Topwelltech conducted a market survey, and feature phones GSM fonction téléphone mobile have become a key driver of Africa Mobile's priority continent - currently accounting for 56% of the market - and continue to outpace smartphones.
As African smart phone sales slowed from double-digit growth (up 3.4% year-on-year), more basic feature phones continued to sell strongly, up 16.1% year-on-year in 2018, and overall market share grew 56% last year (53% in the previous year) ).
The sales of functional phones were 19.97 million, while the number of smartphones téléphone intelligent was 95.37 million. In 2018, the total number of mobile phones was 215.33 million. 10.1% higher than the same period last year
According to the survey, the decline in smartphone GSM fonction téléphone mobile sales "equal to a significant slowdown in double-digit growth rates in the previous two years, and demand is hindered by currency fluctuations affecting the African continent."
“Africa has always been a tough market for mobile phone téléphone intelligent companies to crack. The challenge has become even more difficult in 2018. Many African economies are struggling throughout 2018, which has an inevitable knock-on effect on the smartphone market 2017 The year is very strong," IDC analysts said in a statement.
According to the African survey report, the World Bank said that economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa has slowed down and the growth rate in 2018 has dropped from 7.6% in 2017 to 5.7%.
Africa is the second largest mobile market in the world and the market with the lowest penetration rate. It predicts that the number of smartphones will triple in the next five years.
Many Chinese suppliers have shown more interest in the African market in recent quarters and expanded to new countries. However, this expansion strategy has produced different results across the continent. Among the large international suppliers in China, Topwelltechltd will continue to expand its business scope, functional phones, gift bracelets, smart phones and tablets and other electronic products.