The Mobile Economy Operator revenues and investment

Sub-Saharan Africa Operator capex

2021
$46.6bn $29.5bn
Unique mobile subscribers
2025
$57.4bn Total revenues
2022 2025

2021
515m 46% 50%

613m
2021 2025

2025 Penetration rate

Percentage of population
CAGR
2021-2025 4.5% Mobile industry contribution to GDP Public funding

Smartphones Percentage of connections

(excluding licensed cellular IoT)
4G
Percentage of connections
(excluding licensed cellular IoT)
2021
$138bn 8%
of GDP
2021
$16bn
49% $154bn
Mobile ecosystem contribution to
2025 public funding (before regulatory

33%
2021
2021 2025 and spectrum fees)

17%
2025
61% 5G Percentage of connections
(excluding licensed cellular IoT)
Employment

400,000 jobs
Plus an additional

2.8 million

41m connections
in 2025 Formally supported by the mobile
ecosystem in 2021
informal jobs
and jobs in
other parts
4% of total connections
of the economy

SIM connections (excluding licensed cellular IoT)

2021
917m Penetration rate
Percentage of population
82%
2021
89%
2025

2025
1.09bn 4.5%
CAGR
2021-2025