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Monday, November 18, 2013

East African Consumed Internet Bandwidth




East Africa internet phenomena, is the subject of many global studies.

Video data

The most dominant type of data intensive activity in East Africa is real time entertainment through YouTube. 

The share of video data of the East African region is expected to grow faster compared to that of other regions of the world.
Opera Mini is among the top 25 applications being used by internet users.

Subscribers

1% of subscribers make the heaviest use of upstream resources of internet networks. There is uneven distribution by subscriber percentile.

What has to be done?

So that the potential of online Africa video is realized to the full, network operators need to dedicate sufficient time and resources towards upgrading infrastructure. Already, Google is offering assistance to African governments in regard to extending internet penetration.




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