South Africa's internet quality, in relation to internet speed, stability and growth, ranks 62nd in the world and is 8% worse than the global average, a study reveals
South Africa's internet quality, in relation to internet speed, stability and growth, ranks 62nd in the world and is 8% worse than the global average, a study by Surfshark reveals.
In terms of e-government, South Africa's rank remained stagnant for online service index and dropped three places for AI readiness, despite the government's strategy push for the 4IR. Regarding internet service affordability, mobile and broadband were considered separately with the company measuring that on how long South Africans would need to work to afford internet.
Kenya ranks 78th in the world and ranks better than South Africa in only one category: e-infrastructure.Out of all index pillars, South Africa's weakest spot is e-infrastructure, which needs to improve by 70% to match the best-ranking country's result .
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