Internet Going Mobile: Internet access and usage in eleven African countries Enrico Calandro, Christoph Stork & Alison Gillwald Research ICT Africa CPRafrica 2012/CPRsouth 7, 5-7 September, Port Louis, Mauritius

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Internet going or gone Mobile?

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In the context of increasing evidence of ICT contributing to economic and social wellbeing and widespread policy commitment, this paper investigate how people access and use the Internet in 11 African countries. The paper aims at identifying points of policy interventions based on Internet access and usage trends

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The paper is based on ICT access and usage individual data, collected through an ICT survey in 11 African countries in 2011 and 2012

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Africa’s Digital Divide Household data analysis

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Percentage of households with electricity still very low in many African countries, some even saw a decline 2007/8

2011/12 89%

73% 60%

58% 45%

42%

63%

57%

47%

19% 13%

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South Africa

Ghana

Cameroon

Kenya

Botswana

Nigeria

Namibia

Tanzania

Ethiopia

5%

Rwanda

Uganda

10%

16%

13%

18%

48%

60%

65%

77%

Radio still main source of information TV luxury good in several countries Households with TV

Households with Radio Kenya

81%

Uganda

77%

South Africa

78%

Botswana

59%

Rwanda

72%

Kenya

54%

Namibia

72%

Ghana

54%

Ghana

72%

Nigeria

53%

Nigeria

70%

Botswana

66%

Cameroon Namibia

Tanzania

63%

Tanzania

South Africa

62%

Uganda

Ethiopia Cameroon Wednesday, 13 March 13

41% 34%

44% 41% 18% 13%

Ethiopia

10%

Rwanda

9%

Share of households with fixed-lines 2007/8

2011/12 18.2% 18.0%

South Africa

17.4%

Namibia

11.5% 11.0%

Botswana

15.0% 7.6%

Ethiopia

4.0% 2.6% 1.8%

Ghana Kenya

2.3% 0.6% 1.8% 2.2%

Cameroon Tanzania Uganda Rwanda Nigeria Wednesday, 13 March 13

0.9% 0.4% 0.3% 1.5% 0.1% 0.2% 0.3%

Fixed-lines on the way out except Botswana, Cameroon, Rwanda and Uganda

Share of households with a working computer South Africa

24.5%

Botswana

15.7%

Namibia

14.7%

Kenya

12.7%

Share of households with a working Internet connection South Africa Kenya

Nigeria

Ghana

8.5%

Ghana

Uganda

2.2%

Rwanda

2.0%

Tanzania

1.6%

Ethiopia

0.7%

11.5%

Botswana

8.6%

6.6%

12.7%

Namibia

Cameroon Nigeria

19.7%

Cameroon

8.6% 3.4% 2.7% 1.3%

Uganda

0.9%

Tanzania

0.8%

Rwanda

0.7%

Ethiopia

0.5%

Less than a quarter of households have a computer and even fewer Internet access Wednesday, 13 March 13

Mobile Access

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15+ Owning a mobile that is capable of browsing the Internet

15+ Owning a mobile South Africa

84%

Botswana

80%

Kenya

74%

Nigeria

66%

Ghana

60%

Namibia

56%

Uganda

47%

Cameroon

45%

Tanzania Rwanda Ethiopia Wednesday, 13 March 13

36% 24% 18%

South Africa

51%

Kenya

32%

Namibia

31%

Botswana

30%

Ghana

29%

Nigeria

23%

Tanzania

19%

Rwanda

19%

Uganda

15%

Cameroon

15%

Ethiopia

7%

Mobile Internet

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Using mobile for Facebook etc. South Africa Kenya Botswana Namibia Nigeria Rwanda Ghana Cameroon Uganda Tanzania Ethiopia

25% 25% 18% 17% 16% 14% 11% 8% 7% 5% 2%

Using mobile to browse the Internet South Africa Kenya Namibia Botswana Nigeria Rwanda Ghana Cameroon Uganda Tanzania Ethiopia Wednesday, 13 March 13

