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uncovering and formulating the components
needed to establish and grow a local
business ecosystem in the digital economy.
Many of the principles being explored are
already being implemented in building our
digital ecosystem that has a distinctly fintech
flavour, with a bias toward the mobile
technology sector.
This is a flourishing sector that is expected to
deliver strong growth as sub-Saharan Africa’s
mobile population is projected to reach half
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a billion people by 2020. This market justifies
our belief in the value of creating platforms
and ecosystems that allow us to reach
millions of mobile subscribers throughout
the region.
Through this, we have established a
platform for providers of mobile content
and digital services to reach this rapidly-
expanding market.
Which is a key insight that Accenture and
GIBS outline in their report – not every
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