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Global Impact Study looks at importance of public internet access in Ghana
July 14, 2013 ♦ Comments Off on Global Impact Study looks at importance of public internet access in Ghana

Recently, TASCHA announced the release of the Global Impact Study’s final report, Connecting people for development: Why public access ICTs matter. It focuses on public ICT in Botswana, Ghana and South Africa, among other nations.

Mondoblog supports and empowers Francophone Africa bloggers
June 26, 2013 ♦ Comments Off on Mondoblog supports and empowers Francophone Africa bloggers
Mondoblog supports and empowers Francophone Africa bloggers

From April 6-14, 2013, the 2nd annual Mondoblog training took place in Dakar, Senegal. However, this was no ordinary training.

OpenApps finds there is no typical Nigerian web user
June 19, 2013 ♦ Comments Off on OpenApps finds there is no typical Nigerian web user
OpenApps finds there is no typical Nigerian web user

In Nigeria, PCs are more common than mobile devices, but the difference is still not a landslide (although it is statistically significant). Windows may be the most common operating system, but browsers are even less clear-cut. Nokia, Firefox, and Opera all have between 17% and 20% share.

Do Google searches for “facebook” mirror African Internet growth trends?
May 28, 2013 ♦ Comments Off on Do Google searches for “facebook” mirror African Internet growth trends?

African nations are at different stages of overall Internet engagement. Some have growing numbers of new users; others have a more experienced online audience.

Global share of Google traffic from African countries has grown substantially since 2012
May 23, 2013 ♦ Comments Off on Global share of Google traffic from African countries has grown substantially since 2012
Global share of Google traffic from African countries has grown substantially since 2012

The global share of Google traffic coming from African countries has grown anywhere from 25-200% since the start of 2012.

Using Klout to estimate the influence of African online media
May 16, 2013 ♦ Comments Off on Using Klout to estimate the influence of African online media
Using Klout to estimate the influence of African online media

From Klout influencer scores, we can find general trends about how active online media is within a country and in general, how many engaged social media users exist.