Africa, with only 3% of world internet users and some 14% of the world's population, is still the least connected continent. But it is also the one with the fastest growth rate in connectivity. The number of internet users has increased more than 7 times the number in the year 2000, to almost 34 million.
[For these and related statistics, see http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm]With such rapid growth, the opportunities for creative use of information and communications technology (ICT) as well as for business ventures in the sector, are also rapidly expanding.
This issue of AfricaFocus Bulletin contains several recent updates covering ventures as diverse as e-agriculture for Togolese farmers to wireless access in Egyptian tourist destinations. The updates are selected from Highway Africa News Agency (http://hana.ru.ac.za/) and Balancing Act News Updates (http://www.balancingact-africa.com/). Along with the Association of Progressive Communications (http://www.apc.org/), these sites are ones that AfricaFocus regularly relies on for updates in this field.
[For these and related statistics, see http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm]With such rapid growth, the opportunities for creative use of information and communications technology (ICT) as well as for business ventures in the sector, are also rapidly expanding.
This issue of AfricaFocus Bulletin contains several recent updates covering ventures as diverse as e-agriculture for Togolese farmers to wireless access in Egyptian tourist destinations. The updates are selected from Highway Africa News Agency (http://hana.ru.ac.za/) and Balancing Act News Updates (http://www.balancingact-africa.com/). Along with the Association of Progressive Communications (http://www.apc.org/), these sites are ones that AfricaFocus regularly relies on for updates in this field.
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