Africas Network Readiness. By William Hearmon , Chairman of the African Broadband Forum. Presented at the IT News Africa Innovation Dinner (www.innovationdinner.co.za) on the 31st of July 2012.
2. Threshold Perspective: Country Internet Stages
INTENSIVE (broadband)
EXTENSIVE (household connections)
(Internet usage)
FAMILIARISATION
EARLY DAYS (Internet familiarity)
PROTO-INTERNET
3. Country Internet Stages
Worldwide and in Africa
INTENSIVE (23 countries: none in Africa)
(18 countries: none in Africa)
EXTENSIVE
FAMILIARISATION (39 countries: 3 in Africa)
EARLY DAYS (32 countries: 11 in Africa)
PROTO-INTERNET (45 countries: 31 in Africa)