Africa: Why Mobile Internet Is So Expensive in Some African Nations

3 November 2020

In Malawi, people have been paying around 87% of gross national income per capita for 1GB of mobile data. Rwandans only pay 2%. DW examines the reasons for this huge price discrepancy.

The smartphone and the internet play the same crucial role for Tabu Kitta as they do for most Africans in their 30s:

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