Internet prices in Africa: what progress?
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African continent: when will the internet be accessible to all?
ISSOUF SANOGO / AFP
By: Emmanuelle Bastide
1 min
Despite the efforts made by operators to lower the prices of mobile connections, Internet access remains the most expensive on the planet.
In addition, a connected telephone still costs on average 34% of the monthly income of Africans.
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Three quarters of the continent is covered by 3G, but the rural areas are largely forgotten.
What efforts, what investments have been made in recent years to fight against these digital inequalities?
When will the Internet be accessible to all?
With
:
Jean-Pierre Barral,
Head of the Energy and Digital Transitions Department at the
French Development Agency (AFD)
Abdelkerim Yacoub Koundougoumi
, director of the Africa Office of the
NGO Internet Sans Frontières
, associate researcher at the
Institute for Prospective & Security in Europe (IPSE)
Patrick Mfouba,
Services director of Gabon Télécom.
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