300 million Africans affected by internet shutdowns in 2022
Report shows Sudan experienced the most shutdowns, followed by Burkina Faso, Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone, and Somalia.
Michael Malakata
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NaaS specialist Cloudflare aims to be Africa’s ‘go-to’ DX services firm
12-year-old listed company competes on several fronts in Africa, and its leadership is confident of market success based on the coverage and capacity of its peered network.
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Ethiopia, Mali pay the most for worst internet connection
Research released by Surfshark, based on annual digital wellbeing index (DQL 2022).
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Africa bears the brunt of internet shutdowns
Research by Surfshark and Netblocks raises stat that eight out of ten Africans have been impacted by internet and social media censorship.
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Zimbabwe throttles the internet as political wrangling intensifies
Industry watchdogs confirm restricted internet during recent political rally held by government’s main opposition.
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Africa is 2021’s internet censorship hot spot
This year, Africa became the most censorship-intensive continent across the globe, responsible for nearly 53% of the cases in 2021, says Surfshark.
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Internet affordability gap widens between Africa and global counterparts
Research from Surfshark highlights differences between continent and high income countries abroad.
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Burkina Faso mobile internet disrupted as anti-government protests rage
Mobile internet connectivity down since Saturday.
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Sudan blocks internet four times in three years
Internet service disruption occurred after senior government officials had been detained in an apparent military coup attempt.
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Africa continues to try to censor social media
Study shows over the past six years, 28 out of 54 countries on the continent have employed some form of a social media ban or disruption.