Data more expensive in Kenya than TZ, UgandaOnly 13 million users are active online, majority of whom use the web to access social networking sites such as Facebook and WhatsApp. Only 13 million users are active online, with the most active being on social media platforms such as Whatsapp, Facebook and Twitter, according to the Kenya Mobile White Paper 2019 Report released yesterday. Mobile internet appears to be the next battleground for the country’s main telecommunications providers who have been running stinging advertisements against each other. Chappatte tipped the impending merger between Airtel Kenya and Telkom Kenya to bring prices down by increasing competition in the data market. The country recently overtook Nigeria as the global leader in mobile internet, with mobile internet penetration standing at 83 per cent.

Source: Standard Digital March 11, 2019 21:04 UTC