550M Africans online, but 906M within coverage stay offline

About 550 million Africans, or 36% of the population, used the internet in 2025, up from 16% in 2015 but still below the global 74%. A joint report by PDA Africa and GSMA Intelligence says 906 million people live within mobile broadband coverage yet do not use mobile internet, while 122 million are outside coverage.

• 550M Africans used the internet in 2025, or 36% of the population
• 906M live within coverage but remain offline
• 122M people are outside mobile or fixed coverage
• Africa is on track for ~700M users by 2030, short of 1B