Due to the weak fixed-line communication infrastructure, Africa has become one of the major markets for emerging mobile communication technologies and services in recent years. As early as the second quarter of 2011, Africa surpassed the Western European market and surpassed the North American market in the third quarter to become the world's second largest mobile communications market. At present, the market share of smart phones in the African mobile phone market is not high, but its development prospects and development speed are significantly higher than non-smart phones. Africa is the second largest market in the world for Chinese enterprises to carry out project contracting. In recent years, infrastructure investment by Chinese companies in Africa has grown rapidly. Chinese telecommunications companies have participated in the construction of optical fiber transmission backbone networks, fixed telephones, mobile communications, Internet and other communication facilities in Africa, which has expanded the coverage of telecommunications networks in African countries, improved the quality of communications services, and lowered telecommunications tariffs.

South Africa is the most economically developed country in Africa and successfully joined the BRICS in 2012. It is an important information, technology and product distribution center in Africa, and has a strong radiation effect on the whole Africa. The revenue of South Africa's radio and television market, from 13.9 billion US dollars in 2009 to 15.1 billion US dollars in 2014, an annual growth rate of 1.6%, the industry development level ranks 20th in the world. South Africa currently has 4.6 million set-top box subscribers, 15 million Internet TV subscribers and 5.1 million Internet subscribers. TELKOM, a South African broadcasting and communications company, is Africa's largest industry operator, and two of the largest IT companies, DIDATA and DATATEC, already have a presence in the UK and US.