March 4th, 2006
The Africa Mobiles Story
I had made this post earlier on Zoo Station, but I figured this is worth reposting on here as well. This graph is from the Economist from a couple of weeks back, which shows the growth of mobile telephony in Africa. Admittedly, the growth is coming from a low user base and therefore you see some staggering growth rates. Nonetheless, this goes to show liberalization is no different in Africa than it is in India or China and that if you let a competitive private sector grow, you will see some amazing results. Now, if only these governments would let the lessons of telecom be replicated across other sectors.
