The digital economy, particularly location-based platforms, could potentially provide alternative forms of work to alleviate mass unemployment in many countries. Such platforms may offer opportunities to people who face unequal access to income-generat …

South African Mobile Network Operator’s (MNO) performance has remained resilient despite the recommendations from the Competition Commission (Commission) to review data pricing within the country. While the Commission’s recommendations are meant to fac …

This policy brief demonstrates the quarterly time series trend of data prices in Cameroon between 2016 to the end of 2020, as well as how prices have reduced. The reduction does not necessarily translate to cheaper data in the country with regulators s …

Not unlike the rest of the world, COVID-19 related socioeconomic shocks in South Africa and Nigeria are disproportionately experienced by women due to persistent pre-pandemic gender inequalities that affect access to economic opportunities. Digital fin …

The effectiveness of social media to reach a wide audience has made it a critical medium for many governments across Africa and beyond to provide reliable COVID-19 pandemic mitigation information to millions of people. In some African countries, there …

This policy brief presents the data tariffs which have been reduced by MTN and Vodacom in South Africa from R149 per one GB to R99 per GB with effect from 1 April 2020. The two companies reduced data prices in response to the Competition Commission’s t …