For internet users in sub-Saharan Africa, staying activity in touch with family and friends is most common activity Adult internet users who used the internet to in the past 12 months Stay in touch with Social and family and friends Get news and
While less common than keeping in touch with the people in their lives, around half of online sub-Saharan Africans use the internet to get news and information about politics (median of 53% of internet users) or public or government services (51%). Another four-in-ten use it to access information about health and medicine (41%).
For internet users in sub-Saharan Africa, staying activity in  | touch with family and friends is most common activity  | Adult internet users who used the internet to in the past 12 months  | Stay in touch with  | Social and  | 85%  | entertainment  | family and friends  | Get news and  | Information  | 53  | information about politics  | Get informa tion about public  | 51  | or government services public  | Get information about health  | 41  | and medicine  | Career and  | Make or receive  | 46  | payments  | commerce  | Look for or apply for a job  | 26  | Buy a product online  | 17  | Take an online class or take an online  | 14  | course that leads to a certificate  | Note: Percentages are six-country medians based on intemet users in Ghana, Kenya,  | Nigeria, Percentages Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania Intemet users include people who Kenya, puse the  | intemet at least occasionally or who own sma rtphones.  | Source: Spring 2017 Global Attitudes Survey. Q70a-h.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 