Presented by Max Cuvellier, Head of the Ecosystem Accelerator - GSMA at the Africa Technology Business Forum 2016

1. Key Trends of the
African Mobile Economy
Max Cuvellier (@Cvllr)
Head of Ecosystem Accelerator, GSMA (@GSMA)
Africa Tech Forum London (#ATFLDN) June 22nd, 2016

2. #ATFLDN
@GSMA
@Cvllr

4. Why does mobile matter so much in Africa?

5. Mobile connects Africans to the digital world
Connectivity

6. ___munique mobile
subscribers
in Africa

7. Almost half African citizens own a SIM card
557munique mobile
subscribers
in Africa

8. Africa is the mobile-first continent
557munique mobile
subscribers
in Africa
1%fixed line
penetration
vs.

9. __k
The number of
smartphones
sold by Jumia in
Nigeria every
month

10. Smartphone penetration is progressing fast
700k
16
per
minute
The number of
smartphones
sold by Jumia in
Nigeria every
month

11. Mobile is how Africans connect to the internet
of Africans who used
mobile internet in 2010
used 2G94%

12. 2G is still the norm in terms of mobile internet
of Africans who use
mobile internet today
still use 2G72%

13. But Africa is also the continent of the unconnected

14. Lifting the barriers to connectivity
Coverage Cost Literacy

15. Mobile Money is an African story
Connectivity Mobile money

16. Mobile Money is an African story
52%of all live
mobile money
services are in
Sub-Saharan
Africa

17. __mregistered
mobile money
accounts in
Sub-Saharan
Africa

18. Mobile Money is an African story
223mregistered
mobile money
accounts in
Sub-Saharan
Africa
of registered
accounts worldwide54%
of active accounts
worldwide63%

19. $___mThe value of all
mobile money
transactions in
SSA in December
2015 alone

20. Transacting billions of USD monthly
$5.2bnThe value of all
mobile money
transactions in
SSA in December
2015 alone
3%
74%
8%
6%
8%
1%

21. 21
Growing cross-border mobile money remittances
$35bnwere remitted by
international migrants
to their families in
Sub-Saharan Africa in
2015

22. 22
Growing cross-border mobile money remittances
$35bnwere remitted by
international migrants
to their families in
Sub-Saharan Africa in
2015

23. The potential contribution of mobile to Identity
Connectivity IdentityMobile money

24. of babies are
registered at birth in
Uganda
__%

25. of babies are
registered at birth in
Uganda
21%
Identity is still a big issue in most African countries

26. of babies are
registered at birth in
Uganda
21%
Identity is still a big issue in most African countries

27. Why am I talking about this

28. The first industry committed to the SDGs

29. Mobile operators are partners of choice

30. One last thing…