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 5

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