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title: "Internet Connectivity Seen as Having Positive Impact on Life in Sub-Saharan Africa"
description: "Most in the region feel positively about the role the internet plays in their countries, but long-standing digital divides between internet haves and have-nots persist."
date: "2018-10-09"
authors:
  - name: "Laura Silver"
    job_title: "Associate Director, Global Attitudes Research"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/laura-silver/"
  - name: "Courtney Johnson"
    job_title: "Former Research Associate"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/courtney-johnson/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/2018/10/09/internet-connectivity-seen-as-having-positive-impact-on-life-in-sub-saharan-africa/"
---

# Internet Connectivity Seen as Having Positive Impact on Life in Sub-Saharan Africa