Africa

ITU Africa region

Africa is currently experiencing a mobile revolution. Mobile phone subscriptions quintupled from 90 million in 2007 to 475 million in 2013, and is forecast to rise further to 930 million by 2019. Chinese telecommunication companies, specifically Huawei and ZTE, play a significant role in this due to their rapid expansion in the continent.

With billions of dollars of international investment flowing in, and subscriber numbers rising across the continent, Africa’s communications marketplace has now passed the tipping point from high potential to high growth. Unburdened by a legacy of installed telecom infrastructure, Africa has leapfrogged the fixed-line phase of development to go straight to mass-market mobile networks and services.

Deployed LTE Networks

The following chart shows the number of active 4G LTE networks, distributed by LTE frequency band. These data are rendered live and may update unexpectedly.

Deployed IoT Networks

The following chart shows the distribution of active Internet of Things networks by wireless network technology. Our database is a work in progress, data may be incomplete.

Countries in this Geographical Region

There are 50 unique countries, territories, and/or sovereign states in this geographic region.

ISO 3166: SZ
Policy Maker: Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology
Spectrum Regulator: Swaziland Communications Commission
ISO 3166: ET
Policy Maker: Ministry of Communication and Information Technology
Spectrum Regulator: Standard and Regulatory Directorate
ISO 3166: GA
Policy Maker: Autorité de Régulation des Communications électroniques et des Postes (ARCEP)
Spectrum Regulator: Agence Nationale des Infrastructures numériques et des Fréquences (ANINF)
ISO 3166: GM
Policy Maker: Ministry of Information and Communication Infrastructure
Spectrum Regulator: Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA)
ISO 3166: GH
Policy Maker: Ministry of Communications
Spectrum Regulator: National Communications Authority (NCA)
ISO 3166: GN
Policy Maker: Ministère des Postes, des Télécommunications et de l’Economie Numérique
Spectrum Regulator: Autorité de Régulation des Postes et Télécommunications (ARPT)
ISO 3166: GW
Policy Maker: Ministério dos Transportes e Comunicações
Spectrum Regulator: Autoridade Reguladora Nacional das Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação (ARN)
ISO 3166: KE
Policy Maker: Ministry of Information, Communications and Technology
Spectrum Regulator: Communications Authority of Kenya (CA)
ISO 3166: LS
Policy Maker: Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology
Spectrum Regulator: Lesotho Communications Authority (LCA)
ISO 3166: LR
Policy Maker: Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications
Spectrum Regulator: Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA)
ISO 3166: MG
Policy Maker: Ministère des Postes, des Télécommunications et du Développement Numérique
Spectrum Regulator: Autorité de Régulation des Technologies de Communication (ARTEC)
ISO 3166: MW
Policy Maker: Ministry of Information and Communications Technology
Spectrum Regulator: Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA)
ISO 3166: ML
Policy Maker: Ministère de l'Economie numérique et de la Communication
Spectrum Regulator: Autorité Malienne de Régulation des Télécommunications/TIC et des Postes (AMRTP)
ISO 3166: MU
Policy Maker: Ministry of Technology, Communication and Innovation
Spectrum Regulator: Information and Communication Technologies Authority (ICTA)
ISO 3166: YT
Policy Maker: Autorité de Régulation des Communications électroniques et des Postes (ARCEP)
Spectrum Regulator: Agence Nationale des Fréquences (ANFR)
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