Voice telecom and internet penetration in Tanzania 2013-2021

The Internet penetration rate in Tanzania more than doubled between 2013 and 2020, reaching 49 percent in 2020. That same year, 89 percent of the population were using a voice telecom service. Mobile phone usage in Tanzania Tanzania’s mobile industry has been growing since the early 2000s. Out of the 42 million mobile voice subscriptions registered in 2018, roughly half the devices were used to access the internet, indicating the comparatively high number of basic cellphones throughout the country. Apart from voice calls, mobile phones in Tanzania are primarily used for SMS and mobile money services, provided by telecom operators like Vodacom, Tigo and Airtel. Distribution of web traffic In 2018, over 95 percent of Tanzania’s 23 million internet users accessed the internet via mobile phone. A similar distribution of web traffic can be seen in other leading African digital markets like Kenya and Nigeria, where mobile phones generated significantly more traffic than PCs. With its 49 percent internet penetration rate, Tanzania was well above the estimated African average penetration rate of 28.6 percent in 2019.

坦桑尼亚的互联网普及率在2013年至2020年间增长了超过一倍，至2020年达到49%。同年，89%的国民正在使用语音电信服务。自21世纪初以来，坦桑尼亚的移动通信产业一直处于增长态势。截至2018年，登记的4200万移动语音订阅用户中，约有一半的设备用于互联网接入，这表明全国范围内基本手机的数量相对较多。在语音通话之外，坦桑尼亚的移动电话主要用于短信和移动货币服务，这些服务由沃达丰、Tigo和Airtel等电信运营商提供。在2018年，坦桑尼亚的2300万互联网用户中有超过95%通过移动电话接入互联网。在肯尼亚和尼日利亚等其他领先的非洲数字市场中，也可见到类似的网络流量分布，在这些市场中，移动电话产生的流量远超过个人电脑。以49%的互联网普及率计，坦桑尼亚在2019年远高于非洲平均的28.6%的估计普及率。