Although smartphone shipments declined across Africa from the first quarter of 2021 to the second, shipments are higher than in the second quarter of 2019 and 2020. Vendors shipped 22.8 million smartphones across Africa during the second quarter of 2021.
Smartphone shipments in Africa from second quarter 2016 to fourth quarter 2021, by quarter (in million units)*
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IDC. (March 23, 2022). Smartphone shipments in Africa from second quarter 2016 to fourth quarter 2021, by quarter (in million units)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 23, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/791865/africa-smartphone-shipment-by-quarter/
IDC. "Smartphone shipments in Africa from second quarter 2016 to fourth quarter 2021, by quarter (in million units)*." Chart. March 23, 2022. Statista. Accessed May 23, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/791865/africa-smartphone-shipment-by-quarter/
IDC. (2022). Smartphone shipments in Africa from second quarter 2016 to fourth quarter 2021, by quarter (in million units)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 23, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/791865/africa-smartphone-shipment-by-quarter/
IDC. "Smartphone Shipments in Africa from Second Quarter 2016 to Fourth Quarter 2021, by Quarter (in Million Units)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/791865/africa-smartphone-shipment-by-quarter/
IDC, Smartphone shipments in Africa from second quarter 2016 to fourth quarter 2021, by quarter (in million units)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/791865/africa-smartphone-shipment-by-quarter/ (last visited May 23, 2022)