According to Ovum, the African continent will have more than one billion active phone chips in the end of 2016 and 1.3 billion in 2021. If the number of subscribers has slowed, high investments are still needed to cover rural areas properly. Major telecom firms like MTN (South Africa) and Airtel (India) are actively campaigning for tax cuts, which absorb up to 60% of revenues in some countries. “Tax have become almost unbearable”, said Mr. de Faria, Airtel President
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