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          Calls for reduction of internet charges increase

          Chaweya Mzembe by Chaweya Mzembe
          23 July 2020
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          Reactions have been sparked online as Malawians
          are demanding network providers to reduce data
          charges.

          The calls are being championed on social media
          under the hash tags “datamustfall” and “reducedatacosts”.

          At the moment, online users have mobilized
          themselves to fight against what they dub as exorbitant costs of internet in the country.

          Among other things, users online are asking authorities to urgently deal with the issue of expensive internet data bundles as it has negatively affected people as the use of the internet is becoming increasingly sought for.

          Speaking to Malawi Metro News, some Lobbying social media Networks driving the campaign, said they find the costs of internet too high and yet the internet connectivity is not as good.

          They also explained that they find the prices oppressive to a Malawian consumer because elsewhere internet prices have been revisited to allow people proceed with their day to day businesses through internet connections.

          Meanwhile the activists claim that authorities and network providers fail to address the concerns; they
          will seek other persuasive means until their demands are met.

          The call also comes just days after Minister of
          Information Gospel Kazako ordered the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority to deal with the issue of exorbitant costs of internet in the country.

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          Meanwhile ICT Association of Malawi President
          Bram Fudzulani says the demands are long overdue.
          “As part of such calls, ICT players are currently
          meeting with Macra as well as Competition and Fair
          Trade to force the network providers to treat this
          matter seriously, “said Fudzulani.

          In its 2019 economic monitor review, the World Bank cited high taxation as one of the major factors
          behind exorbitant internet charges in the country.

          The economic monitor had indicated that the
          country’s entry-level broadband packages at 19 percent of per capita GDP are exorbitant than the
          5.2 percent of per capita GDP in Uganda and two
          percent in Kenya.

          While stating that lack of competition in critical
          telecom market segments restricts the growth of
          the sector, the World Bank proposed the country to
          have significant policy, regulatory and fiscal reforms
          in order to realise digital dividends.

          In 2018, Freedom House, a popular global organization that conducts research and advocacy on democracy, political freedom, and human rights stated that Malawians have to pay up to 44 percent in tax in order to access the Internet.

          The tax is broken down into the following: a 17.5
          percent VAT (value added tax) on mobile phones
          and services; a 16.5 percent VAT on Internet services; and an additional 10 percent excise duty on mobile phone text messages and Internet data transfers, introduced in 2015.

          The organization also found that for the few users
          who can afford the Internet, “connection speeds are frustratingly slow and have decreased to an average
          of 1.3 Mbps in 2017 from 1.7 Mbps a year prior,
          compared to a global average of 7.0 Mbps.”

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