Opera Mini Connects Africa

July 30, 2012 · by Anna Rohleder

The countries of Africa are the world's mobile-browsing champions - and we're proud to say that Opera Mini plays a major part in making that happen.

In our latest State of the Mobile Web report, we a closer look at browsing trends on mobile devices on the continent. From the top 10 websites to the most popular phones, we see what sets each country apart as well as what brings many of them together. Apart from Opera Mini, the top choices in African browsing include social networking and international news.

Following next in popularity are sport sites (especially related to football!) as well as search and online reference sites, from Wikipedia to dictionaries and thesauruses.

Are you in Africa? What is it you're looking for on the web? Tell us in the comments!

Readers' comments 11

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Clever rodgersMonday, July 30, 2012 12:44:09 PM
southern african news especially from zambia,zimbabwe,mozambique,malawi,botswana,namibia kenya and south africa
slackwrdaveMonday, July 30, 2012 8:54:12 PM
Great map! I clicked every country. Opera totally knows mobile.
walterTuesday, July 31, 2012 7:23:14 AM
sachin m. LodhiaTuesday, July 31, 2012 11:01:47 AM
well need more social network like nimbuzz full program.
JimTuesday, July 31, 2012 3:40:15 PM
One little problem.

Sudan is now two countries not one!
luckson dzingiraiWednesday, August 1, 2012 4:05:21 PM
Over 90% of Zimbabweans use Opera as default browser
Barraco Mármol JerónimoSaturday, August 4, 2012 10:55:22 PM
thats wonderful. opera mini with its turbo engine multiplies the ammount of info a person can access. information and education multiply a persons opportunities
Dzikamayi ChandoTuesday, August 7, 2012 11:22:32 AM
opera mini is somtimes problematic when uploading photos on facebook. It is very slow or completely fails.
Curtis NahTuesday, August 7, 2012 12:37:50 PM
I use Opera Mini since my first mobile phone in 2008. It is convenient for Africa because most of the countries don't have 3G. It's faster and more efficient than default browser.
Ammar ele'mam AbudreasTuesday, August 21, 2012 1:03:11 PM
i am from sudan
I think opera mini is very comfortable in reading so i use it for reading articles (news,technical...etc) but when it comes to posting and uploading or downloading contents there are better browsers
trohfredericSaturday, August 25, 2012 9:22:18 AM
cool