Africa has more subscribers than America
Nigeria has a higher mobile subscriber base than South Africa, making the West African nation the largest telecom market in Africa. A recent report by Wireless Intelligence (WI) put the mobile subscriber base in Africa at 280 million users as at March 2008.

The African continent has surpassed North America in terms of mobile subscribers with US and CANADA polling 277 million users. The report lists  Africa as currently the world fastest growing mobile market with 38% growth in 2007, ahead of the Middle East with 33% and Asia Pacific's 29%. In Africa today, most governments have demonstrated the political will necessary to foster an environment conducive to investment in this sector.