Apr 15, 2021 The cost of mobile data in South Africa is in welcome decline and anecdotal evidence suggests mobile gaming is experiencing unprecedented growth. That’s according to local gaming leader Ekasi Esports which says the fact that South Africa climbed from 148th to 136th place in 2020, based on the price of a gig of mobile data, is good news for the country’s 11-million gamers. In May last year, one gigabyte of mobile data cost R88, according to UK price comparison website Cable.co.uk. By the end of the year, the price had dropped to R39 with South Africa cheaper than such developed countries as the US, Canada and New Zealand. SA’s mobile data cost is now on par with Germany and Japan.