Published: July 2007

Report Synopsis

The report provides a comprehensive overview of the economic, social and financial consequences of the boom in mobile phone ownership cascading across the continent.

It includes a forecast of subscriber growth for 53 countries in Africa for the five year period from 2006 to 2011, country profiles of the main 51 countries in Africa and profiles of the main and emerging Pan-African mobile providers, who are now becoming substantial global providers as a result of their position in one of the fastest growing and most dynamic regions in the world.

Key providers covered in the report include MTC (Celtel), MTN, Millicom, Atlantique Telecom, Orascom, Orange, Vodacom, Comium Mobile and Wataniya Telecom.

Key takeaways of this new report::

- Identifies new licensees and market entrants in 2007
- Forecast of privatisations that are likely to occur in 2007
- Insight into the economic benefits of mobile phone penetration in Africa
- List of barriers to mobile phone usage across the continent
- The importance of micro-finance, phone sharing and reduced handset costs
- A Score Card assessment of the most attractive country markets
- The importance of mobile money transfer services and m-banking
- Risk factors and critical success factors determining investment in African mobile
- Forecasts of subscriber numbers and penetration rates from 2006 to 2011 by country and overall

The report details the growth in mobile ownership, the challenges of growth and the criticality of a pan-African solution and development of "One Network" economies of scale. Warning that growth will only occur through regulatory support of more operator licenses, it also proposes the need for "mobile-friendly" policies. This in turn will speed the deployment of mobile services in the poorest countries who are discovering that mobile penetration can be used to jump-start wider economic growth.

In conjunction with the new Mobile Tariffs Africa Report, operators, regulators and investors can speedily grasp the growing opportunities, deployment and current pricing regime for mobile businesses in Africa.

Mobile Africa - table of contents
List of Tables & Charts
Acknowledgements
Methodology
Introduction - The Growing Importance of Africa as new mobile market

1: The Main Mobile Markets in Africa by country: the market opportunity

1.1 Country Profiles: Algeria; Angola; Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cameroon; Cape Verde; Central African Republic; Ivory Coast; Chad; Democratic Republic of Congo; Djibouti; Egypt; Equatorial Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Kenya; Liberia; Lesotho; Libya; Madagascar; Morocco; Mali; Malawi; Mauritania; Mauritius; Mozambique; Niger; Nigeria; Namibia; Republic of Congo; Rwanda; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Somalia; South Africa; Sudan; Swaziland; Tanzania; Togo; Tunisia; Uganda; Zambia & Zimbabwe.

1.2 Main Investment deals to date
1.3 ARPU and revenue issues
1.4 Summary

2: The Main Investments in Africa - An Overview

2.1 Reasons for Investment
2.2 Ease of Investment
2.3 Mobile network investment in Africa - case study MTN in Nigeria
2.4 Pan-African mobile operators
2.5 Expanding subscribers in Africa
2.6 African customer requirements of mobile phone providers
2.7 Summary

3: The Main Pan-African mobile providers

3.1 Introduction
3.2 Towards an integrated Pan-African mobile strategy
3.3 Atlantique Telecom profile
3.4 Comium Mobile profile
3.5 Investcom profile
3.6 MTN Group profile
3.7 Orascom Telecom profile
3.8 Vodacom profile
3.9 Millicom International Cellular profile
3.10 Orange International profile
3.11 MTC Group profile
3.12 Other regional & local player profiles
3.13 Summary
3.14 What is an attractive African mobile market?
3.15 The African mobile country score card

4: The importance of the mobile sector in Africa for Africa

4.1 ARPU changes
4.2 Data network upgrades in Africa
4.3 African country mobile development drivers
4.4 Regulatory climate
4.5 Infrastructure developments
4.6 Technological developments
4.7 Social developments
4.8 New types of development spurred by mobile networks in Africa
4.9 The growth of economic well being
4.10 The benefits of mobile phone usage can assist wider economic development
4.11 M-banking case study
4.12 Low income shared airtime
4.13 Types of m-commerce and m-payment schemes
4.14 Summary

