HT: White African

I’m slightly unclear on what these stats are measuring. The title is “Mobile Phone Subscriptions in Africa.” Does that mean phone contracts? Would that also include “pay as you go” users? The numbers for all the countries I’m familiar with seem low. For example, Mozambique is listed as have 1 subscriber per 100 inhabitants. However, from my anecdotal evidence numbers seem much higher. While proctoring an exam on Saturday I asked everyone to turn off their mobiles. Almost every student had a phone on him. Of course, numbers in rural areas and among children would be lower. Still, stats are always hard to interpret.