An analysis of Social Media use in The SADC region - 2014 - 2020 Social media disparity or divide 233 Figure 25: Internet divide Source: world Bank 234 Income, age, location and gender are some of the key factors influencing social media access and internet access in the SADC region. Upper income, Youth (15-24 years) and 233 As used here, the term “divide” refers to the gap between individuals, households, businesses and geographic areas at different socio-economic levels with regard both to their opportunities to access information and communication technologies (ICTs) and to their use of the Internet for a wide variety of activities. 234 https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/wdr2016 48 https://zimbabwe.misa.org