Lisikhathi asichitha ku-YouTube ngabantu base-Afrika sikhula ngezinga elikhulu, ngesilinganiso esingu-70% ngonyaka. Nokho, ulwazi lomsebenzisi luhlala lubuthakathaka endawenikazi, ngenxa yekhwalithi embi ye-inthanethi. Abantu basebenzisa uxhumano lwe-2G kanye nesivinini sokulanda esimaphakathi esingu-50kb/sesekhondi. Lokhu kuxilongwa kwenziwa ngu-Heather Thompson Rivera, Inhloko Yobambiswano kwa-YouTube.
Ukhulume ngesikhathi seseshini ethi “Digital Entertainment Africa” e-AfricaCom 2015, umcimbi omkhulu wedijithali.
U-Heather Thompson Rivera ukholelwa ukuthi iseyinde indlela okufanele yenziwe ezwenikazi ukuze unike amandla ukufinyelela okungcono nokusebenzisa i-YouTube kangcono. Umsebenzi ongaxhunyiwe ku-inthanethi ube usuvezwa njengesixazululo esiguqulelwe ezwenikazi, ikakhulukazi eningizimu yeSahara lapho, naphezu kokuqhuma kwama-smartphones, inkinga ihlala iwukungafinyeleleki kwedatha ethengekayo ngesivinini esikhulu.