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MOBILE PHONES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA.

Sub-Saharan Africa remains the most dynamic region in the world in terms of growth and impact of mobile telephony underlines, a report published by the association of mobile operators (GSMA).


Between 2007 and 2012 the number of subscribers to mobile phone services south of the Sahara increased 18% on average each year.Whether, the best performance in the world according to the report entitled "Mobile Economy Saharan Africa in 2013".


In June 2013, the region had 253 million unique subscribers to telephone services mobile.Whether, a penetration rate of 31% and 502 million subscription (single SIM cards). Against, 105.2 million and 165.6 million respectively in 2007.


In 2015, 138 million mobile users in Africa do not have access to a public grid!


In 2017, SSA should have 346 million subscriber unique.Whether, a penetration rate of 37.6%.



  • Economic impact



According to GSMA, which includes 800 mobile operators around the world, the mobile industry accounts for 3.3 million jobs in the region and 6.3% of the GDP in sub-Saharan Africa 2012.Against, 4% in Latin America and just 1.4% in the Asia Pacific region.


According to forecasts of GSMA, the mobile industry is expected to account for 8.2% of sub-Saharan Africa's GDP in 2020.


In 2012, mobile telephone operators active in SSA have brought $ 21 billion to the coffers of the states of the sector's contribution region.The expected to double by 2020 to represent 6.6 million employees and $ 42 billion public recipe.



  • The consumer smartphones



The penetration of smartphones will increase exponentially over the next five years.Today the equipment rate is already 13% .This market is boosted of course, by the arrival of low-cost smartphones (from China ) and massive investments in telecom networks.

With a lack of infrastructure, the vast majority of Africans do not have access to électricity.Consequence: more people have mobile phones than have access to electricity.



  • The mobile banking


In this region that registers the lowest rate of banking globally, 12% of adults have a bank account by telephone mobile.Whether, only 2% globally according to the report "Global Findex 2014".Thanks to this strong breakthrough of mobile banking overall rate of banking in Africa rose from 24% in 2011 to 34% in 2014. The Kenya leads with 58% of account holding rate telephone against, of rates approximately 35% for Tanzania and Uganda.


Thirteen countries in the region show a penetration rate of bank accounts by phone 10% or more.


In Côte d'Ivoire, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe, There are now adult advantage of using a bank account by telephone that an account with a financial institution.

In Kenya, more than half of adult pay their utility bills by phone portable.In Tanzania, nearly a quarter of those receiving payments from the sale of agricultural products receive the funds on account by phone.


Sub-Saharan Africa 48% of adults issuers and beneficiaries of sending domestic funds.If payments related to domestic remittances were made to bank accounts rather than counters of money transfer agents, on behalf of detention rate could double in Senegal, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic Congo.


The report "Global Findex 2014" is also highlighted that the percentage of adults with bank accounts increased from 51% to 62% globally between 2011 and 2014.This trend is explained by the increase 13 percentage points of the bank account holding rate in developing countries and the role of technology.


The report indicates, however there is still work to do to expand financial inclusion for women and the poorest.More than half of adults from 40% of the poorest households in developing countries still had no bank account in 2014.We also notes that the gap between men and women in terms of custody account Bank has not really narrowed .In 2011, 47% of women and 54% of men had an account against 58% and 65% respectively in 2014.



  • The challenges of the transition to LTE/4G





The world map of the penetration of 4G / LTE in the world (above) shows that this new generation network is starting up in Africa with about 0.05% of connections.The potential is enormous on the continent where the fixed internet access network is one of the lowest in the world.But for successful changeover to the mobile Internet, African countries must build high-performance speed infrastructures and shared between different mobile service operators (national and regional infra backbone fiber optic high points of networks and infrastructures ... ).


These weaknesses are, however, major assets for a strong growth of the sector in the years to venir.GSMA notes, indeed, that the adoption of mobile broadband could increase GDP in the region of 197 billion additional dollars between 2015 2020.And help create employment almost 16 million.


"The mobile industry has already transformed societies and sub-Saharan African economy, but there's still room for the benefit of growth and innovation if the right conditions," summarizes Tom Philips , head of regulatory affairs within GSMA.Adding: "in addressing key regulatory concerns, policymakers in the region have a major opportunity to unlock the potential of a dynamic Africa and interconnected."


-Frédéric Betta-Akwa

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