Governments across the globe are establishing consumer taxes for over-the-top (OTT) services — including social media apps — as a way to generate revenue in the age of digital economy. This trend is particularly apparent across Sub-Saharan Africa, where such…
This post was written by Eleanor Sarpong, Deputy Director and Policy Lead, A4AI. At this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona the buzzword on everybody’s lips was 5G. It was impossible not to be seduced by the many ideas…
This post is based on original A4AI research on data pricing in low- and middle-income countries. CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article, published 20 March 2019, wrongly reported that there was an increase in average data costs across low-…