Africa’s $76B Network Investment Will Go Further When Risk Comes Down, Says GSMA’s Caroline Mbugua

Operators have already pledged $76 billion for African network infrastructure through 2030. Mobile added $240 billion to the continent’s economy last year, 7.8% of GDP, and GSMA expects that to hit $290 billion by decade’s end. The problem, Caroline Mbugua, GSMA Africa’s Senior Director of Public Policy and Communications , wrote in a recent piece, is what happens after it arrives.