The objective of this study was to examine the way Sub Saharan African Academicsrnmake use of the Internet as a means of solving professional problems, to identify thernproblems they encounter, and to propose guidelines that may be adopted withrnmodifications where necessary to improve the use of the Internet by Academics in SubrnSaharan Africa. The term "Academics" was used to refer to the teaching staff in SubrnSaharan African universities. A questionnaire survey, supplemented by interviews, wasrnconducted. The survey covered Academics at Makerere University main campus. Effortrnwas made to browse the World Wide Web in order to identify the Sub Saharan Africanrnuniversities having Web Pages and the kind of information there is . Results indicatedrnthat most of the Academics were not using the Internet. Reasons given for not using thernInternet included: lack of awareness , lack of access and very high cost. Academicsrnusing the Internet use it mainly for research purposes and personal communication and arnbig number of these users (45 %) get 50% to 74% level of satisfaction from the servicesrnthey use. Information about research in Sub Saharan African universities, which wasrngiven first priority by respondents to the questionnaire, was found to be missing on allrnthe Sub Saharan African university Web Pages that were browsed. The findings of thisrnstudy called for the need to co-ordinate Internet services in Sub Saharan Africanrnuniversities , infrastructure development, creation of awareness, encouraging use amongrnfemale Academics and Professors, user training, repatriation of useful information,rnreduction in the cost of Internet services to the Academics and involving Academics inrncontent generation for the World Wide Web.