 Infrastructure
2.36.2 Internet users
2.36.3 Broadband
2.37 Zambia
2.37.1 Internet users
2.37.2 Broadband
2.38 Zimbabwe
2.38.1 Internet users
2.38.2 Operator statistics

List of Table

Table 1 – Africa – Internet users by country – 2006 – 2011
Table 2 – Africa – Internet user penetration by country – 2006 – 2011
Table 3 – Africa - broadband subscribers Africa by country – 2005 - 2009
Table 4 – Africa – broadband subscriber penetration by country – 2005 – 2009
Table 5 – Algeria – Internet key statistics – 2010
Table 6 – Algeria – Internet users and penetration rate – 1997 - 2011
Table 7 – Algeria – forecast Internet users – 2012; 2015
Table 8 – Algeria – Djaweb DSL pricing – 2009
Table 9 – Angola – key Internet statistics – 2010
Table 10 – Angola – Internet users and penetration rate – 1997 - 2011
Table 11 – Angola – forecast Internet users – 2012; 2015
Table 12 – Angola – MoviNet EV-DO broadband pricing – 2009
Table 13 – Angola – Angola Telecom ADSL pricing – 2009
Table 14 – Angola – TV Cabo cable broadband pricing – 2009
Table 15 – Benin – key Internet statistics – 2010
Table 16 – Benin - Internet subscribers, users and penetration rate – 1999 - 2011
Table 17 – Benin - International Internet bandwidth – 2000 - 2009
Table 18 – Benin - DSL versus dial-up subscribers – 2001 - 2009
Table 19 – Benin - Isocel wireless broadband pricing – August 2010
Table 20 – Botswana – key Internet statistics – 2010
Table 21 – Botswana - Internet users and penetration rate – 1998 - 2011
Table 22 – Botswana - ADSL pricing examples – 2009
Table 23 – Botswana - Orange Livebox WiMAX pricing – 2009
Table 24 – Burkina Faso – key Internet statistics – 2010
Table 25 – Burkina Faso – Internet subscribers, users and penetration rate – 1999 - 2011
Table 26 – Burkina Faso – FasoNet (Onatel) Internet subscribers – 2006 - 2010
Table 27 – Burkina Faso – ADSL subscribers in Burkina Faso – 2005 - 2009
Table 28 – Burkina Faso – FasoNet (Onatel) ADSL pricing – August 2010
Table 29 – Cameroon – key Internet statistics – 2010
Table 30 – Cameroon - Internet users and penetration rate – 1997 - 2012
Table 31 – Chad – key Internet statistics – 2010
Table 32 – Chad - International Internet bandwidth in Mb/s – 1999 - 2009
Table 33 – Chad - Internet users and penetration rate – 1998 - 2011
Table 34 – Côte d'Ivoire – key Internet statistics – 2010
Table 35 – Côte d'Ivoire - Internet users and penetration rate – 2000 - 2011
Table 36 – Côte d'Ivoire - Africa Online ADSL pricing by speed – September 2010
Table 37 – Côte d'Ivoire - Aviso residential ADSL pricing – September 2010
Table 38 – Côte d'Ivoire - Aviso business ADSL pricing – September 2010
Table 39 – Côte d'Ivoire - DreamNet WiMAX pricing by speed – 2009
Table 40 – Côte d'Ivoire - MTN EV-DO pricing – September 2010
Table 41 – D.R. Congo – key Internet statistics – 2010
Table 42 – D.R. Congo – Internet users and penetration rate – 1996 - 2011
Table 43 – D.R. Congo – Vodanet pricing – shared bandwidth – 2009
Table 44 – Egypt – key Internet and broadband statistics – 2010
Table 45 – Egypt - Internet users and penetration rate – 1995 - 2011
Table 46 – Egypt - forecast Internet users – 2012; 2015
Table 47 – Egypt - forecast broadband subscribers – 2012; 2015
Table 48 – Egypt - DSL subscribers, total vs TE – 2002 - 2010
Table 49 – Ethiopia – key Internet statistics – 2010
Table 50 – Ethiopia - Internet users and penetration rate – 1996 - 2011
Table 51 – Ethiopia - Internet subscribers – 1997 - 2008
Table 52 – Ethiopia - forecast Internet users – 2012; 2015
Table 53 – Gabon – key Internet statistics – 2010
Table 54 – Gabon - Internet users and penetration rate – 2002 - 2011
Table 55 – Gabon - forecast Internet users – 2012; 2015
Table 56 – Gabon - Gabon Telecom Internet subscribers – 2007 - 2009
Table 57 – Gambia – key Internet statistics – 2010
