If when you say internet, you think of a computer, then you probably don't live in an African country.
More people in Africa have a mobile phone than access to electricity.
The
continent has some of the lowest fixed-broadband subscription rates in
the world, with most people's first encounter with the world wide web
coming via their mobile phones.
Around
70% of mobile users browse the internet on their devices, and Africa's
mobile broadband growth is increasing at a rate of more than 40% --
twice the global average.
This is
largely due to the weak land-line infrastructure on the continent, which
makes connecting through a desktop computer difficult. Low-cost or
second-hand feature phones are also much cheaper to buy, which has made
them ubiquitous across the continent, and it is estimated that by 2016 Africa will have a billion mobile phones.
Feature devices also stay charged for longer -- a crucial requirement
in a part of the world where the supply of power is irregular and
unreliable.
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