Egypt
1,13
Namibia
1,25
Mozambique
1,49
Tunisia
2,08
Tanzania
2,23
Guinea
2,23
Sudan
2,28
Rwanda
2,37
Brundi
2,40
Kenya
2,46
2,68
Ghana
Uganda
2,75
Nigeria
2,79
8,28
South Africa
0
2,25
4,5
6,75
9
Figure 6: Mozambique’s cheapest prepaid mobile 1GB data compared to Africa’s top performers (USD)
Source: RAMP Index, 2018
countries, Research ICT Africa ranks Mozambique third
above Ghana, Kenya and South Africa (see Figure 6).
However, compared to these countries, Internet penetration in Mozambique is very low – the lowest rate
except for Rwanda of all the countries surveyed (see
Figure 1).
Despite the shake-up of the market and the series of
positive competitive outcomes, the After Access Survey
undertaken by Research ICT Africa in Mozambique finds
that it is still at an early stage of adoption. A significant
proportion of Mozambicans (15 years and older) do not
have mobile phones (60%). Internet penetration is even
lower, with only 10 percent of the population using the
Internet (see Figure 1). Although there are still considerable supply side constraints on Internet diffusion in
the country, there are large numbers of people within
the coverage areas of the mobile broadband operators,
indicating not only significant demand side constraints
of both affordability and lack of local content, but also
the classical human development challenges of education and digital skills.
Mobile operator revenues, market shares and prices
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