Eritrea was one of the last nations in Africa to introduce the Internet, but its people might be one of the most frequent Internet user group compared to the relative size of Eritreans living around the world.

Especially, for Eritreans living outside their country it has become a second home serving as an information source about Eritrea and Eritreans. Nevertheless, in recent years the Internet has also made progress back home in Eritrea according to the latest data for the first quarter 2009.

The data shows that today Eritrea is accountable for 2% of the total African Internet user market. The development can be seen on three phases, starting with the year 2000 Eritrea had 5000 Internet users in 2006 this number increased to 50000 and the latest data shows 120000 Internet users in Eritrea. Read the full story