The World Bank has lamented over the high cost of internet in low-to-middle income countries, including Ghana.
The Bank’s Vice President for Africa, Hafez Ghanem, who made this observation when he paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, urged her to adopt measures to bring the cost down.
A research findings released in October 2018 by the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) showed that more than 2.3 billion people live in countries where just 1GB of mobile data is not affordable.
In her response, Mrs. Owusu-Ekuful said the government of Ghana has already begun processes aimed at pushing the cost of internet down in the country
She said there will be an industry forum early next month to force a consensus on the way forward.
Mrs. Owusu-Ekuful also stated a high level engagement with the regulator and the industry operators had been ongoing for some time now to promote greater infrastructure sharing and competition with the aim of forcing the internet cost to fall.
“There’s a huge appetite for data in this country which we are not being able to meet and so we see that there’s an opportunity, there’s a commercial opportunity for the private sector to also take advantage of.
“So we have begun having meetings around several issues including; sim registration, equipment identity registration among others to clean up that space and make it more secured and less easy for people to use their devices for formulating criminal activities. We are going to have an industry forum early next month to put all these conversations forward and force a consensus on the way to go,” she added.
Source: Stephen Odoi Larbi/kasapa FM
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Talk is cheap for Ghanaian politicians.World Bank Rep. telling you this and you have no better answer for Ghanaians.
EVERYTHING IN GHANA IS EXPENSIVE.THE GOVERNMENT ROB THE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME AND MOST OF THE MONIES ARE USED FOR EXPENSIVE CARS AND FUTILE THINGS.THEY IMPORTED OVER TWO HUNDRED 4X4 CARS ONLY TO ROT IN THE HOT SUN.EVIL SO CALLED LEADERS. THEY WILL ALL ACCOUNT ONE DAY.TIME ALONE WILL TELL.
the masses will get up one day and you people will see. ***barred word***
ursula or whatever her name. you people said you were coming to change things but nothing. we see nothing. internet is very expensive. do something about it. shame on you. all you know is to dress and do unnecessary make up and people are suffering. nonnsensee
You sit for an outsider who is not a Ghanaian to come and tell you what affect your own people. Blacks are sickkk. A minister is interested in signing contracts all for 10 percent. Country of sickkk people and their leaders
so true internet in Ghana is very very expensive. something should be done about to and not just sit and talk talk
I wonder even to call from Abroad to Ghana is expensive. I don't understand why calling and internet in Ghana so expensive and no one is talking about