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A new report detailing the load of mobile data in other markets around the world shows why internet usage in most of Africa remains low despite growing broadband internet coverage.
The Global Mobile Pricing 2022 report, which surveyed 233 countries and territories, shows that five of the top 10 countries to buy mobile data in the world are in sub-Saharan Africa.
Mobile information is such in those countries that 1GB costs at least $10, which is 250 times more than Israel, the country with the cheapest information in the world.
In Saao Tome and Principe, 1GB of data costs $29, while in Botswana it costs $16. Togo ($13), Seychelles ($13) and Namibia ($11) are the other African countries with the most expensive data packages, making it difficult to expand economically and create tasks.
Kenya’s reasonably priced IsP Poa Internet gets $28 million at an AfDB-backed Africa50-led roundtable and plans to connect the region with reasonable and unlimited connectivity
Dan Howdle, a customer telecom analyst at price comparison site Cable. co. uk, said in a statement: “At the most beloved end of the list, we have countries where the infrastructure is not only right, but also where demand is very low. “
“People buy knowledge packages of only ten megabytes at a time, which makes a gigabyte a relatively large amount of knowledge and therefore expensive to buy,” he said.
In Africa, the Internet is the cheapest in Ghana at $0. 61, followed by Somalia, Nigeria, Tanzania, Sudan, Eswatini, Kenya and Mauritius, where 1 GB of mobile data costs less than a dollar. Clearly, an affordable network can be just the rise of those countries’ virtual economies, hence its appeal to venture capitalists and technology.
Notably, the mobile data rate is especially down this year compared to the last in Malawi ($26 to $2), Chad ($23 to $2) and Equatorial Guinea ($50 to $10) – them from the list of countries with the most beloved cellular knowledge.
In the last eight years, the number of other people connected to the Internet in Africa has doubled to 28%, due to a higher broadband Internet policy and smartphone penetration. However, more than one billion (53%) of other people in regions with cellular broadband networks are still not connected due to peak data charge, according to the GSMA’s State of mobile internet in Africa in 2021 report, an umbrella organisation representing cellular operators around the world.
But that will most likely replace it, as tech titans like Google and Meta invest heavily in infrastructure to bring what they say is fast and reasonable to Africa.
The adoption of affordable and developing smartphones, which is expected to rise from 64% last year to 75%, means that Africa’s virtual economy, valued lately at $115 billion and expected to multiply sixfold by 2050, will have a positive effect on other sectors. of the economy
Endeavour predicts that 44 million jobs can be created if web penetration reaches 75%, a 2. 5% increase in GDP consistent with capital for every 10% expansion in cellular penetration, as well as increased global popularity and investment through the tech giants. and foreign investors.
New Report Examines Africa’s Expansion in the Virtual Economy and Venture Capital Investment Landscape