Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) faces critical challenges for digital development, including underdeveloped digital infrastructure, lack of accessible and affordable connectivity, a stubborn digital gender gap, limited skills for digitally enabled industries, and inadequate regulatory and policy environments. However, in the last decade, the region has made substantial strides toward digital transformation, with hundreds of millions of people gaining access to the internet and productively utilizing a wide variety of digital services, such as mobile payments and online learning platforms. The World Bank supports countries across the SSA region in building the foundations for vibrant, safe, and inclusive digital economies and societies. Regional Context: Over 160 million Africans gained broadband internet access between 2019 and 2022. 115 percent increase in internet users between 2016 and 2021 in Sub-Saharan Africa. 191 million additional individuals made or received a digital payment between 2014 and 2021. Country-specific highlights: 1,700 kilometers (km) of fiber optic cable deployed in Mauritania between 2021 and 2022. 4.7 million people in Uganda benefited from a regional program that aimed to lower prices for international capacity and extend the geographic reach of broadband networks. Since 2014, 4.3 million people in Malawi have benefited from increased access to affordable, high-quality internet […]
K&X Design and Investment Technology, LLC
Invest The Invisible Impact
K&X Design and Investment Technology, LLC
Invest The Invisible Impact
