Wendy Shay thinks Ghanaians are unable to stream their music online due to the high cost of data.
According to the singer, majority of Ghanaian artists, do not receive as many streams as their international counterparts because their core fans have limited access to the Internet.
Giving her opinion on why streaming platforms record low numbers in the country, Wendy Shay disclosed that the cost of data in Ghana is preventing Ghanaians from streaming songs. According to her, the research she did showed that most countries have lower data costs than Ghana.
“I have realized that data is extremely expensive in Ghana. I have conducted research and realized that East African countries have less cost of data. When you go on their YouTube and other streaming sites, you’d realize they have a lot of streams.”
“I think we should find the right way to address this problem as celebrities. We need to use our influence to tackle this problem because even foreigners complain about it a lot. That is why a lot of musicians in Ghana don’t have many music streams in Ghana as compared to other African countries currently,” she told Accra FM’s, Nana Romeo.
