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Mobile Advertising Opportunities In Africa

  • Thomas Oppong
  • Feb 27, 2011
  • 1 minute read

# By 2015, there will be 265 million mobile broadband subscriptions in Africa
# InMobi , an advertising company claims to reach 50 million Africans through nearly three-billion ad impressions monthly
# Mobile subscribers in Africa have reached 448.1 million, this according to Ovum Research
# There will be almost 360 million users of mobile-money services on the continent by 2014
# 69% of Africans are very or somewhat comfortable with mobile advertising
# Consumers view “helping me find new information” as the number one benefit (45%) of mobile advertising
# In exchange for mobile ads on their phone, consumers prefer a relevant message (57%) over 10% savings on the phone bill (55%) or free content (49%)
# BuzzCity reveals worldwide growth in mobile advertising of 17%. South African traffic grew by 18% with more than 700 million impressions, Nigeria traffic however dropped 27% with over 100 million impressions and a whopping 116% growth in Kenya with just above 500 million impressions
# The most appealing calls to action for consumers included click to call (30%), Viral or Social Media (24%) and then content, search, and purchase at 20%.

Data courtesy Inmobi and Buzzcity

Thomas Oppong

Founder at Alltopstartups and author of Working in The Gig Economy. His work has been featured at Forbes, Business Insider, Entrepreneur, and Inc. Magazine.

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