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There is no without equipment. The internet use is mainly driven by Mobile. Most of the sold in either come from China, Dubai or are manufactured in Nigeria. They are supposed to be ‘cheap’ compared to the EU or US market. However, how affordable are they?
According to Alliance for Affordable Internet, they define smartphone in 2020 as the “price in relation to the income”. Going under the hypothesis that the phone prices have not changed much since 2020 thus keeping its cost the same compared to the monthly income that fluctuates highly every year, we will find out the phone per country as per the end of Q3 2023.
Country Affordability
Benin 53.65%
Burkina Faso 33.19%
Cabo Verde 32.75%
Côte d’Ivoire 83.24%
The Gambia -
Ghana 15.37%
Guinea 8.28%
Guinea Bissau 50.59%
Liberia 44.44%
Mali 22.99%
Niger 18.14%
Nigeria 30.67%
Senegal 33.42%
Sierra Leone 353.6%
Togo 97.95%

In most countries, phone costs represent 30% and above of the average monthly income. This makes the phone stand as a luxury product and not as an affordable item indispensable for . This high cost can explain the low internet pe*******on as most people will not have the means to purchase it or it will not be a priority for them. In this sense, is not that different from the region.

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In the region, less than 50% of its population uses . Is it possible that there are less users due to data affordability? Data is considered affordable when the cost of 1GB is less than 2% of the user's monthly income. Based on employees monthly average and the price of 1GB as per December 2022 this is how data affordability unfolds in the region.
Country Data cost as per
monthly income
Benin 2.06%
Burkina Faso 2.39%
Cabo Verde 1.65%
Côte d’Ivoire 1.91%
The Gambia 7.93%
Ghana 0.19%
Guinea 0.696%
Guinea Bissau 2.04%
Liberia 5.84%
Mali 2.51%
Niger 0.56%
Nigeria 0.21%
Senegal 0.9%
Sierra Leone 1.68%
Togo 22.31%

The is affordable in 8 countries over 15 countries of with 4 countries slightly above the 2% affordability threshold. Moreover, with the highest population has an affordability that is not even up to 1%. Therefore, if affordability is not the parameter hampering internet pe*******on in the region as in the region, what is then? What parameter can explain this low internet pe*******on?