An analysis of Social Media use
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0.4% for the entire population 215. The UN Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development suggests
a 5% threshold of income for the cost of a 500 MB per month mobile broadband bundle. This implies
that the average TCMO for the Low basket in the region is approximately five times the suggested
threshold and is thus unaffordable for consumers in the bottom 40% income group in the region.216

Figure 20: Tax as a proportion of TCMO (Low basket) in 2016

Source: Own chart from GSMA 217 data

215 ibid
216 ibid
217 ibid

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