African mobile: regional overview

African mobile: regional overview

The African mobile market is generating increasing interest from players across the globe seeking to benefit from the region’s growth opportunities. This report assesses Africa’s mobile market potential and investigates the drivers and barriers for investment.

Table of contents

Key messages

Pitfalls and potential

Ovum view

The scramble for Africa

Regional overview

Africa: macroeconomic conditions
Mobile penetration and subscriber growth in Africa
African regulatory environment
African mobile market: drivers and barriers

Table of figures

Figure 1 Mobile penetration in Middle East & Africa region 2007–2012
Figure 2 Proportion of mobile operators by size (end of 2007)
Table 1 Examples of transactions in Africa (not exhaustive)
Figure 3 Gini index of economic distribution
Figure 4 Fastest-growing African countries (growth of mobile subscribers 2007-2008E)
Figure 5 Africa & Middle East connections forecast 2007–2012
Figure 6 African countries by number of mobile operators
Figure 6 Mobile base-station power generator usage cost