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: TG
Policy Maker: Ministère des Postes et de l'Economie numérique
Spectrum Regulator: Autorité de Réglementation des secteurs de postes et de télécommunications (ART&P)
ISO 3166: SH-TA
Policy Maker: Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)
Spectrum Regulator: Office of Communications - Ofcom
ISO 3166: UG
Policy Maker: Ministry of ICT and National Guidance
Spectrum Regulator: Uganda Communications Commission (UCC)
ISO 3166: ZM
Policy Maker: Ministry of Transport and Communications
Spectrum Regulator: Zambia Information & Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA)
ISO 3166: ZW
Policy Maker: Ministry of Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services
Spectrum Regulator: Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ)
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