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Pay TV subscribers in Sub-Saharan Africa 2023, by country
Number of pay TV subscribers in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2023, by country
This statistic shows a forecast of pay TV subscriber numbers in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2023, broken down by country. The source projected that the number of pay TV subscribers in Nigeria would amount to 9.69 million by 2023 and estimated that there would 1.77 million subscribers in Uganda.
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This statistic shows a forecast of pay TV subscriber numbers in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2023, broken down by country. The source projected that the number of pay TV subscribers in Nigeria would amount to 9.69 million by 2023 and estimated that there would 1.77 million subscribers in Uganda.
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