Vodacom's smartphone penetration higher in Lesotho than South Africa

[Daniel Puchert]

South African smartphone penetration lower than in Lesotho

Vodacom’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) report shows that smartphone penetration on its South African network is lower than in Lesotho and Egypt.

The company released its ESG and integrated annual reports earlier in June. It showed that the number of smartphones as a percentage of Vodacom SA’s subscriber base decreased from 64.5% to 61.7% during the past year.

 

[Virex]

**** ESG

 

[Charlesjjm]

"The company released its ESG and integrated annual reports earlier in June. It showed that the number of smartphones as a percentage of Vodacom SA’s subscriber base decreased from 64.5% to 61.7% during the past year."

Meanwhile, smartphone penetration in Lesotho increased from 66.3% to 72.5%. Egypt’s smartphone penetration increased from 67.9% to 74.3%.

Smart devices on the Vodacom SA network totalled 31.8 million by 31 March 2024. If that figure were used, smart device penetration would increase to 77%."

So basically the article is wrong. Smartphone penetration is 77%, which is higher than Lesotho's 72.5% and higher than Egypt' 74.3%.

Pointless article is pointless.

 

[Longboi]

Sies maan. Those detty Lesotho people love penetrating themselves with smartphones it seems...