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.

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

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

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.

A summary of broadband data from the quarterly Akamai ‘State of the Internet’ publication that tracks Internet speeds.

Using the common “ping” test between pairs of hosts, researchers at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center regularly measure how well data is flowing across global networks.