Mobile use in Sub-Saharan Africa is expected to increase significantly in coming years, reaching 623 million unique subscribers by 2025. It is expected that there will be 483 million mobile internet users in the region by 2025.
Unique mobile subscriptions and mobile internet users in Sub-Saharan Africa from 2018 to 2025
(in millions of subscribers)
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GSMA . (July 30, 2019). Unique mobile subscriptions and mobile internet users in Sub-Saharan Africa from 2018 to 2025 (in millions of subscribers) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1133320/mobile-subscriptions-sub-saharan-africa/
GSMA . "Unique mobile subscriptions and mobile internet users in Sub-Saharan Africa from 2018 to 2025 (in millions of subscribers)." Chart. July 30, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1133320/mobile-subscriptions-sub-saharan-africa/
GSMA . (2019). Unique mobile subscriptions and mobile internet users in Sub-Saharan Africa from 2018 to 2025 (in millions of subscribers). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1133320/mobile-subscriptions-sub-saharan-africa/
GSMA . "Unique Mobile Subscriptions and Mobile Internet Users in Sub-saharan Africa from 2018 to 2025 (in Millions of Subscribers)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Jul 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1133320/mobile-subscriptions-sub-saharan-africa/
GSMA , Unique mobile subscriptions and mobile internet users in Sub-Saharan Africa from 2018 to 2025 (in millions of subscribers) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1133320/mobile-subscriptions-sub-saharan-africa/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Unique mobile subscriptions and mobile internet users in Sub-Saharan Africa from 2018 to 2025 (in millions of subscribers) [Graph], GSMA , July 30, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1133320/mobile-subscriptions-sub-saharan-africa/