Stastics of the  number of internet users in Africa:

Access to digital technologies has changed over time; it’s more developed in terms of technology compared to the previous years.

According to the latest statistics as 30 June 2010 by IWS the number of Internet users globally is almost hitting the 2 billion level! To be exact, there were 1,966,514,816 Internet users; representing 28.7% penetration rate of the world’s estimated 6,845,609,960 human beings.
Africa had 110,931,700 Internet users, a 5.6% penetration rate of its estimated 1,013,779,050 total population as at 2010. But worth noting, was the fact that when compared to 2000, when there were only 4,514,400 Internet users, the Internet usage uptake can be described as a phenomenal 2,357.3 % growth rate over the last decade!


Kenya
In Kenya access to digital technologies has changed over time because most people have mobile phones these days, compared to the olden times, very few people had mobile phones.  Nowadays personal computers, laptops, netbooks, tablet computers, PDA’s and embedded computers are owned by many rich families in Kenya.

                                                 

        
A cell phone-based system M-PESA that allows people to transfer money and pay bills without a bank account is transforming business in Kenya.                                                   
Cell phone-based mobile money transfer systems are not officially considered banking services under Kenyan regulations. But since the introduction of M-Pesa, the first such service, three years ago, Kenyans have used it to transfer $4.4 billion.
M-Pesa has changed the economy so speedily, everyone is happy.
More over the cell phone has revolutionized the way people do business, the way people communicate with one another, and the way they reach out to each other.

Plus, Last year at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), Cisco, Intel, Microsoft, the Government of Kenya and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced a collaborative project focused on improving education in up to 60 primary and secondary schools in Kenya. This was an incredible announcement for a number of reasons, including the fact that students and teachers in that region would now finally have access to relevant and engaging education technology and content.

This project is going to be beneficial for Kenya because It’s a country with a deep and rich culture, full of amazing people who have a thirst for learning. But the resource limitations in the country are vast; many schools have more basic needs than technology – clean water, sanitation, basic supplies and well-trained teachers.

Despite this, an increasing number of schools are ready to start integrating technology into their curricula and pedagogy, and in those schools we see the opportunity of this commitment. The technology and skills training that come with this commitment gives teachers the training they need to appropriately use technology in the classroom and provides hope for kids who want to learn but didn’t previously have the best means to do so.

Uganda
In Uganda Computers and mobile phones are a common sight in many people's homes and offices. What many people may not have thought of is the way these gadgets have changed the way people work and move.

A case in point is in the travel industry. Technology changed the way business is conducted in the travel industry. Before tour companies made brochures which were used to advertise the company's services locally and internationally.                                                                                                        
Now with the presence of the worldwide web, it is possible to reach markets anywhere in the globe at minimal cost, day and night. It also means that a company can be operational 24 hours a day. The use of social media like Facebook means you can get clients reactions to your services immediately.

Information and communication technology has also influenced the way people learn in Uganda.

As it adopts ICT in education, Uganda faces the same challenges as most developing

Economies – poorly developed ICT infrastructure, high bandwidth costs, an unreliable

supply of electricity, and a general lack of resources to meet a broad spectrum of needs.

However, with the rapid emergence of wireless network capacity and the ubiquitous

growth of mobile phones, the context of the infrastructure is changing. A national ICT

policy is in place and an education sector ICT policy is before Cabinet. The Ministry of

Education and Sports is taking steps to co-ordinate ICT development and has allocated resources to support implementation of its ICT strategy.

As time passes, the access to digital technology will increase in these African countries, and it’s for the better of all.