With over 30 years in telecom and 26 in South Africa, SFE’s African Expansion Partner, shares his experience in the field. He highlights South Africa as a strategic entry point for international businesses, thanks to its favorable time zone, widespread English use, and developed infrastructure. Dinsmore explores the rise of mobile money as a transformative force for financial inclusion and the growing competition between telcos, banks, and fintechs through innovations like MVNOs. He also points to 5G and emerging technologies like AI and IoT as major drivers of future growth across Africa’s telecom and tech sectors.