At the end of 2015, 46 percent of the population in Africa subscribed to mobile services, representing 557 million people and 965 million connections, making Africa the second largest region behind Asia Pacific in terms of unique subscribers (12 percent of the global subscriber base).
The region’s three dominant markets--Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa--together accounted for around a third of the region’s total subscriber base, according to the GSMA.
Still, Afica mobile adoption trails the global average of 63 percent, the Middle East (58 percent), Asia Pacific (62 percent) and Latin America (65 percent).
Over the next five years, an additional 168 million people will be connected by mobile services across Africa, reaching 725 million unique subscribers by 2020, according to the GSMA. Eight markets will account for the majority of this growth, most notably Nigeria, Ethiopia and Tanzania, which will together contribute more than a third of new subscribers.
Mobile broadband connections accounted for a quarter of total connections at the end of 2015, but will rise to almost two-thirds by 2020.
Mobile revenues grew by 3.8 percent year-on-year in 2015 to reach $53.5 billion, mainly driven by data revenues, which now account for a fifth or more of total revenues for many operators.
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