5: Future growth for the African mobile sector

5.1 The correlation between GDP & mobile penetration rates
5.2 Foreign inward investment
5.3 Liberalisation of mobile markets in Africa
5.4 Mobile telecoms privatisation in Africa in 2007
5.5 New acquisition & merger activity in Africa
5.6 Growth of new networks in Africa & W-CDMA deployments
5.7 Growth in subscriber numbers
5.8 Other investment opportunities
5.9 Overall forecast - African mobile subscriber growth

6: African mobile study conclusion

6.1 African mobile - key drivers for market attractiveness and risk
6.2 Risk factors to investors
6.3 Key success factors to investors
6.4 New market opportunities for African mobile operators
6.5 Growth in money transfer services
6.6 The main challenge for mobile operators in Africa
6.7 New licences and privatisation initiatives
6.8 African mobile subscriber forecasts from 2006 to 2011
6.9 Summary

Appendices

Appendix I Glossary of Terms

Appendix II African Mobile Operator List

Appendix III List of BroadGroup's services
 

Mobile Afica - list of tables and charts
Tables  
   
Table 1 Summary of Report Parameters
   
  Tables for the Country Summary Profiles including:
   
Table 2 Algeria
Table 3 Angola
Table 4 Benin
Table 5 Botswana
Table 6 Burkina Faso Table
Table 7 Burundi
Table 8 Cameroon
Table 9 Cape Verde
Table 10 Central African Republic
Table 11 Ivory Coast
Table 12 Chad
Table 13 Democratic Republic of Congo
Table 14 Djibouti
Table 15 Egypt
Table 16 Equatorial Guinea
Table 17 Eritrea
Table 18
 Ethiopia
Table 19 Gabon
Table 20 Gambia
Table 21 Ghana
Table 22 Guinea
Table 23 Guinea-Bissau
Table 24 Kenya
Table 25 Liberia
Table 26 Lesotho
Table 27 Libya
Table 28 Madagascar
Table 29 Morocco
Table 30 Mali
Table 31 Malawi
Table 32 Mauritania
Table 33 Mauritius
Table 34 Mozambique
Table 35 Niger
Table 36 Nigeria
Table 37 Nigeria Main mobile operators in Nigeria - end 2006 estimates
Table 38 Namibia
Table 39 Republic of Congo
Table 40 Rwanda
Table 41 Senegal
Table 42 Seychelles
Table 43 Sierra Leone
Table 44 Somalia
Table 45 South Africa
Table 46 Sudan
Table 47 Swaziland
Table 48 Tanzania
Table 49 Togo
Table 50 Tunisia
Table 51 Uganda
Table 52 Zambia
Table 53 Zimbabwe
Table 54 Mobile operators in Africa - new entrants & pending 2006-07
Table 55 Main acquisition & mergers in the African mobile sector
Table 56 Mobile growth rates by subscribers worldwide 2005 - 2006
Table 57 Fastest increases in mobile subscriber levels 2005 - 2006
Table 58 Top six Pan-African mobile suppliers
Table 59 Summary of main Pan-African mobile groups
Table 60 Atlantique Telecom summary profile
Table 61 Comium Mobile summary profile
Table 62 MTN Group summary profile
Table 63 MTN's main investments in Africa
Table 64 MTN revenue growth
Table 65 Orascom Telecom Holding summary profile
Table 66 Vodacom summary profile
Table 67 Vodacom ARPU trends
Table 68 Millicom International Cellular summary profile
Table 69 Orange International summary profile
Table 70 MTC Group summary profile
Table 71 Score Card for the Top Ten African mobile countries by 5 key indicators
Table 72 Overall African mobile Score Card ratings
Table 73 ARPU changes reported by MTN
Table 74 African countries with the highest mobile penetration rates
Table 75 Forecast African mobile telecoms privatisations in 2007
Table 76 Acquisition activities in the African mobile sector
Table 77 Previous African mobile subscriber forecasts
Table 78 Forecast mobile subscriber growth from 2006 to 2011
Table 79 Forecast African mobile telecoms privatisations in 2007
Table 80 Overall African mobile subscriber growth forecast
   
Charts  
   
Chart 1 Mobile penetration rates worldwide
Chart 2 Overall African mobile subscriber growth forecast
 

Have you also seen our other related report, Mobile Tariffs Africa.