By NEVILLE OTUKI
In Summary
- Kenya is the only African nation to feature in a special segment of the The Web Index 2013 Report survey.
Kenya has been declared an ‘overachiever’ with
regard to Internet use, racing ahead of China in the latest global
rankings on access and usage of the Web.
Kenya is the only African nation to feature in a
special segment of the The Web Index 2013 Report survey that measures
Internet growth and its impact on people.
“On this year’s index, the biggest overachievers,
with a web index rank at least 14 places ahead of their rank by per
capita income, included the Philippines, New Zealand, Colombia, Korea,
Kenya, the UK and Estonia,” says the report.
Overall, Kenya retained its global position for
the second year running at 53 out of 81 nations that participated in the
survey and fourth on the continent behind South Africa (35), Mauritius
(40) and Tunisia (44). Morocco closed the top five at number 54, while
China was ranked 57
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ICT hub
Kenya’s neighbours Tanzania and Uganda both slid
from their previous rankings with Tanzania at position 59 and Uganda at
65, ahead of Africa’s second largest economy Nigeria that ranked 67 on
the index.
The ranking underscores Kenya’s position as an ICT
hub on the continent, having attracted several technology behemoths in
recent days, including IBM and Microsoft who have set up offices in the
capital Nairobi.
South Africa, the continent’s largest economy, is
ranked among the world’s top five emerging nations with the highest
levels of access to the web, having dislodged Mauritius from the top
spot.
Founded last year by Tim Bernes-Lee, the index
assesses web use by nations in categories such as universal access,
freedom and openness, relevant content and empowerment.
Kenya’s highest score is in the area of
empowerment, where it ranks 36, while its lowest is in universal access
to the web content at 63.
On the freedom and openness front, the country
stood at position 57 and 55 for relevant content. Sweden for the second
year emerged top.
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