THE MOST SEARCHED WORD ON THE INTERNET

Nigerians are one of the most sex searching West Africans on the internet. “Sex” . YES, Sex is the most searched word on the internet. From West Africa, to Latin America, from North Africa to North America. From the cyber cafes of Asia to the family computers in South Africa, the Bahamas, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and almost everywhere, people want to know about sex. The search also revealed that the greatest hits for Sex word search came from Muslim countries particularly North Africans. But also in sub-Saharan Africa, “sex” is among the most popular searches.. According to AFROL News, “when it comes to using the Internet to look for sex, North Africans in particular seem to have found a new outlet for societal taboos. The sex search on Google is topped by Pakistan, but closely followed by Egypt. Moroccans even reach the top-ten list both in English (6th on “sex”) and in French (2nd on “sex”). Algerians top the search for “sexe”, showing twice as much interest as the French and Tunisians. A quick look inside the booming cybercafés in North Africa confirms this obsession”. AFROL NEWS in its analysis posted on the net, provided a regional outlook. “ On a regional outlook, Mauritanians, Malians and Nigerians are the most sex-searching West Africans, followed by the Senegalese, while Ivorians and Gabonese already have found other uses for the Internet. In Southern Africa, Zambians and Malawians are searching twice as much for sex as Angolans and Mozambicans. Tanzanians however are even more interested in finding sex on the Internet, while Ethiopians and Somalis demonstrate a true obsession. The search for the word Condom is also on the rise on the internet. In South Africa the search is high for this AIDS preventing object. However, its in India that the stage is greatest. According to AFROL NEWS, South African however top the world’s search list of anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs). The lack of other African countries on the ARV top-ten search list again indicates that the public awareness of these drugs is as low as their availability in other African states