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Major economies in the Middle East and Africa experienced an economic slowdown with GDP growth rate declining for Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Nigeria, Qatar, Israel, and Iran in the second quarter of 2019. The area is affected by volatile oil prices, and in Q2 especially, there was a decline in oil prices and production cuts by OPEC. ...

The Sri Lankan mobile market has experienced a strong growth over the last five years, and is primarily dominated by the two leading service providers. The country’s subscriber base grew at a CAGR of 7.4% from 2011 to 2016, and improved the country’s mobile penetration from 90.4% in 2011 to 123.9% in 2016. Amid the intense competition, mobile s...

Bangladesh mobile market has experienced a strong growth over the past few years. With the expansion of the mobile services network, market participants added 41 million mobile subscribers and significantly increased the overall mobile penetration levels from 56% in 2011 to 78% in 2016. The growth trend is expected to continue over the entire forec...

The Chemicals, Materials and Foods (CMF) tracker is a comprehensive database of the chemicals, materials and food industries for India and select countries in MENASA. The data is segmented by sectors, regions, trade volumes, consumption and production and comes with a market overview for each segment. The CMF tracker is a useful tool for evaluating...

This study analyses the power infrastructure sector in East African countries of Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda and covers electricity generation, transmission and distribution. East Africa has the lowest access to electrical power and smallest per capita generation, as compared to the other regions in the African continent. The demand for elec...

Facing the increasing challenge of mature mobile voice services, network operators are seeking new sources of revenue to retain customers. Mobile value-added services (VAS) have been an effective tool to drive data service revenue in South Africa. Services designed with culturally relevant contents and being practical are key value propositions in ...

Facing the challenge of increasing market competition and declining average revenue per user (ARPU), mobile operators have developed strategies, offering innovative products and services and pricing structure to achieve revenue growth. Moreover, with the expansion of the middle and upper-middle classes, in conjunction with the impact of the global ...

This study provides a overview of the eEducation and eGovernment initiatives in South Africa. It discusses the key concepts of the successful integration of Information Communication Technologies (ICT) into the market, including the different types of focus areas. Key drivers and restraints into ICT integration are mentioned as well as the recommen...

Mobile telecom expansion into rural South Africa is now seen as a key driver for the future of cellular market growth. In a time where subscriber growth begins to fall due to the over saturation of mobile devices, the under-served rural areas present alternate growth opportunities for operators. Expansion into rural areas of developing countries p...