![]() ![]() The reason the topic is so contentious is because mobile data prices in the region are among the most expensive in the world, both in relative and absolute terms. In South Africa in 2016, the hashtag #Datamustfall set Twitter ablaze, and a protest against internet costs was banned in Benin in 2018. This is not the first time such a ruckus has erupted south of the Sahara. ![]() The decision was eventually suspended by the authorities. The three operators in Côte d'Ivoire (Orange, MTN and Moov) had decreased the amount of data included in 4G packages while maintaining their prices. The reason for their anger? Not the price of food – inflation is affecting this West African country like many others – nor the price of fuel or electricity.Ĭitizens were protesting a de facto increase in mobile internet rates, as the phone is the primary means of access to the web on the continent. TONY KARUMBA / AFPĪt the beginning of April, outraged Ivorian consumers launched petitions and called for a boycott. ![]() Surfing social media on a cell phone in Thika, central Kenya, in April 2022. Sub-Saharan Africans pay some of the highest rates in the world for mobile internet, an issue that impacts employment and poverty reduction.īy Marion Douet (Nairobi (Kenya) correspondent) Published on May 5, 2023, at 11:23 am (Paris) Sub-Saharan Africa suffers from overpriced internet ![]()
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