{"id":730573,"date":"2019-10-24T17:08:11","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T17:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/24\/39-of-ghanaians-are-online-report\/"},"modified":"2019-10-24T17:08:11","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T17:08:11","slug":"39-of-ghanaians-are-online-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/24\/39-of-ghanaians-are-online-report\/","title":{"rendered":"39% of Ghanaians are online \u2013 Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Factsheet of the 2019 Affordable Internet Report from the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) indicates that 39% of people in Ghana are online. <\/p>\n

This compares favorably
\nwith the 24% in Africa as a continent, according to the report, which sourced
\nthe International Telecommunications Union.<\/p>\n

But America leads the
\npack in percentage terms with a whopping 70% of population online, while Asia,
\nwhich has the biggest chunk of the world\u2019s population boasts of some 47% people
\nonline.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

The global online presence figure is currently
\n51%, and the report says cost is the
\nbiggest barrier to access, keeping people offline.<\/p>\n

Cost<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIn low and middle-income countries, 1GB data costs
\n4.7% of average monthly income. This is more than doublethe United Nations
\naffordability threshold, which says 1GB of data should not be more than 2% of
\naverage monthly income,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n

The report noted that over one billion people live
\nin countries where broadband data is not affordable, adding that out of 100
\ncountries captured in theAlliance for 4Affordable Internet (A4AI)mobile
\nbroadband pricing survey, only 37 have reached the UN 2% affordability
\nthreshold.<\/p>\n

In Ghana, 1GB of data
\ncost on the average, 2.03% of monthly income, which is very close to the United
\nNations\u2019 affordability threshold of not more 2% of monthly salary.<\/p>\n

The average cost of
\ninternet in Ghana also compare favorably with the global average of 4.7% of
\nmonthly incomes.<\/p>\n

Indeed, average internet
\ncost in Ghana is slightly better than that of the Americas, where the average
\ncost stood at 2.7% of monthly income.<\/p>\n

The average cost of 1GB
\nof data on the entire African continent is much worse, standing at a whopping
\n7.1%, which is more than three times the UN threshold.<\/p>\n

The reported noted that
\n\u201calthough Africa has some of the world\u2019s most consolidated broadband markets, Ghana
\nhas a maturing broadband market and is progressing towards a healthy market.\u201d<\/p>\n

But when it comes to cost, Asia is the only continent which has an
\naverage cost within the UN 2% affordability threshold.<\/p>\n

In Asia, 1GB of data in Asia cost an average of 1.9% of monthly income,
\nwhich is less that the UN 2% threshold. <\/p>\n

Worrying trend<\/strong><\/p>\n

The report notes a
\nworrying trend, which was that the study this year finds that consolidated
\nbroadband markets are keeping prices high and putting
\nlife-changing internet access out of reach for hundreds of millions of
\npeople.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople in countries with consolidated markets pay US$3.42 more per GB for mobile
\ndata than those in similar countries with healthy markets,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

It said around 900 million people currently live in countries where the cost of
\ninternet access is kept high by consolidated markets.<\/p>\n

It gets much worse in monopoly mobile markets, where 1GB data could be as much as US$7.33 more expensive than if it were a two-operator market, and an estimated 260 million people live in areas dominated by just one major mobile network operator.<\/p>\n

Source: Samuel Dowuona<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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