Cheap options such as email, voice-over-internet or instant messaging may not be accessible or affordable, and access to the internet in Africa is very expensive. 
Njia mbadala za bei nafuu kama vile barua pepe, au simu za kwenye intaneti au ujumbe mfupi wa maneno zinaweza kuwa hazipatikani au aghali, na upatikanaji wa intaneti barani Afrika ni ghali mno.