Here at oAfrica, we recently marked our third year of following Africa’s Internet progress online. A lot has happened in that time – the arrival of undersea cables, the rise of 3G, and various social movements. African advancements in the adoption of technology are truly outstanding. And this is only the beginning of Africa’s tech renaissance. We expect innovation to grow throughout the next couple of decades. In truth, most areas still have a long ways to go until they can be considered adequately connected to the Internet. But, we are convinced it can be done.

We want to thank the 93,000 unique visitors and 6,000+ Twitter followers who have read our 773(!) posts over the years. A special thanks goes to the 20,000 readers who have returned to learn even more about African ICT.

A few more stats:

• We’ve recorded at least one site visit from every African country. In terms of number of visitors, South Africa leads by far, and is followed by Kenya, Senegal, and Nigeria. At the bottom are Eritrea, Sao Tome & Principe, Comoros, and Equatorial Guinea.
• 61% of African visits come from 10 urban areas. In order, they are: Nairobi, Dakar, Cape Town, Lagos, Johannesburg, Accra, Sandton, Addis Ababa, Kampala, Dar es Salaam. This list comes as no surprise given the fact each city is home to a tech/innovation hub.
• We average one post every 1.4 days.
• A snapshot of the site from October 2009 can be found on the Internet Archive.

Additionally, we’ve managed to write about every country and territory of the African continent at least once. Still, 25 nations are mentioned every two months or less. Our goal continues to be to cover ICT developments out of these under-represented areas.

oAfrica posts by country, 2009-2012

Country	Tag Count	Post Share
South Africa	248	32%
Kenya	231	30%
Nigeria	210	27%
Ghana	151	20%
Uganda	132	17%
Rwanda	97	13%
Zimbabwe	96	12%
Tanzania	86	11%
Zambia	81	10%
Egypt	76	10%
Tunisia	64	8%
Ethiopia	55	7%
Namibia	54	7%
Cameroon	50	6%
Morocco	48	6%
Malawi	46	6%
Liberia	45	6%
Senegal	39	5%
Cote D'Ivoire	38	5%
Sierra Leone	37	5%
Libya	36	5%
Botswana	33	4%
Angola	32	4%
Algeria	30	4%
Mali	30	4%
Sudan	30	4%
Mauritius	29	4%
Dem. Rep. of Congo	26	3%
Somalia	25	3%
Swaziland	24	3%
Mozambique	23	3%
Burundi	21	3%
Gabon	20	3%
Gambia	19	2%
Benin	18	2%
Congo	16	2%
South Sudan	16	2%
Mauritania	14	2%
Togo	14	2%
Burkina Faso	13	2%
Chad	13	2%
Guinea	12	2%
Lesotho	12	2%
Eritrea	11	1%
Cape Verde	10	1%
Djibouti	10	1%
Niger	10	1%
Seychelles	10	1%
Madagascar	9	1%
Equatorial Guinea	6	1%
Guinea-Bissau	6	1%
Central African Republic	5	1%
Comoros	4	1%
St.Helena	3	0.4%
Reunion	2	0.3%
Sao Tome And Principe	2	0.3%
Ascension Island	1	0.1%
Mayotte	1	0.1%
Western Sahara	1	0.1%

We truly appreciate the interest and are excited to continue to promote the positive side of Africa.