Stunning South Africa – view from my room!
I’ve just got back from an amazing telecoms conference in SA. Africa Com was a vibrant and positive meeting of global companies, and PMB was thrilled to be there. We went away with loads of enquiries, and orders in the ether.
The Xumii social networking was enthusiastically received and we presented on a loop to very keen potential clients. We also had a lot of interest shown in our new android handsets.
According to the CIA World Factbook, the number of internet users in South Africa is just over 4 million, which puts it at number 49 in the World League Table. Incidentally the CIA World Factbook website is definitely worth a visit - https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook
In case you’re interested, this is the top 10 according to the CIA. No surprise to see China with nearly 300 million users! I included Indonesia as number 11 in the Table with an incredible 30 million users. And a mention must go to the Christmas Islands at number 216 on the list, with 464 users. Not sure how much networking would be needed there!
| 1 | China |
298,000,000
|
2008
|
| 2 | United States |
231,000,000
|
2008
|
| 3 | Japan |
90,910,000
|
2008
|
| 4 | India |
81,000,000
|
2008
|
| 5 | Brazil |
64,948,000
|
2008
|
| 6 | Germany |
61,973,000
|
2008
|
| 7 | United Kingdom |
48,755,000
|
2008
|
| 8 | Russia |
45,250,000
|
2008
|
| 9 | France |
42,912,000
|
2008
|
| 10 | Korea, South |
37,476,000
|
2008
|
| 11 | Indonesia |
30,000,000
|
2008
|
I changed my plans to dash back from SA to watch my son play in the rugby county trials. Only to discover on reaching the Airport, that he had broken his elbow! MUPPET.
And from Muppet to Booby, this Abbotts Booby nests solely on Christmas Island and is an endangered species.
Mmmm, endangered boobies.
