MOBILE AFRICA

SUMMARY

The report provides a comprehensive overview of the economic, social and financial consequences of the boom in mobile phone ownership cascading across the continent.

It includes a forecast of subscriber growth for 53 countries in Africa for the five year period from 2006 to 2011, country profiles of the main 51 countries in Africa and profiles of the main and emerging Pan-African mobile providers, who are now becoming substantial global providers as a result of their position in one of the fastest growing and most dynamic regions in the world.

Key providers covered in the report include MTC (Celtel), MTN, Millicom, Atlantique Telecom, Orascom, Orange, Vodacom, Comium Mobile and Wataniya Telecom.

Key takeaways of this new report:

• Identifies new licensees and market entrants in 2007
• Forecast of privatisations that are likely to occur in 2007
• Insight into the economic benefits of mobile phone penetration in Africa
• List of barriers to mobile phone usage across the continent
• The importance of micro-finance, phone sharing and reduced handset costs
• A Score Card assessment of the most attractive country markets
• The importance of mobile money transfer services and m-banking
• Risk factors and critical success factors determining investment in African mobile
• Forecasts of subscriber numbers and penetration rates from 2006 to 2011 by country and overall

The report details the growth in mobile ownership, the challenges of growth and the criticality of a pan-African solution and development of "One Network" economies of scale. Warning that growth will only occur through regulatory support of more operator licenses, it also proposes the need for "mobile-friendly" policies. This in turn will speed the deployment of mobile services in the poorest countries who are discovering that mobile penetration can be used to jump-start wider economic growth.

In conjunction with the new Mobile Tariffs Africa Report, operators, regulators and investors can speedily grasp the growing opportunities, deployment and current pricing regime for mobile businesses in Africa.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• List of Tables & Charts
• Acknowledgements
• Methodology
• Introduction - The Growing Importance of Africa as new mobile market

1: The Main Mobile Markets in Africa by country: the market opportunity

• 1.1 Country Profiles: Algeria; Angola; Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cameroon; Cape Verde; Central African Republic; Ivory Coast; Chad; Democratic Republic of Congo; Djibouti; Egypt; Equatorial Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Kenya; Liberia; Lesotho; Libya; Madagascar; Morocco; Mali; Malawi; Mauritania; Mauritius; Mozambique; Niger; Nigeria; Namibia; Republic of Congo; Rwanda; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Somalia; South Africa; Sudan; Swaziland; Tanzania; Togo; Tunisia; Uganda; Zambia & Zimbabwe.
• 1.2 Main Investment deals to date
• 1.3 ARPU and revenue issues
• 1.4 Summary

2: The Main Investments in Africa - An Overview

• 2.1 Reasons for Investment
• 2.2 Ease of Investment
• 2.3 Mobile network investment in Africa - case study MTN in Nigeria
• 2.4 Pan-African mobile operators
• 2.5 Expanding subscribers in Africa
• 2.6 African customer requirements of mobile phone providers
• 2.7 Summary

3: The Main Pan-African mobile providers

• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Towards an integrated Pan-African mobile strategy
• 3.3 Atlantique Telecom profile
• 3.4 Comium Mobile profile
• 3.5 Investcom profile
• 3.6 MTN Group profile
• 3.7 Orascom Telecom profile
• 3.8 Vodacom profile
• 3.9 Millicom International Cellular profile
• 3.10 Orange International profile
• 3.11 MTC Group profile
• 3.12 Other regional & local player profiles
• 3.13 Summary
• 3.14 What is an attractive African mobile market?
• 3.15 The African mobile country score card

4: The importance of the mobile sector in Africa for Africa

• 4.1 ARPU changes
• 4.2 Data network upgrades in Africa
• 4.3 African country mobile development drivers
• 4.4 Regulatory climate
• 4.5 Infrastructure developments
• 4.6 Technological developments
• 4.7 Social developments
• 4.8 New types of development spurred by mobile networks in Africa
• 4.9 The growth of economic well being
• 4.10 The benefits of mobile phone usage can assist wider economic development
• 4.11 M-banking case study
• 4.12 Low income shared airtime
• 4.13 Types of m-commerce and m-payment schemes
• 4.14 Summary

