Using StatCounter’s most recent .csv file of mobile OS share by country, we were able to compare all African countries on one screen. From here, we looked at median share of each operating system at a continental level (more telling than average), along with a few extremes.

In general, within an African country, the leading mobile OS (Nokia’s Symbian) holds approximately a 40% share. When combined with Series 40 phones, we find that Nokia operating systems are found on roughly half of phones that accessed the Internet from Africa in May 2012. The most extreme (at volume) is Libya with a 71% Symbian OS share. The most spread-out is Algeria with Android, iOS, Symbian OS all at 22% shares.

By mobile operating system

Symbian OS

• Median share: 38%
• 100% share in Guinea-Bissau, 73% Sudan, 71% Libya, 67% Mozambique
• Essentially no share in island nations of Comoros, Reunion, Mayotte

Nokia Series 40

• Median share: 13%
• 53% Somalia leads by far

Android

• Median share: 10%
• The island nations have the highest share of Android users. Mayotte 76%, Reunion 45%, Comoros 33%, Cape Verde 28%
• Guinea-Bissau, Somalia, and Nigeria show essentially no Android phones used to access the Internet. (Not sure why this would be the case for Nigeria – seems like faulty data)

iOS

• Median share: 6%
• Guinea and Eritrea show 40% share of iOS while Central African Republic has a 20% share. It comes as a surprise to have these countries rank so high for iOS share when mobile Internet is hardly available. Perhaps only the super-wealthy are accessing the Web in these locations.
• Zimbabwe, Sudan, Nigeria, Somalia, and Guinea-Bissau have essentially zero iOS share

Samsung

• Median share: 6%
• Burkina Faso 19%, Mali 18%

BlackBerry

• Median share: 2%
• South Africa 4%, Nigeria 1%

Ericsson

• Median share: 2%
• Madagascar 15%, Congo 15%

Unknown

• Median share: 8%

Full data from StatCounter is below:

Country	SymbianOS (%)	Series 40 (%)	Android (%)	iOS (%)
Guinea-Bissau	100	0	0	0
Sudan	73	17	3	1
Libya	71	14	5	4
Mozambique	67	13	4	3
Niger	62	10	4	2
Swaziland	61	16	4	3
Egypt	58	17	8	6
Ethiopia	57	21	3	3
Rwanda	56	10	12	5
Malawi	56	12	4	2
Tanzania	55	16	7	3
Seychelles	54	17	11	7
Lesotho	51	19	3	3
Mauritania	51	21	3	6
Mauritius	50	14	14	10
Liberia	49	23	7	6
Dem. Rep. of Congo	48	7	12	3
Sierra Leone	47	18	7	4
Zambia	46	11	5	2
Burundi	46	9	10	5
Uganda	43	15	11	4
Djibouti	43	21	5	4
Nigeria	41	34	2	1
Burkina Faso	41	7	5	3
South Africa	40	14	12	10
Togo	39	5	12	8
Gambia	39	5	12	10
Namibia	38	19	12	11
Cote d'Ivoire	38	6	7	3
Zimbabwe	38	21	4	1
Benin	38	17	12	7
Central African Republic	37	5	8	21
Mali	36	8	10	6
Botswana	35	26	9	9
Chad	34	10	13	20
Kenya	34	27	17	2
Senegal	34	5	20	22
Equatorial Guinea	34	31	5	4
Madagascar	32	4	10	9
Morocco	32	13	20	16
Somalia	32	53	1	0
Tunisia	32	14	14	17
Ghana	31	18	10	3
Cameroon	30	4	8	4
Eritrea	27	7	16	38
Gabon	26	12	11	13
Congo	23	5	15	8
Algeria	22	9	21	21
Cape Verde	21	17	28	13
Guinea	19	7	19	41
Angola	19	31	17	13
Sao Tome and Principe	10	6	18	32
Comoros	6	8	33	43
Reunion	3	0	45	37
Mayotte	1	0	76	20