5G FWA in Africa, Emerging Trends and Opportunities

The Africa 5G Summit (the 6th Southern Africa MBB VIP Salon) took place at Africacom in Cape Town, South Africa this week. Richard Liu, President of Huawei’s Global Carrier Marketing & Solution Sales Dept., opened the proceedings with a keynote speech titled “Dream Africa’s 5G Prosperity, Build an Inclusive Digital Cornerstone,” where he called for continuous localized innovation in Africa and working together to build a digital Africa.

5G FWA in Africa, Emerging Trends and Opportunities

He noted that: “The remarkable intergenerational capabilities of 5G networks are accelerating the development of the ICT industry, and also stimulate huge innovation momentum, changing our lives and society. Global operators with a firm 5G strategy have achieved business success. To dream Africa’s 5G prosperity, it is recommended to build Digital Africa via 3 inclusive innovations, inclusive ecosystem, inclusive service and inclusive network, by maturing the 5G terminal ecosystem, developing FWA killer services and building 4G/5G synergy network, build a solid digital foundation of Africa.”

At the summit, GSMA Intelligence, together with ICASA, MTN South Africa, and Huawei, released a white paper titled “5G FWA in Africa, Emerging Trends and Opportunities.” All parties will work together to promote the development of 5G FWA services in Africa and meet the needs of families and enterprises, according to the paper.