[mw-reg-national-l] [mispa-l] [malawi-isoc-chapter] Malawi has the most expensive 1GB of data - is it true?

[Faizal Okhai]

Gentlemen

Access is at K6 per mb on PAYG and bundles start at K1,000 for 3GB
Further information can be found at access.mw/bundles

Thanks & Regards,

Faizal Okhai | Director | Access Communications | +265 (0) 212 100 001 




> On 7 Jul 2020, at 20:17, Josiah Chavula <josiahchavula at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Bessie,
> 
> It appears the report was based on pay-as-you-go prices, which are indeed much higher. TNM indicates K25/MB on PAYG [1] , which translates to K25,000 for 1GB (circa $34 for 1GB). For bundle prices, data from Research ICT Africa <https://researchictafrica.net/ramp_indices_portal/> [2] indicates the price of 1GB prepaid data in Malawi was around $4.84 by Q4 of 2019. 
> 
> Bottom line: those who cannot afford the large data bundles (the lowest income individuals) are the ones paying exorbitant prices for Internet access.
> 
> Regards,
> Josiah
> 
> [1] https://www.tnm.co.mw/ui/tnm-october/index.php/price-plans?tab=data <https://www.tnm.co.mw/ui/tnm-october/index.php/price-plans?tab=data>
> [2] https://researchictafrica.net/ramp_indices_portal/ <https://researchictafrica.net/ramp_indices_portal/> 
> 
> On Tue, Jul 7, 2020 at 7:05 PM Bessie Nyirenda <bessie at clcom.net <mailto:bessie at clcom.net>> wrote:
> Dear Dr. Nyirenda
> 
> What is the source of data that Carmen Ang used to compile this statistics? From visiting the two mobile operator sites I find that daily 1GB data costs K1800 compared to weekly K2500 and TNM monthly rate of K3500. Using reserve bank rate of K 744 to a dollar this is only US$ 2.42, US$3.36, and US$4.70, daily, weekly, monthly respectively. These rates are still high for Malawian especially now that with Covid-19 requirement to work and transact more business online.The providers should halve these prices.
> 
> 
> 
> Unless the  source of data and year of such source is different, I would write Carmen for clarity and source of data and point her to the mobile providers websites. 
> 
> Regards
> 
> Bessie Nyirenda
> 
> On Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 6:45 PM Dr P Nyirenda <paulos at sdnp.org.mw <mailto:paulos at sdnp.org.mw>> wrote:
> 
> Some Malawians in the diaspora have been complaining to me that Malawi has the most expensive 1GB of mobile data in the world and are citing this web page:
> 
> https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cost-of-mobile-data-worldwide/ <https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cost-of-mobile-data-worldwide/>
> 
> an extract of which says the following:
> ... """"The Most Expensive Countries for 1 GB of Data
> On the other end of the spectrum, here are the top five most expensive countries for one gigabyte of mobile data:
> Overall Rank    Country           Average price of 1GB (USD)
> 155      🇲🇼 Malawi        $27.41
> 154      🇧🇯 Benin           $27.22
> 153      🇹🇩 Chad           $23.33
> 152      🇾🇪 Yemen         $15.98
> 151      🇧🇼 Botswana    $13.87
> A striking trend worth noting is that four out of five of the most expensive countries for mobile data are in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). """" ...
> 
> So, as practitioners in the ICT sector, is this true?  Do we need to do anything about it ?
> 
> Or do we have to influence MACRA to do something about it, as some of those in the  diaspora seem to be indicating?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Paulos
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