TheInternet in Botswana is used by approximately 87.2% of the population, as of 2023.^[1][2] There has been a massive increase ininternet users since 2013 when only 30% of the population ofBotswana was found to use the internet.^[3][4] This is notably higher than the percentage of internet users inAfrica as a whole, which is around 43%.^[5] For reference, in 2023, the global statistic for internet users is 66%.

• Internet top-level domain:.bw^[7]
• Internet users:
  • 323,368 users, 15% of the population (2013).^[8]
  • 241,272 users, 148th in the world; 11.5% of the population, 166th in the world (2012);^[9][10]
  • 120,000 users, 154th in the world (2009);^[7]
  •   80,000 users (2007).

• Internet broadband:
  • 16,407 fixed broadband subscriptions, 134th in the world; 0.8% of the population, 143rd in the world;^[9][13]
  • 348,124 wireless broadband subscriptions, 102nd in the world; 16.6% of the population, 76th in the world.^[14]
  • The average internet subscription costs $60.72, 108th in the world.^{[citation needed]}
• Internet hosts:
  • 1,806 hosts (2012);^[7]
  • 6,374 hosts (2008).
• Internet IPv4 addresses: 100,096 addresses allocated, less than 0.05% of the world total, 47.7 addresses per 1000 people (2012).^[15][16]
• Internet Service Providers:^{[needs update]}
  • 53 ISPs (2020);^[17]
  • 11 ISPs (2001);
  •   2 ISPs (1999).

Botswana Telecom rolled outADSL in early 2006. Current residential ADSL offerings include speeds from 512 kbit/s to 4096 kbit/s with prices from 292 to 863 BWP (~32 to ~97 US$).^[18]

ADSL has been introduced in the following areas:Gaborone, Tlokweng, Mogoditshane, Molepolole, Phakalane, Francistown, Lobatse, Palapye, Maun, Kasane, Selibe-Phikwe, Letlhakane, Jwaneng, and Orapa.^[19]

There are no known government restrictions on access to the Internet or credible reports that the government monitorse-mail or Internetchat rooms.The constitution and law provide forfreedom of speech andpress and the government generally respects these rights. The constitution and law prohibit arbitrary interference with privacy, family, home, correspondence, or browsing pornographic websites, and the government generally respects these prohibitions in practice.^[20]

• Botswana
• Botswana Internet Exchange
• Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority
• Media of Botswana
• Telecommunications in Botswana

•  This article incorporatespublic domain material fromThe World Factbook (2025 ed.).CIA. 2014. (Archived 2014 edition.)

• Botswana Communications Regulatory AuthorityArchived 2014-01-10 at theWayback Machine (BOCRA).
• "Botswana", Africa south of the Sahara: Selected Internet resources, Stanford University Libraries.
• "Computer and Internet Use Among Families: A Case of Botswana"Archived 2013-05-25 at theWayback Machine, Rama Srivastava andIshaan Srivastava,BVICAM’S International Journal of Information Technology (New Delhi, 2008).

• Internet in Botswana

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