{"id":12128,"date":"2012-05-10T16:03:22","date_gmt":"2012-05-10T14:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=12128"},"modified":"2012-05-11T11:09:57","modified_gmt":"2012-05-11T09:09:57","slug":"africas-mobile-web-traffic-up-156-in-2-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/12128\/africas-mobile-web-traffic-up-156-in-2-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa’s mobile web traffic up 156% in 2 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mobile browsing in Africa has surged 155.6% over the past two years – from 5.81% in 2010, to 14.85%, according to analysis from website monitoring service, Pingdom<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Using data compiled by StatCounter<\/a>, Pingdom found that people accessing the web from their mobiles in Asia rose 192.5% over two years to 17.84%, while Europe improved 183.4%, to 5.13%.<\/p>\n

North American web traffic from mobile devices accounted for 7.96%, while in South America, it accounts for a mere 2.86%, the study found.<\/p>\n

The global average is 10.01%<\/p>\n

Pingdom noted that the top countries in the world, ranked by number of mobile phones, sees China at number one, followed by India, United States, Brazil, and Indonesia.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut if we look at the percentage of users that go online with a mobile device compared to with a computer, the list changes,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

The group compiled a list of countries with the highest share of mobile traffic as part of total web traffic with Africa amassing six countries, and Asia, four.<\/p>\n