by Russell Southwood (@BalancingActAfr) In this interview we talk to Indra de Lanerolle, lead researcher on the South African Network Society Survey, a user survey of African internet use. De Lanerolle also teaches television and mobile media at Wits Journalism.
We discuss:
- the findings of a survey he carried out with Research ICT Africa in 12 Sub-Saharan African countries:
- the spectrum of Internet use across the different countries;
- what Africans are using the Internet for;
- who the new users of the Internet are;
- what Africans are using; and the impact of language on internet use.
Russell Southwood is the founder of Balancing Act and the web TV channel Smart Monkey TV, and has been an analyst in telecoms, internet and broadcast in Africa for the last 14 years. Smart Monkey TV aims to capture the energy at the crossroads between African culture and technology. MarkLives is syndicating content from Smart Monkey TV on a weekly basis for the column “Smart Africa TV”.