Internet-based companies currently represent a single digit percentage of the economy of most African countries. The Internet Society believes efforts should be made to bring the benefits of the Internet to the rest of the economy. A virtuous circle exists — greater demand for Internet-enabled content, applications, and services leads to greater demand from users for Internet access services, which leads to greater taxation generation, greater revenues for telecom operators, greater interest from investors in Africa, and, of course, greater usage of Internet applications and services.
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