<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (June 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Internet in South Africa, one of the most technologically resourced countries on the African continent, is expanding . The Internet country code top - level domain (CcLD). za is managed and regulated by the . ZA Domain Name Authority and was granted to South Africa by ICANN in 1990 . Over 60% of Internet traffic generated on the African continent originates from South Africa . As of July 2016 29,322,380 people (54.0% of the total population) were Internet users . </P> <P> The first South African IP address was granted to Rhodes University in 1988 . On 12 November 1991, the first IP connection was made between Rhodes' computing centre and the home of Randy Bush in Portland, Oregon . By November 1991, South African universities were connected through UNINET to the Internet . Commercial Internet access for businesses and private use began in June 1992 with the registration of the first . co.za subdomain . The African National Congress, launched its website, anc.org.za, in 1997, making it one of the first African political organizations to establish an Internet presence around the time that the Freedom Front Plus (Vryheidsfront Plus) registered vryheidsfront.co.za . </P> <Table> Internet users by region <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 2005 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 2016 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Africa </Td> <Td> 2% </Td> <Td> 10% </Td> <Td> 25% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Americas </Td> <Td> 36% </Td> <Td> 49% </Td> <Td> 65% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Arab States </Td> <Td> 8% </Td> <Td> 26% </Td> <Td> 42% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Asia and Pacific </Td> <Td> 9% </Td> <Td> 23% </Td> <Td> 42% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Commonwealth of Independent States </Td> <Td> 10% </Td> <Td> 34% </Td> <Td> 67% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Europe </Td> <Td> 46% </Td> <Td> 67% </Td> <Td> 79% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="4"> Estimate . Source: International Telecommunication Union . </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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