Guinea-Bissau’s Internet Revolution? Inside the 2025 Connectivity Boom and Bust
Internet use rose from 2.9% in 2012 to about 32% by January 2024, with 686,200 users then and an estimated 723,000 by January 2025. Guinea-Bissau connected to the ACE submarine cable in November 2022 and established its first Internet Exchange Point in Bissau. 4G coverage reached about 68% of the population in 2023. There was no 5G in Guinea-Bissau as of 2025, with no licenses or pilots announced. Mobile subscriptions totaled 2.25 million in early 2024, rising to 2.62 million in 2025 (roughly 120% of the population). By 2025, over 1,000 villages that previously had no signal now have at