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Kenya leads in phone internet traffic globally

A new report shows that Kenya is the leading consumer of internet via use of smartphones in the world.

Kenya is leading globally in share of internet traffic coming from mobile phones.

According to a marketplace report by online shop named Jumia Mobile Week White Paper – 2018,

Kenya is leading with 83 per cent, with Nigeria coming in second at 81 per cent.

Kenya's lead is attributed to increased number of smart phones in the country. In 2017, there were about 40 million smart mobile phones in use in the country and in 2018 the number grew up to 41 million.

“Global mobile internet traffic as of the fourth quarter of 2017 is up 11.65 per cent year on year and currently stands at 51.12 per cent of global web traffic originating from smartphones. Kenya is the global leader in share of internet traffic coming from mobile (overtaking Nigeria in 2017), at 83 per cent,” Jumia Kenya said in the report.

According to the report, Smartphones in Kenya are largely used to access music, games, news and social media sites. Smart phones are also increasingly becoming essential tool to access financial products and a huge variety of useful services in the country.

Apart from Kenya and Nigeria, other leading countries include India (79 per cent), Singapore (78 per cent), Ghana (75 per cent), Indonesia (72 per cent), South Africa (71 per cent), Thailand (69 per cent), Saudi Arabia (64 per cent), Turkey (62 per cent), China (61 per cent), UAE (61 per cent), Poland (59 per cent), Malaysia (57 per cent), and the rest of the world at 52 per cent.



Source: https://hivisasa.com/posts/kenya-leads-in-phone-internet-traffic-globally

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