mardi 29 novembre 2011

Uses of ICT services in Benin

In recent years, changes in household equipment goods and services of telecommunications and ICT has been strongly marked by the arrival of the mobile phone.
Nationally, household equipment phone is only 4.6%. The household equipment, however, is closely linked to place of residence: 15.5% of households living in large cities (Cotonou, Porto Novo and Parakou) have a fixed telephone line against only 0.6% in rural areas . The equipment rate of households in secondary cities (Abomey Calavi, Ouidah, Lokossa, etc..) Is also higher than the national average.
The household computer equipment in Benin is very low. According to results of the survey conducted in 2008 by the CEFRED and the network RIA, only 1.93% of households in Benin have a home computer (desktop or laptop) running. This is quite disturbing in a country that wants to become the "digital neighborhood of Africa" ​​by the year 2025.The low household access to phone, added to the low level of household computer equipment is certainly a raison of the low rate of access to the Internet.
Access home household to the Internet is very marginal. Less than 1% of households have Internet access at home.


 Figure: Households with an Internet connection
The situation in Benin is one of the worst in Africa for connectivity of households. Côte d'Ivoire has a percentage, eight times more households connected to the Internet than Benin; about 0.48% of households with Internet connections against only 0.06% of households in Benin. Moreover, almost all of those with an Internet connection at home are found in large urban centers.

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