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5 Surprising stats that show just how important mobile is

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October 29, 2017
South Coast Herald 1 minute read

AFRICA isn’t just mobile first, in most parts it is mobile only. More people have access to mobile phones than they do to basic services.

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1. Worldwide, more people will have mobile phones (5,4bn) than electricity (5,3bn), running water (3,5bn) and cars (2,8bn) by 2020

 

2. Mobile browsing now accounts for half of the world’s web traffic. While desktop traffic is still important, mobile is fast becoming the norm. And this shift to mobile is also changing user behaviour. Users are reading less and watching video instead.
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3. More than 75% of the world’s mobile data traffic will be video by 2021. In South Africa, video will make up 73% of mobile data traffic by 2020.

4. 81% of all Facebook advertising revenue comes from mobile ads and over 1bn people are mobile-only active users on the platform.

5. The average user touches their phone 2617 times a day,  and millennials check their phone 157 times a day. A smartphone is always on and always with the user. 

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October 29, 2017
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Senior reporter Sugan Naidoo is a true son of the South Coast soil. He was to the newspaper industry born, his late father working at the South Coast Herald back in the days when black and white photographs were still being used. Sugan has been with Caxton for close to three decades, having started as a weekend photographer, straight out of school. He soon showed his skill in hard news reporting and has, over the years, added to his repertoire, with motoring now one of his important beats. He is always willing to go the extra mile, especially if it's to test drive a new vehicle. He supports the Proteas, Springboks and Manchester United.
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