Visit the net shop in Africa, open the web for 5 minutes, the record price is 419,000 VND / hour
Wifi here is so slow that downloading a website takes 5 minutes, let alone watching YouTube or playing online games.
In Africa, the Internet is still something very strange. Here, net shop, an old concept in Vietnam, has appeared but the price is quite expensive compared to people's income. Virtually all the money-rich people have the concept of net shop, but the poor only give up.
Since 2016, net prices in Africa have ranged from 0.3 to 1.2 USD (7,000 - 28,000 VND / hour), which is quite high compared to the income of most people in Africa.
In 2016, the logo of Firefox, IE and Yahoo! Still appearing on the net shop in the capital Nairobi, Kenya.
Inside a net shop in Kenya.
To access the Internet at an Internet cafe in Zimbabwe, people will have to pay between 1-2 USD (23,000 - 46,000 VND / hour), the price from 2016.
In Togo Republic, each net shop usually has 8-10 machines. The internet shop also operates printing, photocopying, disc burning, selling phone cards.
In some remote areas, net prices are higher, about VND 23,500 per hour. Not all African people can pay.
Even in Lusaka, Zambia, prices in net shops also reached a record of 18 USD / hour, equivalent to 419,000 VND. Most people who come to the net shop here are businessmen, they come to download documents for work.
Besides the expensive price, the quality in African net shops is also impressive. Wifi here is so slow that downloading a website takes 5 minutes, let alone watching YouTube or playing online games.
Net shops in Africa are simple furniture with old computer models and operating systems. Any net shop with a headset or webcam is very good.
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