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What will be the share of people using the internet in Africa in 2025?

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Community Prediction44.8 (41.6 - 48.6)

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	<35	lower 25%	median	upper 75%	>75
community	2.4%	41.64	44.8	48.57	0.3%
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Lower bound	community	My Prediction
<35	2.4%	—
Quartiles
lower 25%	41.64	—
median	44.8	—
upper 75%	48.57	—
Upper bound
>75	0.3%	—

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exoplanet_emma

Opened:

Oct 10, 2023

Closes:

Jul 1, 2025

Scheduled resolution:

Dec 15, 2025

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