Digital economy in Zambia
Where the networks run, who is connected and how fast, who is building data centres, and where the tech markets are strongest.
People using the internet: Zambia against SADC
People using the internet, people, latest year for each country. Click a bar for that country's digital economy page.
Zambia's trade in digital economy goods since 2012
Exports and imports of the products in this pillar's subsectors, each product counted once, US$
Subsectors
11 in this pillarMobile networks in Zambia
- Tracks
- Operators, subscriptions and share, data traffic, base stations by technology, revenue and investment, spectrum.
- Signals ahead
- Spectrum auctions, licence conditions, tower deals.
Select a figure for its trend. Source: CEPII BACI, dotzedw deals tracker.
Trade in detail
Zambia exported US$1.9m and imported US$97m of mobile networks in 2024; exports down 27% on five years earlier, 0.6% of what SADC sells abroad.
Zambia's main exports in this subsector, 2024
Zambia's trade in mobile networks every year since 2012, by partner is part of the Individual plan
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What Zambia sells abroad across digital economy
Zambia's exports by subsector, 2024, US$, with its share of SADC's exports. A product can count in two subsectors.
Who is moving
Open in the deals tracker1 deals in the last 12 months involving Zambia, placed in subsectors by what they say.
- 2026-02-27 · Zambia · Venture capital · Announced · Start-ups and venture fundingZambia Neobank Lupiya Extends Series A to $11.25M
- 2025-09-11 · Zambia · Development finance · Approved · Not yet placedWorld Bank approves Digital Zambia Acceleration Project (DZAP)