Sub-Saharan Africa’s digital revolution already under way

Sub-Saharan Africa’s digital revolution was not set to get under way  – it had already started, Ericsson VP for strategy, marketing and communication Tumi Sekhukhune told delegates at the Southern Africa Telecommunication Network and Application Conference (Satnac), in Port Elizabeth, this week. The rapidly changing social and technological dynamic in information and communication technology (ICT), as well as the ever-increasing availability of low-cost devices, would drive the increase in subscription numbers in the region.