Country summary of Internet
connectivity factors - 1998 (Courtesy of Mike Jensen)
| Country | ISPs | Users | Internat Kbps | Internat ISP | Call Cost $/hr | Population (M) | Population ISP/User | Users / Int Bandwidth (# / 1Kbps) |
| Algeria |
3
|
750
|
64
|
CERIST |
28.5
|
57000
|
12
|
|
| Angola |
5
|
1500
|
192
|
PTO |
6.00
|
11.2
|
7467
|
8
|
| Benin |
6
|
1750
|
196
|
PTO |
4.80
|
5.5
|
3143
|
9
|
| Botswana |
6
|
500
|
640
|
PTO |
0.60
|
1.4
|
2800
|
1
|
| Burkina Faso |
3
|
700
|
256
|
PTO |
1.10
|
10.4
|
14857
|
3
|
| Burundi |
1
|
75
|
19.2
|
ISP |
0.75
|
6.3
|
84000
|
4
|
| Cameroon |
4
|
2000
|
256
|
PTO |
1.55
|
13.5
|
6750
|
8
|
| Cap Verde |
1
|
? |
19.2
|
PTO | ||||
| Central African Republic |
1
|
200
|
64
|
PTO |
6.90
|
3.2
|
16000
|
3
|
| Comoros |
0
|
0
|
64
|
PTO |
0.20
|
0.5
|
0
|
0
|
| Congo |
0
|
0
|
0
|
2.5
|
0
|
0
|
||
| Congo-Kinshasa |
1
|
100
|
64
|
ISP |
44
|
440000
|
2
|
|
| Djibouti |
1
|
400
|
128
|
PTO |
1.00
|
0.43
|
1075
|
3
|
| Egypt |
28
|
20000
|
2000
|
RITSEC |
1.20
|
60.7
|
3035
|
10
|
| Equatorial Guinea |
1
|
200
|
64
|
PTO |
0.42
|
2100
|
3
|
|
| Eritrea |
4
|
300
|
28.8
|
ISP |
0.60
|
3.7
|
12333
|
10
|
| Ethiopia |
4
|
3000
|
512
|
PTO |
2.60
|
60.8
|
20267
|
6
|
| Gabon |
2
|
1000
|
512
|
PTO |
13.90
|
1.2
|
1200
|
2
|
| Gambia |
4
|
150
|
28.8
|
1.20
|
0.99
|
6600
|
5
|
|
| Ghana |
9
|
4500
|
640
|
ISP |
1.34
|
17.8
|
3956
|
7
|
| Guinea |
5
|
300
|
128
|
PTO |
2.00
|
6.6
|
22000
|
2
|
| Guinea Bissau |
1
|
200
|
64
|
PTO |
1.1
|
5500
|
3
|
|
| Ivory Coast |
3
|
1000
|
256
|
ISP |
4.80
|
14.8
|
14800
|
4
|
| Kenya |
16
|
5000
|
2000
|
ISP |
1.36
|
29.1
|
5820
|
3
|
| Lesotho |
1
|
100
|
9.6
|
ISP |
2
|
20000
|
10
|
|
| Liberia |
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
||
| Libya |
0
|
0
|
0
|
5.2
|
0
|
0
|
||
| Madagascar |
5
|
700
|
256
|
PTO |
0.43
|
13.9
|
19857
|
3
|
| Malawi |
3
|
400
|
128
|
ISP |
1.56
|
9.7
|
24250
|
3
|
| Mali |
5
|
400
|
128
|
PTO |
2.80
|
9.4
|
23500
|
3
|
| Mauritania |
2
|
100
|
128
|
PTO |
6.60
|
2.3
|
23000
|
1
|
| Mauritius |
6
|
960
|
896
|
PTO |
1.00
|
1.1
|
1146
|
1
|
| Morocco |
17
|
6000
|
2000
|
PTO |
0.85
|
29.2
|
4867
|
3
|
| Mozambique |
6
|
3500
|
384
|
ISP+PTO |
0.80
|
18.4
|
5257
|
9
|
| Namibia |
6
|
2000
|
1000
|
ISP |
1.00
|
1.7
|
850
|
2
|
| Niger |
2
|
200
|
192
|
PTO |
1.31
|
8.9
|
44500
|
1
|
| Nigeria |
6
|
1000
|
1152
|
ISP, PTO soon |
0.40
|
101.2
|
101200
|
1
|
| Rwanda |
1
|
100
|
128
|
PTO |
8.6
|
86000
|
1
|
|
| Senegal |
9
|
2500
|
1000
|
PTO |
1.90
|
9
|
3600
|
3
|
| Seychelles |
1
|
1000
|
128
|
ISP |
0.08
|
80
|
8
|
|
| Sierra Leone |
1
|
50
|
128
|
PTO |
1.50
|
4.8
|
96000
|
0
|
| Somalia |
0
|
0
|
0
|
6.8
|
0
|
0
|
||
| South Africa |
75
|
600000
|
40000
|
ISP + PTO |
1.60
|
39
|
65
|
15
|
| Sudan |
1
|
300
|
128
|
ISP |
30
|
100000
|
2
|
|
| Swaziland |
3
|
900
|
64
|
ISP |
0.95
|
0.97
|
1078
|
14
|
| Tanzania |
14
|
2500
|
1098
|
Datel, SITA, Wilken |
1.94
|
28.7
|
11480
|
2
|
| Tchad |
3
|
50
|
64
|
PTO |
10.50
|
5.6
|
112000
|
1
|
| Togo |
2
|
300
|
196
|
ISP |
1.60
|
4.4
|
14667
|
2
|
| Tunisia |
4
|
3500
|
512
|
ATC |
8.9
|
2543
|
7
|
|
| Uganda |
4
|
2000
|
256
|
ISP |
8.40
|
20.4
|
10200
|
8
|
| Zambia |
3
|
2000
|
256
|
ISP+PTO |
1.60
|
9.5
|
4750
|
8
|
| Zimbabwe |
12
|
10000
|
2000
|
PTO |
4.00
|
11.1
|
1110
|
5
|
| Total |
255
|
683935
|
60427.6
|
2.70
|
718.49
|
1051
|
11
|
|
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