Chapter 5. Increasing Internet use: the role of education, income, gender, age and location Table 5.3: Knowing about the Internet and using it: the gender divide, 2007/2008* Individuals aged 16 and over who know what the Internet is (%) Individuals aged 16 and over who use the Internet (%) Country Men** Women*** Men** Women*** Benin 27.8 14.6 11.9 5.3 Botswana 30.8 18.1 10.1 4.0 Burkina Faso 8.9 9.8 3.7 6.4 Cameroon 34.5 44.6 13.1 12.8 Côte d'Ivoire 19.3 13.4 8.1 4.0 Ethiopia 10.8 6.5 0.9 0.4 Ghana 29.7 23.4 8.1 3.2 Kenya 39.9 27.8 21.1 11.5 Mozambique 3.8 3.7 1.0 0.9 Namibia 30.4 24.2 11.2 7.2 Nigeria † 40.7 34.9 16.4 7.6 Rwanda 6.4 7.0 1.8 2.1 Senegal 56.5 35.8 14.4 6.7 South Africa 56.2 47.0 20.4 11.3 Tanzania 9.9 8.0 1.9 2.3 Uganda 9.4 3.5 3.7 1.1 Zambia † 49.2 39.6 5.6 1.7 Note: * Surveys were conducted between August 2007 and April 2008 (most countries having finished already in 2007). ** As a percentage of men aged 16 or older. *** As a percentage of women aged 16 or older. † Not nationally representative, but extrapolation was adjusted to reflect the national level. Source: Research ICT Africa (RIA). ( # ( ( ( ( (()' $ (( ( , < # $+ , ( + ## % # ( # ( \" )/ (## % ( ( $+ 9 6$ \"## # ( \" )5$ ( ( \" % $( 6$ , \"\" # $ ( )@ ( ( # # \" ( # * $ %+ ( 4 ( # += ,0>, (( # $ + ( $ $ \" ( # +) ' ( ( ( 9 ## % % , $ + ( # $ , ($ $ \" ( ( ( % )4( ( ## % + $ ,(\"( , ( # % $ \" )( % ; ( $ (\"( ,( F ) ,# ( # (( % , F $ ( # $ # % % , ( + $ \" $ ## ) + $ \" , \"C , ,%, - ,' ,( , 3 + * %9 , \" \" ( % $$ ((\"( ( \"$ $ \" =% 7)?>) 5.5 The urban/rural divide $ \" % 8 # ( ( % ( ( $ ( ( \"( % % ,( ( (, \", # \" $ $ , )( 118