Broadband overview: Africa

Ovum view

• Broadband development is lagging
• Current statistics

Key broadband characteristics of African countries

• Affordability
• Broadband coverage
• Intercontinental upload capacity
• Regulatory environment
• Copper theft

Broadband situation by country

• South Africa
• Morocco
• Ethiopia

• Figure 1. Africa: fixed line and mobile penetration
• Figure 2. Broadband penetration (2007)
• Table 1. Key indicators for African countries (2007)
• Figure 3. GNI per capita in 2006 (Atlas method)
• Figure 4. Income distribution in African countries (date: depending on date of survey)
• Figure 5. Annual broadband prices in African countries ($)
• Figure 6. Africa: maximum and minimum broadband speed by country
• Figure 7. Proportion of population in rural areas (%)
• Table 2. Africa: 3G licences
• Table 3. South Africa: top-level broadband data (000s)
• Table 4. South Africa: broadband subscribers (000s)
• Table 5. Morocco: top-level broadband data
• Table 6. Morocco: broadband subscribers (000s)
• Table 7. Ethiopia: top-level broadband data (000s)
• Table 8. Ethiopia: broadband player subscribers (000s)