by Thinus Ferreira
After hiking DStv prices by up to 19% in February this year, MultiChoice Ghana has once again announced that DStv fees in the West African country will be increased from August 2023 by up to another 18%, blaming Ghana's runaway inflation rate.
The August DStv price hike will be the second price increase in Ghana within months, and the second price hike within the same year - similar to what has been done by MultiChoice Kenya in East Africa.
So far MultiChoice South Africa increased prices in 2023 in South Africa while MultiChoice Africa hiked prices in countries ranging from Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia, from July in Tanzania and for a shocking second time in Kenya within months.
MultiChoice Ghana is hiking DStv Premium from 1 August 2023 by 16.5% from GH₵515 to GH₵600.
MultiChoice Ghana is also hiking DStv Compact Plus by 16.9% from GH₵325 to GH₵380, increasing DStv Compact by 15.9% from GH₵220 to GH₵255 and increasing DStv Family by 18.1% from GH₵110 to GH₵130.
MultiChoice Ghana is hiking DStv Access by 16.6% from GH₵60 to GH₵70.
Nii Armah Dagadu, MultiChoice Ghana corporate affairs manager, says the DStv price hikes are due to Ghana's inflation and the instability of Ghana's currency.
"The stability of our currency is quite an issue but remember that this particular increase is heavily driven by the cost of inflation."
