Internet access in Tanzania

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Internet access in Tanzania, a country in East Africa, began in 1995. Within 5 years, 115,000 people were connected to the Internet. Since then, there has been significant growth. [1]

Statistics

In June 2010, a Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority review found that internet penetration was approximately 11%, or approximately 4.8 million Tanzanian users. 5% of those used internet cafes, 40% had access via an organisation or institution, and the remainder accessed the internet from a household connection. [2] By 2014, there were twice as many users using the Internet for personal reasons than work reasons.[ citation needed ] By 2015, about 11% of households in Tanzania had internet access. [3] The CIA World Factbook assessed internet penetration in 2016 at 13%. [4] By mid-2017, the TCRA's figures were that 40% of Tanzania's 57 million population had internet access, due mainly to an increase in smartphone access. In contrast, there were 1.2 million fixed wireless connections and 629,474 fixed wired ones. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Bremmen, Nur (10 August 2012). "How high-speed internet access is changing Tanzania". Venture Burn. Archived from the original on September 13, 2017. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
  2. ↑ Report on Internet and Data Services in Tanzania: A Supply-Side Survey (PDF), Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority, p. 4, retrieved 15 February 2018
  3. ↑ The Citizen reporter (February 7, 2014). "The revolution of Internet access in Tanzania". The Citizen. Archived from the original on 13 September 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  4. ↑ "The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "Tanzania: Smartphones Push Up Internet Penetration". Tanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam). 8 September 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
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