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GSMA Mobile Economy Africa 2025 vs GSMA State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money 2026
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Category
Research
Research
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Report
Report
Country
🌍 Pan-African
🌍 Pan-African
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Docs live
Docs live
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Free / open
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5 Jul 2026
5 Jul 2026
Tags
telecom, gsma, industry-report, connectivity, mobile-economy
fintech, mobile-money, gsma, industry-report, sub-saharan-africa
Summary
GSMA Intelligence's Mobile Economy Africa 2025 report quantifies the mobile industry's economic and social contribution across the continent. It reports that the mobile sector contributed 220 billion US dollars, about 7.7 percent of GDP, in 2024, and projects growth toward 270 billion dollars by 2030. The report also covers 4G and 5G adoption, the mobile internet usage gap, and AI and satellite connectivity trends.
The GSMA State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money is the industry's definitive annual reference, prepared by the GSMA Mobile Money programme. The 2026 edition (published March 2026) reports that more than 2 trillion US dollars flowed through mobile money in 2025 and that the industry reached 2.3 billion registered accounts, up by 268 million. Most new registered and active accounts came from Sub-Saharan Africa, the industry's largest region.