The amount stands for a 70 percent increase compared to USD 184 million spent during the same period in 2009. The number of transactions performed between 1 June and 11 July 2010 totaled 2.2 million (55,000 per day on average), up 79 percent from approximately 1.2 million (30,000 a day on average) during the same 41 days in 2009.
According to the same data, 51 percent of spending came from such countries as the US (19.05 percent), the UK (19.03 percent), Australia (4.7 percent), Brazil (4.2 percent) and France (3.4percent). In addition, the main contributors to the significant rate of spending from the African continent were Mozambique (USD 8.1 million), Botswana (USD 7.47 million) and Angola (USD 6.5million).
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