Africa is on the rise!
Few mice here: Botswana has one of the highest mobile market penetration rates in Africa (well over 100%) and the average revenue per user is also one of the highest on the continent. (Source: Flickr / drcohen)
Tanzania: Although from a very low base, recent improvements in ICT infrastructure support strong growth in the services sector. (Source: creativeroots.org)
Despite relatively low Internet access in Niger, the Facebook page for the President of Niger has nearly 27,000 fans.
The first African-designed smartphone was conceptualized in Africa but is actually made in China. (Source: dpvintageposters.com)
Africa is a very young continent. Unemployment remains a major issue, but there is vast opportunity for entrepreneurs to succeed. (Source: Flickr / ww4f)
Africa may not be as globally connected as North America or Europe, but it has a growing number of undersea cable landing points.
Fastest rising Google search terms in SA for February-March 2013 include: (Source: dpvintageposters.com)
Mauritania is working to build a national fibre backbone to capture international bandwidth. (Source: dpvintageposters.com)
Nigerian treatment of the Kenyan football team turned into an international hashtag battle (Source: stream.aljazeera.com)