Africa, market round-up

In the opening quarter of 2008, cellular connections in Africa passed 280 million, adding 70 million connections compared to the previous year. In 2007, growth of 38% made it the fastest growing region in the World, ahead of the Middle East (33%) and Asia-Pacific (29%). In early 2008, Africa is set to overtake North America in terms of the number of cellular connections.

The majority of the fastest growing markets are located in Northern and Western Africa which represent altogether 63% of the total connections in the region. Most of the highly competitive markets though include Nigeria, Zambia, Tanzania, Congo (Kinshasa), Kenya, Algeria, Tunisia, Ghana and South Africa.