Canal+ ’s future African pay-TV kingdom could already start losing pieces before its expected buyout of MultiChoice in October is complete.

Ghana’s communication regulator, the National Communications Authority (NCA), has ordered the local shutdown of MultiChoice – Africa’s largest pay-TV operator — in 30 days from now, on Sept. 8, due to the streamer’s refusal to cut its subscription rate by 30%.

Like other countries in West Africa, Ghana has been up in arms about the steep increase in subscription charges for local pay-TV services which is partly caused by rampant inflation rates and weak currency across the continent.

Over the past two years, MultiChoice has drastically raised fees for its traditional satellite pay-TV business in several African countries, such as Nigeria and Ke

See Full Page