Table 58 – Gambia - Internet users and penetration rate – 1999 - 2011
Table 59 – Ghana – key Internet statistics – 2010
Table 60 – Ghana - Internet users and penetration rate – 1996 - 2011
Table 61 – Ghana - Internet subscribers and penetration rate – 2005 - 2009
Table 62 – Ghana - DSL vs dial-up subscribers – 2005 - 2009
Table 63 – Vodafone Ghana ADSL pricing – August 2010
Table 64 – Guinea - Internet users and penetration rate – 1999 - 2011
Table 65 – Kenya – key Internet statistics – 2010
Table 66 – Kenya - Internet users and penetration rate – 1996 - 2011
Table 67 – Kenya - KIXP traffic – 2004 - 2008
Table 68 – AccessKenya corporate leased-line customers – 2006 - 2009
Table 69 – Lesotho – key Internet statistics – 2010
Table 70 – Lesotho - Internet users and penetration rate – 1997 - 2011
Table 71 – Telecom Lesotho ADSL pricing – 2008 - 2010
Table 72 – Liberia - Internet users and penetration rate – 1999 - 2011
Table 73 – Liberia - icom.net wireless Internet pricing – 2008 - 2010
Table 74 – Liberia - WAT wireless Internet pricing – October 2010
Table 75 – Libya – key Internet statistics – 2010
Table 76 – Libya - Internet users and penetration rate – 1999 - 2011
Table 77 – Madagascar – key Internet statistics – 2010
Table 78 – Madagascar - Internet KPIs: intl Internet bandwidth, traffic and revenue – 2000 - 2009
Table 79 – Madagascar - Internet users, penetration rate and subscribers – 1998 - 2011
Table 80 – Madagascar - forecast Internet users – 2012; 2015
Table 81 – Madagascar - Blueline WideCom WiMAX pricing – May 2010
Table 82 – Malawi – key Internet statistics – 2010
Table 83 – Malawi - Internet users and penetration rate – 1997 - 2011
Table 84 – Malawi - Globemax WiMAX pricing – October 2009
Table 85 – Mali - Internet users and penetration rate – 1999 - 2011
Table 86 – Mali - Internet subscribers, Sotelma vs Orange – 2008 - 2010
Table 87 – Mauritius – key Internet statistics – 2010
Table 88 – Mauritius - International Internet bandwidth – 1999 - 2008
Table 89 – Mauritius - Internet subscribers, users and penetration rate – 1999 - 2011
Table 90 – Mauritius - broadband subscribers and household penetration – 2004 - 2009
Table 91 – Mauritius - MT ADSL versus dial-up subscribers – 2005 - 2008
Table 92 – Mauritius - Orange ADSL Home pricing – November 2009
Table 93 – Mauritius - Orange ADSL Pro and Business pricing – November 2009
Table 94 – Mauritius - Nomad WiMAX pricing – March and November 2009
Table 95 – Mauritius - My.T triple play pricing – 2008 - 2009
Table 96 – Morocco – key Internet statistics – 2010
Table 97 – Morocco - International Internet bandwidth – 1999 - 2009
Table 98 – Morocco - Internet users and penetration rate – 1997 - 2011
Table 99 – Morocco - forecast Internet users – 2012; 2015
Table 100 – Morocco - Internet subscribers - ADSL vs total – 2003 - 2010
Table 101 – Morocco - Distribution of ADSL access by speed – March 2010
Table 102 – Morocco - forecast broadband subscribers – 2012; 2015
Table 103 – Morocco - Internet subscribers by ISP and market share – March 2010
Table 104 – Morocco - 3G broadband subscribers by operator and market share – March 2010


Table 105 – Maroc Telecom Internet subscribers by access technology – 2003 - 2010
Table 106 – Maroc Telecom 3G broadband pricing – 2009 vs 2010
Table 107 – Morocco - Meditel 3G+ broadband pricing – 2009 vs 2010
Table 108 – Mozambique – key Internet statistics – 2010
Table 109 – Mozambique - Internet users and penetration rate – 1996 - 2011
Table 110 – Mozambique - TDM ADSL pricing – June 2010
Table 111 – Mozambique - NetCabo cable broadband pricing – June 2010
Table 112 – Mozambique - TDM EV-DO broadband pricing – June 2010
Table 113 – Mozambique - Teledata WiMAX pricing – June 2010
Table 114 – Mozambique - Intra WiMAX pricing – 2009 vs 2010
Table 115 – Namibia – key Internet statistics – 2010
