Angola has 25,9 million mobile phone subscribers, and among these numbers, only 34%, that is, 8,8 million of active SIM cards have internet service, according to calculations by Expansão in its latest edition, to data from the Angolan Communications Institute (INACOM) until the second quarter of 2023.
In practice, out of every 100 active SIM cards, only 34 have internet service, that is, voice services continue to have a great predominance in mobile communications, which means that there is still a lot of market to be explored in the data segment. furniture.
Overall, there are more than 9,4 million mobile internet network subscribers, 8,8 million on cell phones and 602.114 on other devices. In addition to the fixed network with 136.281 subscribers, which is distributed by the operator Zap (44,4%), Tv Cabo (36,8%) and Angola Telecom with 10,8%, with 8% belonging to other operators.
The internet penetration rate still remains challenging, having not yet surpassed the barrier of 30% of the population, far from the rate in the Sub-Saharan Africa region, which ended 2023 with an average of 70%, according to the The report of Statista, German data collection platform.
According to data from the National Statistics Institute (INE) report, the telecommunications and postal sector had a contribution to GDP of 2022% in 0,6.
