The Minister of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovation, Samuel Nartey George, has justified his claims that DSTV charges Ghanaians higher than their peers in other African countries where the company operates.

When he took his turn at the “Government Accountability Series” to update the country about the performance of his ministry on Friday, August 1, 2025, the minister claimed that Ghanaians were being shortchanged by Digital Satellite Television (DSTV), owned by MultiChoice.

Addressing the nation, he described DSTV's current subscription pricing in Ghana as "plain stealing,” as he posited that Ghanaians were charged higher than other subscribers of the same DSTV packages in other countries.

To show proof of his assertion, the minister took to his official Facebook on the morning of Saturday, August 2, 2025, and posted a table which detailed how some countries, including Nigeria, Angola, Botswana, Eswatini and South Africa, are charged by DSTV.

The table, illustrating how countries are charged, indicated that for almost all the packages, Ghanaian subscribers are charged higher.

For instance, while Ghanaian subscribers are charged $54.30 for DSTV Compact Plus; Nigerians are charged $19.6; Liberians, $36; Angolans, $27; Botswana, $43; Eswatini, $35; and South African subscribers, $34.

The charges for the other packages are not entirely different in terms of how much Ghanaian subscribers are charged as against their peers from the other stated countries.

At the Accountability Series engagement, the minister said, "They claimed that my request for a reduction based on the appreciation of the cedi was unfounded. In their words, the appreciation of the cedi over the past six months has been a fluke and is not sustainable."

"As a minister, my fidelity is to the Ghanaian people, and I have had to act in their interest. I believe the Ghanaian people have been fleeced and exploited for too long," he added.

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