At the axis of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, Egypt is capitalising on its geographical advantages to build its role as a regional and international telecommunications centre. Increasing global connectivity has the advantage of improving the capacity of Egypt’s communications infrastructure at a time of rising demand, supporting...
With price competition on voice services fierce, and margins being narrowed as a result, Egypt’s telecom firms are turning to value-added services (VAS) to develop new and lucrative revenue streams. The fundamentals, both on the demand and supply side, indicate that Egypt could be on the cusp of rapid mobile internet growth. A tech-savvy generation...
With one of the world’s leading outsourcing sectors, Egypt is holding its own in a globally competitive field. The industry has ambitious growth targets, which places an increasing emphasis on higher-value services and niche segments. Outsourcing earned the country $1.1bn in export revenue in 2011, according to the Information Technology Industry...
Now entering its 20th year, the Ghanaian mobile market has evolved into one of the most developed in sub-Saharan Africa. The country has six telecoms operators all vying for the custom of the country’s 24.9m inhabitants. Falling tariffs, improved coverage and the consistently timed roll-out of new products have resulted from the increased...
The trend towards knowledge- and service-based economies is increasingly widespread among emerging and frontier markets, whether they are resource-rich or resource-poor. The benefits of driving growth in the tertiary sector are well known, but the recipes for success are not. However, Ghana’s economic and political stability, combined with its...
The proliferation of the digital medium in Ghana has seen some surprising leaps and bounds in recent years. Although the traditional evolution from fixed-line phone services to fixed-line internet and broadband service has not occurred, a growing number of Ghanaians access the internet through mobile links. As a result, the private sector has begun...
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