5 URBAN–RURAL DIVIDE The urban–rural gap is of 85 percent is even bigger than the gender gap (see Figure 8). With rural inhabitants being mostly subsistence farmers, the urban–rural divide in Mozambique is significant and this is reflected in the access to infrastructures The majority of rural households (66%) reported not having access to electricity, while only 32 percent of urban households reported the same. The After Access Survey shows that very few households in rural areas have access to telecommunication services. Despite the rural strategy of Movitel, the penetration of ICT services and devices remains very low nationally, and there exists a significant location gap in the access of telecommunications in Mozambique. 95 85% 84% Population percentage 77% 71 69% 61 54% 53 50% 48 35% 40 41 36 33 24 20 17 16 5 0 South Africa Nigeria 24 22 Ghana Urban Kenya Rural Tanzania 5 Rwanda 4 Mozambique Gap Figure 8: Location disparity in the use of the Internet in South Africa and other African countries Source: RIA After Access survey data, 2017 Urban–rural divide 7