Uganda: Slow Growth for E-Commerce As Local Internet Use Rises

25 January 2011

A 2010 report on digital life trends among Ugandans indicated a tremendous growth in the use of the internet by Ugandans. The report, compiled by TNS Research International, placed 22 per cent Ugandans logged onto the internet at any given time in a day, and an overall 7.8 hours spent on the internet per week.

Indeed, Fred Otunnu, the manager communications and consumer affairs at Uganda Communications Commission agrees that internet use has on the whole grown tremendously over the last four years. "There has been a tremendous upward embrace of digital technology by Ugandans generally owing to an increase in service providers and landing various cables," explains Mr Otunnu.

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