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Paula Gilbert

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As seen in: Connecting Africa, Light Reading, ITWeb, ITWeb Brainstorm, ITWeb Africa, Broadband World News, Cyber Era
Editor at Connecting Africa, part of @Light_Reading. Journalist, coffee addict, traveller and inquisitive mind. All views are my own. Follow @Connect__Africa
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AI's impact on Africa's mobile industry

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By Paula Gilbert Verified
| Connecting Africa Verified
The GSMA's Mobile Economy Africa 2026 report highlights how Africa's telecoms industry is using AI across enterprise verticals and within the broader digital ecosystem. African mobile operators are deploying AI across predictive maintenance, network optimization and AI-driven customer service. Africa's mobile operators are deploying AI across a growing range of internal functions, according to the Mobile Economy Africa 2026 report published by the GSMA this week.
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Mobile-specific tax reform would aid digital adoption – GSMA

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By Paula Gilbert Verified
| Connecting Africa Verified
The GSMA's Mobile Economy Africa 2026 report highlights how targeted reform of mobile-specific and device taxation can deliver measurable improvements in digital adoption. (Source: Image by halayalex on Magnific) Affordability is the primary constraint to mobile adoption in sub-Saharan Africa, and high taxes on handsets and sector-specific levies on digital services are compounding the problem.
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South Africa's MVNO market set to triple by 2030

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By Paula Gilbert Verified
| Connecting Africa Verified
South Africa's mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) market is expected to grow to 14.4 million SIMs by 2030, more than tripling from 4.4 million active MVNO SIMs in 2025. That is according to the newly released 2026 South Africa MVNO Market Outlook Report by Africa Analysis.
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