15+ with a mobile

28% 25% 24% 23% 16% 15% 13% 8% 8% 5% 5%

Using mobile for emailing Kenya South Africa Botswana Nigeria Rwanda Namibia Ethiopia Ghana Uganda Tanzania Cameroon

20% 17% 17% 15% 13% 12% 10% 10% 6% 5% 4%

Internet Access & Usage Wednesday, 13 March 13

Internet usage: 2007/08 VS 2011/12 2007/8 Ethiopia

0.7% 2.7%

Tanzania

2.2% 3.5%

Rwanda

2.0%

Uganda Ghana

2011/12

6.0% 2.4% 7.9% 5.6% 12.7% 13.0% 14.1%

Cameroon 8.8%

Namibia

16.2%

Nigeria

18.4% 15.0%

Kenya Botswana South Africa Wednesday, 13 March 13

26.3% 5.8% 29.0% 15.0% 33.7%

Frequency of Internet daily usage: 2007/08 VS 2011/12 2007/8

2011/12

56%

64%

South Africa Kenya

41%

Namibia

35%

Ghana

32%

Botswana

31%

Tanzania

15%

Uganda

15%

11%

Cameroon

11%

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55% 52% 47%

28%

13%

Rwanda

59% 43%

19%

Ethiopia

Nigeria

53%

34% 57% 19%

Where did you use the Internet in the last 12 months Mobile phone

Work

Place of education

Internet cafe

74%

20% 29%

31%

17%

75%

75%

78%

81%

81%

87%

Uganda

Namibia

48%

Ethiopia

55%

Kenya

61%

21%

Nigeria

71%

39%

42%

36%

Tanzania

64%

71%

Rwanda

20% 10%

24% 45%

36%

23% 51%

45%

52%

51%

35%

31%

21%

Ghana

80%

32%

33%

72%

63%

South Africa

51%

50%

58%

Botswana

85%

Cameroon

30%

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Where was the Internet used first? Computer

Mobile phone

Cameroon

82.1%

17.9%

Rwanda

70.8%

29.2%

Botswana

70.6%

29.4%

Ghana

70.5%

29.5%

Kenya

68.9%

31.1%

South Africa

65.1%

34.9%

Namibia

50.1%

49.9%

Tanzania

45.8%

54.2%

Nigeria

45.2%

54.8%

Ethiopia

33.3%

66.7%

Uganda

28.2%

71.8%

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15+ Internet users Signed up for social network 88%

Rwanda 61%

Cameroon

with email address 97%

Rwanda

94%

Cameroon

Ghana

81%

Ghana

90%

Kenya

81%

Kenya

88%

Tanzania

86%

63%

Tanzania Nigeria

50% 59%

Uganda

81%

Namibia

Nigeria

81%

Uganda

80%

Namibia

79% 78%

Botswana

73%

Botswana

South Africa

75%

South Africa

Ethiopia Wednesday, 13 March 13

41%

Ethiopia

66% 59%

Conclusions The mobile is closing the voice and the data gap in Africa First wave of Internet access through PCs and fixed-line /modem dial-up. Mostly through work, school or public access (Internet cafes) Second wave is through mobile phones Easier to use Cheaper equipment compared to computers Prepaid (modem dial-up was postpaid) No electricity at home needed

Internet enabled mobile phones, low bandwidth applications, and social networking are the key drivers Mobile Internet reduces the cost of communication: Facebook Zero, whatsapp, Mixit

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Recommendations Reform strategies to increase competition will lower prices and lead to better and faster access: Spectrum re-farming to issue LTE spectrum Shortening the dual illumination period for digital broadcasting migration to free up spectrum Issue more and converged licences (Ethiopia) Require reselling of fixed-broadband (ADSL), for it to become cheaper and to compete with mobile broadband

Scrapping import duties for ICTs

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