This document discusses the mobile app market in Africa. It notes that Africa reached 65% mobile penetration in 2012 and is the second biggest mobile market in the world. The document highlights several successful African mobile apps, including Zapiro Toons which ranked in top app lists in over 90 countries and The Star South African newspaper app which ranked #1 or #2 in various categories in South Africa and neighboring countries. The document also shows graphs of revenue growth for Snapplify apps from 2012-2013 and the percentage of Snapplify app sales from iOS versus Android stores. It concludes by noting some challenges for African mobile apps including app stores and accessing global markets.