![]() ![]() ![]() By that year, Africa’s urban population is predicted to leap by 190 million people and just under half – 45% – of all Africans will be living in a city. ![]() In 2020, it had 68 cities each home to more than one million inhabitants – that number is projected to jump to 85 cities by 2025. The region is demographically young: 60% of the population will be under the age of 24 by 2025 and it will be home to one in three youths (aged 15–35) globally by 2050, according to the World Bank.Īfrica is experiencing rapid urbanisation, creating huge opportunities for improved fibre-optic connectivity. It is projected that its population will almost double from 1.3 billion people in 2021 to 2.5 billion in 2050. Of the 20 fastest-growing countries in the world, 19 are located on the continent. These demographics – coupled with improved longevity, education levels and the Covid-19 pandemic – have led to a rise in the consumption of online services. Investment Monitor applied 28 different indicators – including the number of mobile networks per country and percentage of population covered by 4G networks – to create this comprehensive ranking.Īfrica has the world’s youngest, fastest-growing population and an increasingly urbanised workforce. The worst-ranked out of Africa’s 55 countries is Eritrea (8.25), followed by Equatorial Guinea (23.24), Réunion (24.78), Djibouti (30.61) and São Tomé and Príncipe (32.83). ![]() The cheapest internet-enabled device was 26.5% of monthly GDP per head in 2020 compared with 39.2% in 2016.Īccording to the African e-Connectivity Index 2021 (see below), South Africa is the top-ranked African country in terms of the quality of its internet connectivity with a score of 100 points, followed by Mauritius (96.56 points), Egypt (95.42), Kenya (89.60) and Tunisia (88.60). The cost of 1GB of data was 4% of monthly GDP per capita in sub-Saharan Africa in 2020 – 5GB costs 10.2%. The average download speed was 9Mps in 2020, up from only 2.7Mps in 2014. In 2020, 81% of people with mobile internet connectivity in the region had 3G coverage, 51% had 4G and only 0.4% had 5G, according to GSMA. Last year, a further 19% of people lived in areas not covered by mobile networks and an additional 53% did not use mobile internet despite having coverage. Around 300 million people in sub-Saharan Africa had connectivity to the internet via their mobile phones in 2020, up from 120 million people or 13% of the population in 2014. Only 28% of the population of sub-Saharan Africa had mobile internet connectivity in 2020 compared with 49% of people globally, according to GSMA, a research company. The findings of Investment Monitor‘s inaugural African e-Connectivity Index 2021 strongly suggest that Africa’s internet communications market requires deregulating and opening up to more service providers and telecommunications companies so that broadband can be brought to hundreds of millions of people who live in the continent’s remote and rural areas. The African Coast to Europe submarine fibre-optic cable is being improved upon, giving Africa much room for optimism regarding its connectivity. ![]()
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