Mobile Policy Africa

Article

A Stanford Journal of African Studies (SAUTI) article by Tim Sanders offering an anecdotal look at mobile phone use and policy in Southern Africa, drawing on time spent travelling across the region in 2003 and 2004. Focusing on the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the article notes mobile penetration ranging from just 1% in Malawi and Angola to 38% in South Africa and Mauritius, against a regional growth rate exceeding 50% a year, and examines regulatory and usage patterns across the bloc’s fourteen member countries.