MultiChoice Zambia the latest in Africa to announce a DStv and GOtv price hike of up to 9% from August 2023.

by Thinus Ferreira

MultiChoice Zambia is the latest to announce a DStv price hike from August 2023, following after DStv and GOtv price increases since March this year ranging from South Africa to Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, from July in Tanzania and even a shocking second price hike within months in Kenya.

MultiChoice Zambia says an "extreme global economic climate" is to blame for increasing DStv and GOtv prices in the African country from 1 August 2023. 

MultiChoice's cheapest pay-TV offering in the country, GOtv Value, is seeing a shocking 9% price hike from next month.

Leah Kooma, MultiChoice Zambia managing director, says "MultiChoice has adjusted the prices of some of its packages on DStv and GOtv" and that it is "due to the impact of the extreme global economic climate".

According to MultiChoice Africa, DStv Compact Plus in Zambia is increasing 2.6% from K750 to K770; DStv Compact is increasing 4% from K500 to K520, DStv Family is increasing 6.1% from K325 to K345, and DStv Access is increasing 5.5% from K180 to K190.

MultiChoice Africa is hiking Zambia's GOtv prices by 2% for GOtv Max from K250 to K255, 2.7% for GOtv Plus going from K185 to K190 from August, while GOtv Value in increasing 9% from K110 to K120.

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ALSO READ: MultiChoice Tanzania increases DStv prices by up to 8.8% from July 2023 as the latest African country getting a DStv price hike.

ALSO READ: PRICE HIKE. MultiChoice Ghana hiked fees by 19% in 2023, blames country's deteriorating economy as well as currency devaluation and fuel costs.

ALSO READ: PRICE HIKE. MultiChoice Nigeria hikes DStv prices again from May 2023 by up to 22.2% with cheapest GOtv bouquet seeing biggest price hike.

ALSO READ: SHOCKER. MultiChoice Kenya does second DStv price hike of up to 10% from April 2023 just 7 months after last fee increase, angry subscribers say they're cancelling and going to streaming.

ALSO READ: Six months after its last increase MultiChoice Uganda does another DStv price hike from April 2023 up to 10.25% as outraged subscribers slam pay-TV operator for 'garbage' content that's 'repeated and super old' .

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