Market research report summaries give a snapshot of current mobile access and provide a near-term telecoms outlook for Sub-Saharan African markets.

Deloitte recently completed an in-depth analysis of the African mobile telecommunications market that aptly covers all aspects of the current mobile telecoms business in Africa, from recent trends to operational strategies to new opportunities.

Objectives addressed at AfIGF 2013 included the usual blend of increasing awareness on Internet Governance for African users, increasing representation of all parts of the continent, and forming recommendations on reducing the internet access gap.

The Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (SATNAC) was held from Sept 1-4, 2013 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa. The annual event (hosted by Telkom) attracted over 400 delegates.

Does the mafia really control Swaziland’s parastatal telecommunications company? Probably not, but such finger-pointing is distracting when the public needs faster and cheaper Internet services.