I was listening to the second part of yesterday’s Médias d’Afrique podcast this morning and they did a little segment on the blogosphere in Africa. It started by saying that only 5.5% of the population in Africa have access to the internet. I knew the number was low, but I was surprised to hear that it was that low. I am trying to find another source to verify the number right now, but so far no luck. They also touched on the use of cyber cafes, but not too much.
They mentioned that for some reason blogging hasn’t taken off as much in the Anglophone African countries and that most of the regular bloggers are freelance journalists. Interesting, interesting.
Anyway, thanks to the podcast, I added two new links to my blogroll. I feel all bloggy as a result, only not really because I really only keep this thing to write notes to myself about stuff I’m seeing/thinking/doing.