5: Future growth for the African mobile sector

• 5.1 The correlation between GDP & mobile penetration rates
• 5.2 Foreign inward investment
• 5.3 Liberalisation of mobile markets in Africa
• 5.4 Mobile telecoms privatisation in Africa in 2007
• 5.5 New acquisition & merger activity in Africa
• 5.6 Growth of new networks in Africa & W-CDMA deployments
• 5.7 Growth in subscriber numbers
• 5.8 Other investment opportunities
• 5.9 Overall forecast - African mobile subscriber growth

6: African mobile study conclusion

• 6.1 African mobile - key drivers for market attractiveness and risk
• 6.2 Risk factors to investors
• 6.3 Key success factors to investors
• 6.4 New market opportunities for African mobile operators
• 6.5 Growth in money transfer services
• 6.6 The main challenge for mobile operators in Africa
• 6.7 New licences and privatisation initiatives
• 6.8 African mobile subscriber forecasts from 2006 to 2011
• 6.9 Summary

Appendices

• Appendix I. Glossary of Terms
• Appendix II. African Mobile Operator List
• Appendix III. List of BroadGroup's services

Tables

Table 1 Summary of Report Parameters

Tables for the Country Summary Profiles including:

• Table 2 Algeria
• Table 3 Angola
• Table 4 Benin
• Table 5 Botswana
• Table 6 Burkina Faso Table
• Table 7 Burundi
• Table 8 Cameroon
• Table 9 Cape Verde
• Table 10 Central African Republic
• Table 11 Ivory Coast
• Table 12 Chad
• Table 13 Democratic Republic of Congo
• Table 14 Djibouti
• Table 15 Egypt
• Table 16 Equatorial Guinea
• Table 17 Eritrea
• Table 18 Ethiopia
• Table 19 Gabon
• Table 20 Gambia
• Table 21 Ghana
• Table 22 Guinea
• Table 23 Guinea-Bissau
• Table 24 Kenya
• Table 25 Liberia
• Table 26 Lesotho
• Table 27 Libya
• Table 28 Madagascar
• Table 29 Morocco
• Table 30 Mali
• Table 31 Malawi
• Table 32 Mauritania
• Table 33 Mauritius
• Table 34 Mozambique
• Table 35 Niger
• Table 36 Nigeria
• Table 37 Nigeria Main mobile operators in Nigeria - end 2006 estimates
• Table 38 Namibia
• Table 39 Republic of Congo
• Table 40 Rwanda
• Table 41 Senegal
• Table 42 Seychelles
• Table 43 Sierra Leone
• Table 44 Somalia
• Table 45 South Africa
• Table 46 Sudan
• Table 47 Swaziland
• Table 48 Tanzania
• Table 49 Togo
• Table 50 Tunisia
• Table 51 Uganda
• Table 52 Zambia
• Table 53 Zimbabwe
• Table 54 Mobile operators in Africa - new entrants & pending 2006-07
• Table 55 Main acquisition & mergers in the African mobile sector
• Table 56 Mobile growth rates by subscribers worldwide 2005 - 2006
• Table 57 Fastest increases in mobile subscriber levels 2005 - 2006
• Table 58 Top six Pan-African mobile suppliers
• Table 59 Summary of main Pan-African mobile groups
• Table 60 Atlantique Telecom summary profile
• Table 61 Comium Mobile summary profile
• Table 62 MTN Group summary profile
• Table 63 MTN's main investments in Africa
• Table 64 MTN revenue growth
• Table 65 Orascom Telecom Holding summary profile
• Table 66 Vodacom summary profile
• Table 67 Vodacom ARPU trends
• Table 68 Millicom International Cellular summary profile
• Table 69 Orange International summary profile
• Table 70 MTC Group summary profile
• Table 71 Score Card for the Top Ten African mobile countries by 5 key indicators
• Table 72 Overall African mobile Score Card ratings
• Table 73 ARPU changes reported by MTN
• Table 74 African countries with the highest mobile penetration rates
• Table 75 Forecast African mobile telecoms privatisations in 2007
• Table 76 Acquisition activities in the African mobile sector
• Table 77 Previous African mobile subscriber forecasts
• Table 78 Forecast mobile subscriber growth from 2006 to 2011
• Table 79 Forecast African mobile telecoms privatisations in 2007
• Table 80 Overall African mobile subscriber growth forecast

Charts

• Chart 1. Mobile penetration rates worldwide
• Chart 2. Overall African mobile subscriber growth forecast