---
"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://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/laura-silver/"
  -
    "name": "Courtney Johnson"
    "job_title": "Former Research Associate"
    "link": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/courtney-johnson/"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/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