Mobile internet usage gap
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80%
Malawi · 2025
Mobile internet usage gap in Malawi stood at 80% in 2025 (GSMA).
- Publisher
- GSMA
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Locator
- A strong foundation but a critical usage gap
- Retrieved
- 17 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
However, despite this progress, Malawi faces a critical challenge: around 80% of the population lives within mobile broadband coverage but is not using mobile internet.
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- APA
- GSMA. (2025). 80% of Malawians Remain Offline Despite Coverage – New GSMA Report Highlights Path to Inclusive Digital Access and MWK 1.1 Trillion Growth. Retrieved September 17, 2026, from https://www.gsma.com/newsroom/press-release/80-of-malawians-remain-offline-despite-coverage-new-gsma-report-highlights-path-to-inclusive-digital-access-and-mwk-1-1-trillion-growth/. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_HENZ60ME9KX7F3DJBJC3YHHKD6
- MLA
- GSMA. "80% of Malawians Remain Offline Despite Coverage – New GSMA Report Highlights Path to Inclusive Digital Access and MWK 1.1 Trillion Growth." 2025, https://www.gsma.com/newsroom/press-release/80-of-malawians-remain-offline-despite-coverage-new-gsma-report-highlights-path-to-inclusive-digital-access-and-mwk-1-1-trillion-growth/. Accessed 17 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_HENZ60ME9KX7F3DJBJC3YHHKD6.
- Chicago
- GSMA. "80% of Malawians Remain Offline Despite Coverage – New GSMA Report Highlights Path to Inclusive Digital Access and MWK 1.1 Trillion Growth." 2025. https://www.gsma.com/newsroom/press-release/80-of-malawians-remain-offline-despite-coverage-new-gsma-report-highlights-path-to-inclusive-digital-access-and-mwk-1-1-trillion-growth/. Accessed September 17, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_HENZ60ME9KX7F3DJBJC3YHHKD6.
- BibTeX
- @misc{gsma2025mobileyhhkd6, author = {{GSMA}}, title = {80\% of Malawians Remain Offline Despite Coverage – New GSMA Report Highlights Path to Inclusive Digital Access and MWK 1.1 Trillion Growth}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_HENZ60ME9KX7F3DJBJC3YHHKD6}, note = {Original source: https://www.gsma.com/newsroom/press-release/80-of-malawians-remain-offline-despite-coverage-new-gsma-report-highlights-path-to-inclusive-digital-access-and-mwk-1-1-trillion-growth/. Accessed September 17, 2026.} }
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Primary Source
- Publisher
- GSMA · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- 80% of Malawians Remain Offline Despite Coverage – New GSMA Report Highlights Path to Inclusive Digital Access and MWK 1.1 Trillion Growth
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- A strong foundation but a critical usage gap
- Retrieved
- 17 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification & Integrity
- Audit status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 17 September 2026
- Last revision
- 17 September 2026
- Archival URI
- /stat/stat_HENZ60ME9KX7F3DJBJC3YHHKD6