Tech Space Trends in Africa:
  • General Trends
    • Popular Programming, Scripting & Markup Languages
    • Popular Databases
    • Popular WebFrames
    • Popular Operating Systems
  • User Demographics
    • Age Group Trends per Year
    • Gender Groups Trends Per Year
    • Twitter
    • Facebook
    • Google+
    • LinkedIn
    • Pinterest
  • Source Code

Javascript was the popular programming language in Africa for period of 10 years with a cumulative 8181 users , it was followed by HTML & CSS with 6978 and 6952 respectively, SQL with 6555, Java with 5101 and finally Python closes the top tier with 4291

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The top 5 databases used were MySQL with a cumulative 6428 users , followed by SQLite with 3264 users, PostgreSQL with 2827, MangoDB 2669 and finally Microsoft SQL Server closed out with 2236 users.

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jQuery was the most commonly used web framework in Africa continent with cumulative 2431 users, closely followed by Angular with 2248 users , React.js with 2222, Express and Django closing out the top tier with 1556 and 1504 respectively.

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Windows Operating System was used by more than half of the cumulative number of participants in the 10 year period accounting to 52.12% . The other popular operating systems were Linux and MacOS with 21.65% and 13.68% respectively.

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The largest proportion of individuals in the technology industry were between the ages of 24 and 34, followed by those aged 18 to 24 and those aged 34 to 44

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Both genders (Males and Females) exhibited an upward trend in technology use on the continent, with Males dominating the sector

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