Nigeria has been ranked sixth in the latest study by the Research ICT Africa, on some 10
African countries with cheapest 1 Gigabytes (GB) data, reports ITRealms.
The gigabyte is
a multiple of the unit byte
for digital information. The prefix giga means 109 in the International System of Units (SI),
thus, one gigabyte is 1000000000 bytes, whereas the unit symbol for the
gigabyte is GB.
ITRealms gathered that the 10 countries reviewed by the
study includes Egypt, Mozambique, Tunisia, Ghana, Tanzania, Nigeria, Guinea,
Uganda, Rwanda and Madagascar.
Researcher, Communications & Evaluation
Advisor to Research ICT Africa, Chenai Chair confirmed this to ITRealms saying that Egypt
offers broadband worth of 1GB for 1.74 United States Dollar, followed by
Mozambique at 2.12, Tunisia at 2.21, Ghana at 2.45; Tanzania – 2.99, Nigeria
3.2, Guinea – 3.29, Uganda – 3.43, Rwanda – 3.72 and Madagascar selling 1GB of broadband
at 4.66.
Singling out Rwanda for examination, Chenai said Research
ICT Africa compared the best performer Egypt (USD 3.13), prices with Rwanda
were USD1.07 is more expensive.
Stressing though that the cost of 1GB of data
continued to decline over time, Rwanda was overtaken by Tanzania which offered
the best price in Q2 2016.
“Rwanda was later overtaken by Nigeria and Tunisia, ending
up in 9th position by Q4 2016 when the price of 1GB was USD3.72; nearly two US
dollars higher than the 1st-ranked country, Egypt (USD1.74),” she said.
Chenai pointed out that as with many
predominantly prepaid mobile markets, bundled and dynamically priced products
are better value for money than 1GB of data, the international standard for
data measurement.
Nonye Dom/GEE
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