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Africa is the most unwired continent in the world, most of its internal communication (Voice, Data and Video) are resolved internationally. It has been estimated that cost for data traffic routing alone for the continent is US$660 million a year.

The transmission capacity required to carry Africa's international voice and data traffic increased by 137% to 12.09Gbps in 2005, and increased by 81% to 21.9Gbps in the year 2008.

The bandwidth projection for Sub-Saharan Africa alone would be around 24% overall growth in the year 2009. The demand projections suggest the need for a robust passive infrastructure build-out in and around Africa to address this large unmet demand for information and communication services. Africa targets tele-density of 10% by 2010.

This implies over:
$10b investment per annum over the next ten years.
33 mobiles operator in 1999, now over 120 telecoms.
Revenues from data traffic increases from between 20% to 100% for the mobile telcos.
975,330,899 Population 2008 estimate for Africa, 54,171,500 users in Africa as at 2008, Standing at 5.6% penetration rate. 1,542,098,608 users in the rest of the world as at 2008, Standing at 26.6% penetration rate.

  
10,000,000 Internet users as at 2008 with penetration rate of 6.8% .
Population estimate stands at 146,255,306 according to world-Gazetteer.
Country Area: 923,768 Sq.Km.

The maturation of the Global IT market has resulted in revenue decline in the more developed ICT markets. In order to achieve growth targets, technology vendors are looking at emerging markets, among them Africa.

The exponential growth experienced in the IT markets in Africa has heralded an awakening of the wealth of ICT opportunities that exist across the continent.

Major challenges that Africa should take up in order to implement the main objectives of NEPAD in the domain of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) including telecommunication, computing, broadcasting and multimedia networks, content, services and applications were identified.
The major shortfalls identified were in the areas of infrastructures, environment, technologies, financial and human resources related to ICTs.

ICT infrastructure was given high priority due to its multiplier effect on other development sectors and other shortfalls.
  

Existing infrastructure in Africa are grossly inadequate as well as the need to develop national, sub-regional and regional carrier of carriers and digital links with cross-border inter- connectivity.

The continent has adequate capacity on submarine fibre optic cable along the Western and Southern coast but lacks cross border connectivity within the African countries. The connectivity in African hinterland remains inadequate.

FUTURE EXPLOITATION
All services will be available over all communications facilities.
Communications companies will compete in an open market to offer the cheapest, highest-quality services.
Services (voice, data, TV, etc.) will no longer depend on specific facilities (copper, radio, coax, fiber, satellite).

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