3.5 Laws Affecting Internet Use in Zimbabwe PRESENTED BY OTTO SAKI Otto Saki-A Zimbabwe- based Media Lawyer Otto is a lawyer, with a keen interest in human rights law, health, policy, telecommunications, governance, regional economic communities, civil society and supra national human rights mechanisms. Trends in Internet usage in Zimbabwe • As of 14 September 2014, POTRAZ stated that of the 6 759 032 Zimbabwean internet users, 47.5% of them are adults. • According to the ITU (2014 Report) Zimbabwe had 11 798 652 mobile phone subscribers, being 80.82 subscribers per 100 inhabitants. • Facebook is the most popular platform in Zimbabwe, the most popular Facebook accounts include: 1) Mufti Ismail Menk -1 196 000 likes 2) Strive Masiyiwa- 899 171 followers 3) Econet – 575 122 likes 4) Newsday, 469, 545 and The Herald, 153 381 (www.socialbakers.com AO statistics 18 July 2015). Twitter is also slowly gaining momentum, with some of the most popular Twitter accounts with the highest following in Zimbabwe being: 1) Mufti Ismail Menk – 575 366 followers 2) Danai Gurira - 123 233 followers 3) Bishop Tudor Bismark - 92,160 followers 4) NewsDay 91 739 followers 5) Econet with 76,363 followers (www.socialbakers.com AO statistics 18 July 2015). Trends in internet usage trends in Zimbabwe can be demonstrated in Fig 1.3 below: INTERNET GOVERNANCE MULTISTAKEHOLDER CONFERENCE REPORT 2015 023 www.misazim.com @misazimbabwe MISA Zimbabwe