A Facebook user gets updates on his mobile phone during the mock 'swearing-in' of Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga as the ‘people’s president’ at Uhuru Park in Nairobi on January 30, 2018. PHOTO | JARED NYATAYA | NMG
Sub-Saharan Africa is among places where governments are increasingly becoming intolerant and resorting to internet shutdowns, costing economies significantly.
The Global Cost of Internet Shutdowns in 2019 report by Top10VPN.com, the world’s largest VPN (Virtual Private Network) review site shows that in 2019, the global economy lost a staggering $8 billion due to internet shutdowns in desperate efforts by governments to curtail citizens’ freedom of expression and the right to information.