Table 116 – Namibia - Internet users and penetration rate – 1996 - 2011
Table 117 – Namibia - MWEB WiMAX business pricing – November 2009
Table 118 – Nigeria – key Internet statistics – March 2010
Table 119 – Nigeria - Internet users and penetration rate – 1996 - 2011
Table 120 – Rwanda – key Internet statistics – 2010
Table 121 – Rwanda - Internet users and penetration rate – 1999 - 2011
Table 122 – Senegal – key Internet statistics – 2010
Table 123 – Senegal - International Internet bandwidth – 2002 - 2009
Table 124 – Senegal - Internet users and penetration rate – 1999 - 2011
Table 125 – Senegal - Internet subscribers – 2000 - 2010
Table 126 – Senegal - ADSL subscribers – 2004 - 2010
Table 127 – Senegal - Sonatel/Orange ADSL pricing – 2009, 2010
Table 128 – Sierra Leone – Internet users and penetration rate – 1999 - 2011
Table 129 – Sierra Leone – icom.net wireless Internet pricing – November 2010
Table 130 – South Africa – key Internet statistics – 2010
Table 131 – South Africa - Internet users and penetration rate – 1995 - 2011
Table 132 – South Africa - forecast Internet users – 2012; 2015
Table 133 – South Africa - Broadband subscribers – 2004 - 2011
Table 134 – South Africa - iBurst subscribers – 2005 - 2010
Table 135 – South Africa - forecast broadband subscribers – 2012; 2015
Table 136 – South Africa - Telkom ADSL and 'Do Broadband' subscribers – 2003 - 2010
Table 137 – South Africa - Telkom SA WiMAX subscribers – 2008 - 2010
Table 138 – South Africa - Sentech MyWireless subscribers – 2005 - 2008
Table 139 – South Africa - online advertising revenue – 2003; 2006 - 2009
Table 140 – South Africa - unique monthly users of selected websites – June 2010
Table 141 – Sudan – key Internet statistics – 2010
Table 142 – Sudan - Internet users and penetration rate – 1997 - 2011
Table 143 – Sudan - Sudani mDSL pricing – July 2010
Table 144 – Swaziland – key Internet statistics – 2010
Table 145 – Swaziland - Internet users and penetration rate – 1996 - 2011
Table 146 – Swaziland - Africa Online business services pricing – 2009/10
Table 147 – Swaziland - Swazi.net Internet access pricing – 2009/10
Table 148 – Swaziland - Real Image ADSL pricing – November 2010
Table 149 – Swaziland - SPTC ADSL line rental pricing – November 2010
Table 150 – Tanzania – key Internet statistics – 2010
Table 151 – Tanzania - Internet users and penetration rate – 1996 - 2011
Table 152 – Tanzania - TTCL ADSL pricing – 2009
Table 153 – Tanzania - Raha.com ADSL pricing – 2009
Table 154 – Tanzania - Zantel ZConnect EV-DO postpaid mobile data pricing – 2009
Table 155 – Tunisia – key Internet statistics – 2010
Table 156 – Tunisia – PC penetration in Tunisia – 1999 - 2010
Table 157 – Tunisia's International Internet bandwidth – 2001; 2006 - 2010
Table 158 – Tunisia – data service subscribers by technology – 2001 - 2010
Table 159 – Tunisia – Internet subscribers, users and penetration rate– 1999 - 2011
Table 160 – Tunisia – ADSL subscribers vs total Internet subscribers – 2002 - 2010
Table 161 – Planet Tunisie ADSL pricing – August 2010
Table 162 – Uganda – key Internet statistics – 2010
Table 163 – Uganda - international Internet bandwidth – 1999 - 2009
Table 164 – Uganda - Internet users and penetration rate – 1995 - 2011
Table 165 – Uganda - The Broadband Company WiMAX pricing – September 2010
Table 166 – Uganda - MTN Broadband (WiMAX) pricing – September 2010
Table 167 – Zambia - key Internet statistics – 2010
Table 168 – Zambia - Internet users and penetration rate – 1995 - 2011
Table 169 – Zambia - Internet subscribers, broadband vs dial-up – 2001 - 2009
Table 170 – Zambia - Zamtel DSL pricing – 2009
Table 171 – Zimbabwe – key Internet statistics – 2010
Table 172 – Zimbabwe - Internet users and penetration rate – 1996 - 2011
Table 173 – Zimbabwe - DataOne leased-line tariffs – 2009