Africa is one of the quickest developing mobile markets worldwide, created by a slow start in the space, and the huge influx of second hand cellphone handsets being distributed from mature markets to Africa. Access to mobile phones in Africa has climbed five-fold in the last five years whilst growth of fixed landlines has stayed constant for the recent decade. Mobile payments across Africa are now starting to grow year on year.

txtNation have seen South Africa, Nigeria, and Egypt as the largest contributors to the growth in Africa, with those countries running the most traffic through our SMS servers.

txtNation’s involvement in Africa is currently targeted to where we see good potential for you to launch on short-codes to capture significant markets with mobile billing. There are huge possibilities for expansion and new business in Africa, as it is currently a market with relatively less competition.