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  • South Africa - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses
    South Africans accessing more satellite internet solutionsSouth Africa’s telecom sector boasts one of the most advanced infrastructures on the continent. There has been considerable investment from Telkom, Liquid Intelligence Technologies, Broadband InfraCo, and municipal providers as well as from the mobile network operators MTN and Vodacom, all aimed at improving network capabilities.
     
  • Africa - Fixed Broadband Market - Statistics and Analyses
    More African countries aiming to develop ICT hubsCountries across the African region continue to develop telecoms infrastructure, both on a national and international level.For many years, the region was deeply compromised by the legacy of underinvestment and neglect from governments and sector regulators alike.
     
  • Djibouti - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses
    Djibouti government confirms plan to privatise the telecom sectorTo date, Djibouti remains one of the last bastions where the national telco has a monopoly on all telecom services, including fixed lines, mobile, internet, and broadband.
     
  • Liberia - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses
    Liberia rebrands national telco to coincide with GSM service launchLiberia has a telecom market which is mainly based on mobile networks. That this should be so is largely due to the protracted civil war which destroyed much of the fixed-line infrastructure.
     
  • Eswatini (Swaziland) - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses
    Government of Eswatini introduces a National Cybersecurity StrategyEswatini (or eSwatini) was one of the last countries in the world to open up its telecom market to competition. Until 2011 the state-owned Eswatini Posts and Telecommunications also acted as the industry regulator and had a stake in the country’s sole mobile network, in an uneasy partnership with MTN Eswatini.
     
  • Niger - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses
    Niger slowly expands connectivity to unserved areasNiger is one of the largest countries in West Africa but also one of the poorest in the world. As with many African markets, a lack of fixed telecoms infrastructure has led to growth in mobile services.
     
  • Somalia - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses
    Somalia’s regulator consults on national 5G strategySomalia’s economic difficulties in recent years have made it difficult for telcos and the government to sustain investment in infrastructure. The government has also had to contend with militant groups which continue on occasion to force the closure of internet services in many areas of the country.
     
  • Burundi - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses
    Burundi gains greater internet connectivity to neighbouring countriesAmong African countries, Burundi provides an attractive telecom market given its high population density and existing low penetration rates for all services.
     
  • Sierra Leone - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses
    Sierra Leone completes second phase of its national fibre networkSierra Leone’s telecom sector is gradually emerging from a long period of war and political chaos. Whereas international lenders a decade ago baulked at providing funds for national projects, on the assumption that monies would be embezzled, the World Bank recently approved a $50 million grant to extend fibre infrastructure.
     
  • Lesotho - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses
    Telecom regulator launches SIM registration driveUntil late 2020, Lesotho’s telecom regulator maintained a market duopoly between the privatised national operator, Econet Telecom Lesotho (ETL), which is focussed on fixed-line services, and Vodacom Lesotho, which dominates the mobile sector.
     
  • Rwanda - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses
    Rwanda’s regulator frees up LTE and 5G for MNOs’ own networksRwanda was slow to liberalise the mobile sector, allowing MTN Rwanda to hold a monopoly until 2006 when the fixed-line incumbent, Rwandatel (since acquired by Liquid Intelligence Technologies) became the second mobile operator.
     
  • Mauritania - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses
    Mauritania completes national broadband backbone networkMauritania’s small population and low economic output has limited the country’s ability to develop sustained growth in the telecom sector. Relatively low disposable income has restricted growth in the use of services, and thus of revenue which telcos can hope to gain from subscribers.
     
  • Gambia - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses
    Gambia’s regulator calls for backup connectivity on submarine cablesGambia’s telecom market is dominated by the incumbent telco Gamtel, which retains a monopoly on fixed-line telephony services. There are five mobile network operators providing effective competition, though Giraffe Telecom was only licensed in January 2022 and is yet to be assigned spectrum.
     
  • Libya - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses
    Libyan government again promotes telecom sector competitionDuring the last few years Libya has struggled to rebuild its economy and infrastructure following disruption caused by the civil war and the subsequent political unrest.
     
  • Ghana - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses
    Ghana chooses a neutral shared mobile network for 5G services over a spectrum auctionGhana’s telecom market has undergone several changes in recent years, following the privatisation of the incumbent telco Ghana Telecom and its rebranding as Vodafone Ghana.
     
  • Botswana - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses
    Botswana’s national network continues to increase in scaleEffective regulatory reform has made Botswana’s telecom market one of the most liberalised in the region. There is a service-neutral licensing regime adapted to the convergence of technologies and services, and several operators now compete in all telecom sectors.
     
  • Ethiopia - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses
    Ethiopia Telecom extends 5G to six citiesThe slow process to open up Ethiopia’s telecom market was partly achieved with the licensing of the Safaricom-led Global Partnership for Ethiopia consortium. The country had been one of the last in Africa to allow its national telco a monopoly on all telecom services including fixed, mobile, internet and data communications.
     
  • Gabon - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses
    Gabon’s government readies to sell a stake in the incumbent telcoGabon remains one of the wealthiest nations in Africa in terms of GDP per capita, with the economy largely buttressed by oil revenue.The telecom market was liberalised in 1999 when the government awarded three mobile telephony licences and two ISP licences and established an independent regulatory authority.
     
  • Senegal - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses
    Free Senegal joins Sonatel in acquiring 5G spectrumSenegal’s telecom market continues to show steady growth in all sectors. This has been supported by the government’s ambitions to develop a digital transformation of the economy using ICTs and wider access to internet connectivity.
     
  • Sudan - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses
    WE-Africa-NA terrestrial fibre cable set to improve internet connectivitySudan emerged as a poorer country when South Sudan separated from it in 2011. Although Sudan has about four times the population of South Sudan, the latter benefits from its control of the majority of known oil reserves.
     

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