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In Africa, costly data slows internet TV's growth: Naspers' Showmax

Global entertainment group Naspers is trying to persuade telecoms operators in Africa to offer customers unlimited data to help boost the growth of internet television on the continent.

The high cost of data in Africa has hampered the take up of internet TV, even though the number of internet users in the region has grown rapidly.

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