(Source: GSMA - GSM Association) October 8, 2015 Press Release Mobile Operator Investments Fuelling Innovation and Inclusion Across Sub-Saharan Africa Cape Town: The mobile industry in Sub-Saharan Africa contributed more than US$100 billion to the region's economy last year, according to a new GSMA study published at the 'Mobile 360 Series - Africa' conference being held in Cape Town this week. The new study, 'The Mobile Economy - Sub-Saharan Africa 2015', finds that the US$102 billion economic contribution in 2014 was equivalent to 5.7 per cent of the region's GDP1. Mobile operators directly contributed US$31 billion, representing 1.7 per cent of GDP. This economic contribution is set to...
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