{"id":358050,"date":"2017-09-30T09:43:24","date_gmt":"2017-09-30T09:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=358050"},"modified":"2017-11-10T11:06:55","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T11:06:55","slug":"237-million-lost-to-internet-shutdowns-in-africa-since-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/09\/237-million-lost-to-internet-shutdowns-in-africa-since-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"$237 million lost to internet shutdowns in Africa since 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa has lost about $237 million dollars due to internet disruptions since 2015, a report by the Collaboration on International\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">ICT<\/span>\u00a0Policy for East and Southern Africa (<span class=\"caps\">CIPESA<\/span>) disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>The report, released on Friday at the Forum On Internet Freedom in Africa 2017 in Johannesburg, said there was a total of 236 days of internet shutdown in sub-Saharan Africa since 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInternet disruptions, however short-lived, undermine economic growth, disrupt the delivery of critical services, erode business confidence, and raise a country\u2019s risk profile. African governments should desist from ordering shutdowns,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>About 12 African countries have disrupted internet connection before and after elections including Uganda, Congo, Chad, Gabon, Niger, and Gambia where internet connection was blocked during their elections last year.<\/p>\n<p>Other countries also disrupted the internet during anti-government protests and a typical case is Togo where bandwidth was reduced to disrupt online activities of opposition protesters.<\/p>\n<p>Ethiopia\u2019s 36 days of national and regional internet shutdowns since 2015 had cost the country $123 million, the report quantified.<\/p>\n<p>This was done during national examination and the Oromia protests.<\/p>\n<p>The report added that Cameroon\u2019s 93-day shutdown in Anglophone regions cost the country about $38 million.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source:\u00a0africanews.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa has lost about $237 million dollars due to internet disruptions since 2015, a report by the Collaboration on International\u00a0ICT\u00a0Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) disclosed. 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