Uganda and Kenya lead the way in networking for business

According to Business Daily survey, Kenya and Uganda are two of the biggest users of social networking users in Africa. After the anticipated undersea cables are activated, businesses all across African expect a internet and technology revolution to occur. Finally, Africa will be connected to the rest of the world. Once the revolution takes place, Africa's rulers predict that the prices of internet services will drop dramatically as the competition for access will rise, according to the Telecoms Trends in Africa 2010 report, released on Wednesday by World Wide Worx and Database 360. The survey regarding Kenya and Uganda was conducted among 1,100 businesses that are small, medium and large across 20 African countries. The conclusion of the survey indicates that most of the African countries currently rely on slow or expensive forms of internet connections. Soon, the switch to broadband will be made. "Our interviewers encountered tremendous enthusiasm for the internet in all countries we surveyed,” says Louise Robinson, managing director of Database 360. “There is little doubt that, in this new connectivity era, the very nature of most businesses is changing.” World Wide Worx, South Africa’s leading independent technology research organisation, operates a call centre in Cape Town. By: Ivana Miljic