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Africa is experiencing the
fastest growth in
internet penetrationin the world.
3 000% at the start of 2012
Cell phone penetration in South Africa is around 100%.
There are more cell phone subscribers in S.A.
than there are inhabitants!
39% of urban South Africans and 27% of rural
users
now browse the internet on their phones.
More than 25% of bank customers in South Africa
use cell phones for banking.
November 2010:
“Africans are among the most progressive in the world when it comes to mobile advertising, and clearly ahead of consumers in Europe and the US when it comes to adoption.” James Lamberti, InMobi (world’s largest & fastest growing mobile ad network)
MXIT was developed in South Africa...
MXIT statistics:
November 2011
750 million messages per day...
50 000 new subscribers every day.
In South Africa, smartphone sales will soon overtake the sales of ordinary cellphones.
44% of these are BlackBerry phones. (March 2012).
In 2011 Blackberry sales in Africa increased by
741%
Stock market rose more than all G7 in 2010
Debt to GDP ratio is one third of U.K. or U.S.
Lowest interest rates for 30 years
Largest correspondence university
Only country to voluntarily dismantle nuclear weapons
Highest no. of houses built for the poor
Rated top holiday destination in the world
Tax revenue has increased seven-fold since independence
South Africa... in 2012
Worldwide IT spending in 2012 is forecast to total
$3.7 trillion.
That’s more than double the GDP of the entire continent of Africa...
We need to integrate ICT
into the school curriculumat every level.