Somalia: Civil War Hides Steady Growth of Internet Services

London — Despite continuing unrest, Somalia has taken the first tentative steps towards establishing a national government and AU peacekeepers have begun to arrive. It's too early to say whether some sort of peace will take hold but behind the seemingly endless news of civil war, the Internet has been developing apace.

Somalia was one of the last African countries to get connected to the Internet after the country established its first ISP in 1999. But today the country has internet connectivity to almost 53% of the whole area of the country and the Internet business is mushrooming in the country and becoming one of the fastest growing services along with telephony.

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