Mobile Contribution to Sub-Saharan African Economy Surpasses US$100 Billion, Finds New GSMA Study

CAPE TOWN, South Africa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--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 b ......