Business News of Saturday, 6 April 2019Source: Starrfmonline.comInternet price will soon go down – UrsulaCommunications Minister Mrs Ursula Owusu EkufulThe government of Ghana has commenced processes aimed at pushing the cost of the internet down, Communications Minister Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has said. There will be an industry forum early next month, Mrs Owusu-Ekuful said to force a consensus on the way forward. Mrs Owusu-Ekuful made this known during a recent courtesy call paid to her by the World Bank Africa Vice President Hafez Ghanem. The report which assessed the policy frameworks designed to advance affordable internet access across 61 low- and middle-income countries found over 60% of countries have unaffordable internet. The pace of policy change to drive internet prices down marked its slowest improvement to date.

Source: GhanaWeb April 06, 2019 17:37 UTC