Showing posts with label Tanzania. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tanzania. Show all posts
May 28, 2015
June 11, 2014
Sub Saharan Region is the world next biggest mobile Goldmine,mobile web to see 20 times growth
Recent research report published by Ericsson on the state of mobile market in sub saharan region showed many suprises. It clearly shows that Sub-Saharan Africa is currently undergoing a mobile digital revolution with consumers, networks and even media companies wakening up the possibilities of 3G and 4G technology with the growth of mobile web, digital traffic has recorded a 100% increase over the last 12 months.
Most African users go mobiles for online activities to overcome a weak or non existent Internet /landlines infrastructure across large swaths of the world's poorest continent
However make no mistake about this ..Africa is where the next mobile gold mine lies . and its claim to be the Mobile Continent is increasingly becoming a possibility with researchers predicting a 20-fold increase in the "Mobile Web" in the next 5 years, which is 200% higher (double the rate of growth in the rest of the world. ) than other nations
Recent Data released by Ericsson forecasts that there will be more than 635m mobile subscriptions in sub-Saharan Africa ( the pdf below explains how this will be happening ). This is predicted to rise, to about million by late 2019, when it is estimated that three in four mobile subscriptions will be exclusive for mobile web.
Most African users go mobiles for online activities to overcome a weak or non existent Internet /landlines infrastructure across large swaths of the world's poorest continent
However make no mistake about this ..Africa is where the next mobile gold mine lies . and its claim to be the Mobile Continent is increasingly becoming a possibility with researchers predicting a 20-fold increase in the "Mobile Web" in the next 5 years, which is 200% higher (double the rate of growth in the rest of the world. ) than other nations
Recent Data released by Ericsson forecasts that there will be more than 635m mobile subscriptions in sub-Saharan Africa ( the pdf below explains how this will be happening ). This is predicted to rise, to about million by late 2019, when it is estimated that three in four mobile subscriptions will be exclusive for mobile web.
June 4, 2014
Ghana ,Namibia, Kenya and Zimbabwe's broadband speed exceeds 6.5Mbps
The African Country of Zimbabwe's average local broadband speed exceeded 6.5 Mbps, which is a new high | Techzim:
"Zimbabwe’s average local broadband speed has reached a new high of 6.5 Mbps in the month of May according to NetIndex. Before now, the highest average ever reached was 5.8Mbps. Local broadband speed, loosely explained, is the rate at which one can access internet content from a locally hosted website or app.
This ranks Zimbabwe among the countries with the highest local broadband speed in Sub Saharan Africa with only Ghana, Kenya, Namibia and Madagascar ahead who have 7 Mbps, 7.2 Mbps, 10.4 Mbps and 13.2 Mbps respectively According to Techzim- Other countries in the region – South Africa, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Mozambique and others – all have local broadband speeds below 5.5 Mbps in the month of May.