As of 2021, nearly ** percent of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa was reached by fiber networks. In absolute numbers, *** million people lived within a range of ** kilometers from an operational fiber optic network node. Network expansion has been progressively growing in Africa, increasing internet access in the continent.
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Hamilton Research. (November 8, 2022). Share of the population living within a 25 kilometers range of an operational fiber optic network node in Sub-Saharan Africa from 2015 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 12, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1202917/fiber-networks-reach-in-sub-saharan-africa/
Hamilton Research. "Share of the population living within a 25 kilometers range of an operational fiber optic network node in Sub-Saharan Africa from 2015 to 2021." Chart. November 8, 2022. Statista. Accessed July 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1202917/fiber-networks-reach-in-sub-saharan-africa/
Hamilton Research. (2022). Share of the population living within a 25 kilometers range of an operational fiber optic network node in Sub-Saharan Africa from 2015 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1202917/fiber-networks-reach-in-sub-saharan-africa/
Hamilton Research. "Share of The Population Living within a 25 Kilometers Range of An Operational Fiber Optic Network Node in Sub-saharan Africa from 2015 to 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Nov 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1202917/fiber-networks-reach-in-sub-saharan-africa/
Hamilton Research, Share of the population living within a 25 kilometers range of an operational fiber optic network node in Sub-Saharan Africa from 2015 to 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1202917/fiber-networks-reach-in-sub-saharan-africa/ (last visited July 12, 2025)
Share of the population living within a 25 kilometers range of an operational fiber optic network node in Sub-Saharan Africa from 2015 to 2021 [Graph], Hamilton Research, November 8, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1202917/fiber-networks-reach-in-sub-saharan-africa/
