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Sub-Saharan Africa to have over 600 million unique subscribers by 2025

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Sub-Saharan Africa will have 623 million unique mobile subscribers by 2025 [Image, GSMA]

Sub-Saharan Africa will have 623 million unique mobile subscribers by 2025, a 44 per cent increase on the 456 million users in 2018, a new report says.

Importantly, 483 million subscribers will be connected to Internet via their phones, with 66 per cent of them on smartphones.

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