Business News of Monday, 1 April 2019Source: atinkaonline.comUsing internet in Ghana is expensive - World BankWorld Bank Vice President for Africa, Hafez GhanemThe World Bank has lamented over the high cost of internet in low-to-middle income countries, including Ghana. The Bank’s Vice President for Africa, Hafez Ghanem, made this observation when he paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful. As sighted on Celebritiesbuzz, he urged the Minister to adopt measures to bring the cost down to enable a lot Ghanaians or residents use the internet at affordable prices. Mrs. Owusu-Ekuful also stated a high level engagement with the regulator and the industry operators had been ongoing for some time now to promote greater infrastructure sharing and competition with the aim of forcing the internet cost to fall. We are going to have an industry forum early next month to put all these conversations forward and force a consensus on the way to go,” she added.

Source: GhanaWeb April 01, 2019 18:33 UTC