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Sub-Saharan Africa will remain the fastest growing region, with a CAGR of 4.6% and an additional 167 million subscribers over the period to 2025. This will take the total subscriber base to just over 600 million, representing around half the population.<\/p>\n

During 2019, 3G will overtake 2G to become the leading mobile technology in the region, with just over 45% of total connections by the end of the year. 3G adoption has doubled over the last two years as a result of network coverage expansion and cheaper devices.<\/p>\n

We also see mobile-enabled platforms increasingly disrupting traditional value chains in different verticals across the region. These platforms \u2013 mostly developed by a rapidly expanding local tech start-up ecosystem \u2013 aim to eliminate inefficiencies in conventional business models, as well as extend the reach of services and provide greater choice to customers.<\/p>\n

Access the report in French and English.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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