According to research by Cable (www.cable.co.uk) the East African nation of Kenya has been ranked 21st in countries with the cheapest mobile data in 2021 for Sub Saharan Africa out of a total of 47 countries.
Based on the research, Kenya is ranked behind Sudan, Somalia, Ghana, Tanzania, and Mauritius, which are currently the Top 5 countries with the cheapest cost of mobile data in Sub Sahara Africa.
In the world stage, Kenya is 118th on the list of countries with the cheapest mobile data which has a total of 230 countries.
The research by Cable (www.cable.co.uk) revealed that the average cost of mobile data in Kenya for the year 2021 stands at 2.25 United States Dollars ( Kenyan Shillings). This is significantly below the average cost of data got the entire Sub Sahara region which stands at 6.44 United States Dollars (242.78 Kenyan Shillings).
The Sub Saharan Africa region is the home of 4 out of the 5 countries with the most expensive costs of mobile data in the world. What this means is that the region of Sub Saharan Africa has the most expensive cost of internet in the world.
The 5 countries with the most expensive cost of mobile data in the world (according to Cable (www.cable.co.uk)) are Equatorial Guinea, Falkland Islands, Saint Helena, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Malawi.
2021’s country with the cheapest cost of mobile data in the world, is Israel. The country has an average price of 0.50 United States Dollars (53.95 Kenyan Shillings) for 1 GB of mobile data.
Other countries that have mobile data costs that are significantly more affordable are Kyrgyzstan, Fiji, Italy and Sudan.
Cable (www.cable.co.uk) classified countries into 4 categories in order to effectively explain or breakdown the availability of mobile data all over the world, along with its varying costs.
Cable (www.cable.co.uk) which is an organization based in the United Kingdom (UK) believes that countries that have really great infrastructure will be most likely to have more affordable costs of mobile data, as opposed to countries which do not have said infrastructure.
Cable (www.cable.co.uk) added that countries which rely heavily on mobile data and have service providers that compete, will have lower costs of mobile data than countries that do not rely heavily or entirely on mobile data.
In countries and or areas where the Internet consumption or usage is low the costs of mobile data will be significantly higher as a result of a corresponding increase in the cost(s) of maintaining the infrastructure for telecommunications.
Cable (www.cable.co.uk) also made it known that wealthy countries have more affordable costs for mobile data as a result of a healthy market for internet services, along with more advanced infrastructure.
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