Ghana is making impressive strides in internet connectivity. In January 2021, Ghana’s internet penetration rate reached 50% with cumulated mobile connections of 41,690 000 from four telecom companies for an estimated population of 31,400,000 people.
While the country is inching up to the global average of 62% penetration rate, issues of creeping intolerance of critical publications on the internet; activities of cybercriminals and other deviants to exploit internet users; inequality of access to the internet between urban and rural segments of the population; and digital gender gap are some of the barriers hampering many Ghanaians from fully benefiting from the opportunities the internet offers.
For more details and additional information about the internet freedom environment in Ghana in the year under review (2021), click here.
