A fascinating new report from mobile browser firm, Opera shows just how global the growth on the mobile internet is.

We were particularly interested in the figures for Africa; there are lots of great case studies on the use of SMS across Africa but we know see that the mobile web is strong there too. Lots to learn from these markets.

And in the report we see which sites are driving the growth;

Facebook has taken the lead in Africa; it is the most popular site visited by Opera Mini users in 6 out of 10 countries and the #2 site in three of the countries where it is not #1. Google is also very popular, and is ahead of Facebook in a few of the top 10 African countries. Yahoo and Wikipedia are also ubiquitous in the top 10 lists of the various African countries.