Two reports were released recently that chart the rapid changes taking place in African ICT markets over the last year. The first looks at the rise of broadband access which has become increasingly available in Africa for the first time ever. The second report analyses the mobile handset market in one of the continent's largest markets, Nigeria and provides some useful pointers as to how that market will develop. Between 2001 when the first broadband access was rolled out and the present day, a wide range of both wireline and wireless broadband technologies have been deployed across Africa.