Julianne Mweheire, the director of industry affairs and content development at Uganda Communications Commission says almost 50% of internet data usage in the country is on TikTok.
She noted that Uganda has 4.4 million users on TikTok who account for 296470 gigabytes of data per month, followed by WhatsApp users with 94494 gigabytes of data consumed on average per month.
She has revealed that in the past two years, the trend of data consumption has changed greatly with several consumers preferring to use data for video communication
She was speaking during a four-day Joint Regional Economic and Commercial Diplomacy Retreat at Serena Hotel Kigo in Wakiso districts.
The retreat organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs offers a chance to reflect on Uganda’s progress and develop a resource mobilization strategy.
Further, the retreat has brought together Ugandan ambassadors sitting in neighboring countries to explore ways to enhance Uganda’s presence in their respective mission countries.
On the cost of data, Mweheire said this has gone down by more than 50% since 2019.“Mobile operators have since 2019 reduced data prices by 51%.”
She said the price per gigabyte of data is also low, in comparison with other East African countries with one gigabyte going for $0.86 in Uganda, $0.76 in Rwanda, $0.97 in Kenya, $1.53 in Tanzania, $40 in South Sudan and $0.83 in South Africa.
