Telecom giants lose grip as competition tightens

Rwanda’s telecom industry has reached a critical stage in market dominance with the two top players separated by a less than 3-percentage point margin. According to the Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA) Active Mobile Telephone Subscriptions report for August 2017, MTN controls 42 per cent of the market, Tigo enjoys a market share of over 39 per cent, up from 36.5 per cent in December 2016, while late entrant, Airtel Rwanda, trails with 19 per cent.
Mobile telephone market share as of August 2017.  (RURA)
Mobile telephone market share as of August 2017. (RURA)
Stephen Nuwagira