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Eyes on Africa: Mobile Web use surges in Africa according to Opera's latest State of the Mobile Web report

Eyes on Africa: Mobile Web use surges in Africa according to Opera’s latest State of the Mobile Web report

Opera Mini Browser
Opera Software uncovers exponential growth in Africa’s mobile Web usage in its latest State of the Mobile Web report. Published today, this September 2008 study focuses on the African continent, where Web browsing on the mobile phone far exceeds traditional desktop-computer surfing.
Fast facts

The use of Opera Mini in Africa increased by 180 [...]

Zain half-year 2008 results, surpasses 50m customers milestone

Zain
Zain, the leading mobile telecommunication operator in the Middle East and Africa present in 22 countries, announces today its consolidated financial results for the first half of 2008. The results showed significant growth in revenues with customer numbers exceeding 50 million.
H1-2008 Key Performance Indicators

Total Managed Active Customers
50.74 million

Consolidated Revenues
US$ 3.488 billion

EBITDA
US$ 1.305 billion

Net Income
US$ 551.5 [...]

Meditel Morocco Mobile Subscribers hits 4 million

Meditel Morocco Mobile Subscribers hits 4 million

Meditel Morocco
Médi Télécom (Meditel), says it now has 4.023 million mobile subscribers, an increase of 47.4% over the previous 12 months.
Net customer additions in the fourth quarter of 2005 were 185,000, 17% up on the fourth quarter of 2004. Revenues for the full-year 2005 were EUR397 million, up 21%.
OIBDA increased by 2% year-on-year [...]