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Mobile Africa

Tariff Consultancy Ltd.
July 1, 2008
161 Pages - SKU: TFC2105627

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Countries covered: Africa

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.

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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

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