14 June 2022

Maroc Telecom Group (MTG) said its IAM customer base grew to 76 million in the first quarter of 2022, with the company opening new bases in sub-Saharan Africa.

IAM is Morocco’s largest internet provider with premises across the continent in countries such as Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire and Mauritania.

The customer base increased by 3.6% from the same period last year, while MTG gained north of 2.8% Moroccan customers and 4.4% more from its African subsidiaries.

The number of customers signing up to the company also increased by nearly 2% in 2021 compared to 2020, according to its latest annual report.

Meanwhile, MTG mobile clients in Morocco grew by 2.8% to 19.86 million in the first quarter of 2022 year-on-year.

However, mobile revenues in the country fell by 5.1% over the same period. The average revenue per mobile customer in the first quarter of 2022, totalled DH 44.9 per month (US$4.59), which is a decline of 7.9% from the first quarter of 2021.

The mobile customer base in sub-Saharan Africa increased by 4.4%, from 49.6 million people in last year’s first quarter, to 51.78 million in this year’s first quarter. The biggest increase came from a 13.7% rise in mobile customers in Mauritania, from 2.66 million to 3.03 million.