Botswana�s mobile internet use surges

More people use cellphones
More people use cellphones

Mobile internet usage in the country is becoming more pervasive as most people are getting their hands on more mobile devices.

This is according to Statistics Botswana (SB), which recently released a report that reflects on the country’s household access and individual use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in 2014.

The data-collecting agency says 40.6% of households had access to internet in the year under review, adding that the majority of households with access to internet used mobile internet.  This constitutes 94.3% of all households with access to internet.

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