Africa needs more than Facebook to narrow digital gap; so what else needs to happen?
Only 21% of Africa’s population has access to the Internet. In CAR, a month’s service costs more than 1.5 times the annual per capita income

Only 21% of Africa’s population has access to the Internet. In CAR, a month’s service costs more than 1.5 times the annual per capita income
More than a quarter of Africa's total Facebook users are in three countries, and two-thirds of all Internet users are active on the social media site.
With mobile phone subscriptions on the continent growing exponentially, the potential educational benefit is big.
As needs expand, so do the apps Africans download