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Africa's Cheapest Countries for 1GB of Mobile Data
A gigabyte of mobile data costs well under a dollar in several African markets.
Updated 2026 · Data year 2023
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A gigabyte of mobile data costs well under a dollar in several African markets.
0.67
Mauritius · USD
Source: Cable.co.uk · 2023 · Average price of 1GB of mobile data, 2023. The 10 cheapest African markets shown.
Malawi offered the cheapest mobile data among African countries at an average of 0.38 USD per gigabyte in 2023, just ahead of Nigeria (0.39) and Ghana (0.40). Even the priciest markets in this cheapest-ten group, Egypt (0.65) and Mauritius (0.67), stayed well under 0.70 USD.
Takeaways
- Malawi had Africa's cheapest mobile data at 0.38 USD per 1GB.
- Nigeria (0.39) and Ghana (0.40) rounded out the three cheapest markets.
- Eight of these ten countries priced 1GB below 0.65 USD.
- Mauritius was the most expensive in this cheapest-10 group at 0.67 USD.
- Kenya and Rwanda both priced 1GB between 0.55 and 0.59 USD.
Sources
- TIER A Cable.co.uk, Worldwide Mobile Data Pricing (2024). https://www.cable.co.uk/mobiles/worldwide-data-pricing/
Average cost of 1GB; data year 2023.