Based on a report from the website, Internet World Stats.com, Jamaica has seen a growth of 2,466.7% in internet users since the year 2000, which is now at 1,540,000 Jamaicans and is growing. That is a local penetration of 55% and represents a usage of 16.7% of total Caribbean internet users with the Dominican Republic being the largest user of internet in the Caribbean at 32.6%. Barbados has the highest percentage penetration at 95%, then Bermuda at 74%, Antigua at 72% and St. Lucia at 66%.
There is growth all around us, regardless of the ‘recession’ (which is a word I hardly ever use) We should take advantage of this information and recognize the possibilities in business ventures. With more locals online this offers a much wider audience for advertisers and also a brand new audience for service providers who were not previously online.
Its time for Jamaicans to leverage the benefits of the internet through business. But that’s for another post 
Oh, on another note: The world population is now at 6.77 Billion people, so we can stop saying 6.5 
Source: Internet World Stats – Usage & Population Statistics – http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats11.htm#caribbean
