Rising Data Costs As Threat To Businesses, Digital Access In Nigeria(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In recent months, Nigerians have been grappling with rising data prices as telecommunications companies increase their tariffs. In comparison, Egypt had 128.5 million mobile subscriptions in 2024, South Africa had almost 114 million, Ethiopia had about 88 million and Kenya had over 69 million. Analysts say in spite of the rising costs, service quality has not improved proportionally. “With these rising costs, business owners now face the difficult reality of spending more on internet services, which significantly reduces their already narrow profit margins. Nigeria’s mobile internet is ranked 80th globally in January 2025, with a median download speed of 43.79 Mbps.