South Africa fares better than most of the continent, according to the operators’ lobby group.
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The trial doubles as a pitch for spectrum that mobile operators and Wi-Fi advocates have fought over.
Icasa has identified 700MHz of prime mid-band spectrum for mobile, though none has been assigned yet.
Scrapping the 9% smartphone excise duty triggered an immediate jump in entry-level sales, the GSMA says in a new report.
Standard Bank’s R164-trillion in annual payment flows dwarfs the entire global mobile money ecosystem fourfold.
Global mobile money transactions surpassed $2-trillion in 2025, doubling in just four years, with Africa driving the growth.
Geopolitics, rising infrastructure costs and growing incidents of cyber fraud are top of the GSMA’s agenda.
Vodacom and MTN are among six operators backing a $40 smartphone pilot to boost connectivity across Africa.
Closing the smartphone affordability gap could accelerate financial inclusion, employment access and more.
The GSMA has partnered with six mobile operators to develop a set of minimum requirements for an affordable smartphone.