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Africa is experiencing the

fastest growth in

internet penetrationin the world.

3 000% at the start of 2012

Cell phone penetration in South Africa is around 100%.

There are more cell phone subscribers in S.A.

than there are inhabitants!

39% of urban South Africans and 27% of rural

users

now browse the internet on their phones.

More than 25% of bank customers in South Africa

use cell phones for banking.

November 2010:

“Africans are among the most progressive in the world when it comes to mobile advertising, and clearly ahead of consumers in Europe and the US when it comes to adoption.” James Lamberti, InMobi (world’s largest & fastest growing mobile ad network)

MXIT was developed in South Africa...

MXIT statistics:

November 2011

750 million messages per day...

50 000 new subscribers every day.

In South Africa, smartphone sales will soon overtake the sales of ordinary cellphones.

44% of these are BlackBerry phones. (March 2012).

In 2011 Blackberry sales in Africa increased by

741%

Stock market rose more than all G7 in 2010

Debt to GDP ratio is one third of U.K. or U.S.

Lowest interest rates for 30 years

Largest correspondence university

Only country to voluntarily dismantle nuclear weapons

Highest no. of houses built for the poor

Rated top holiday destination in the world

Tax revenue has increased seven-fold since independence

South Africa... in 2012

Worldwide IT spending in 2012 is forecast to total

$3.7 trillion.

That’s more than double the GDP of the entire continent of Africa...

We need to integrate ICT

into the school curriculumat every level.