On 5 November 2026 DStv Ghana replaced Padi, Access, Family, Compact, Compact Plus and Premium with four packages, after months of pressure from the Ministry of Communication over prices. MultiChoice Ghana says the new prices are permanent rather than a promotion.
| Package | A month | What it carries |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | ₵50 | 90 channels: Akwaaba Magic, Africa Magic Epic, Zee World, Cartoon Network, M-Net Movies, La Liga, and TV3 and UTV |
| Select | ₵100 | 123 channels: all of M-Net Movies, Africa Magic Showcase, CNN and WWE |
| Sports | ₵250 | All DStv’s football: the Premier League, the Champions League and La Liga |
| Ultimate | ₵570 | Everything: the football plus golf, Formula One, tennis, MotoGP, rugby and the premium entertainment channels |
Which to choose
- For the Premier League and Champions League, Sports. The Minister pointed out that a household paying for the old Premium package for its football saves hundreds of cedis a month by moving to it.
- For films, series and news without the football, Select.
- For Ghanaian and Nigerian dramas and the free channels with a little more, Starter.
- Ultimate only if someone in the house watches the other sports.
You keep your decoder; existing subscribers are moved to the new packages. Check which one your old package became in the MyDStv app or on the dstv.com Ghana site before you next pay, and change it there if it is not the one you want.
Paying
Pay in the MyDStv app, by MoMo through your network’s bill payment menu, or at a MultiChoice office or agent. Use the smartcard number or customer number on your account, and keep the confirmation: if the channels do not come back within minutes, the app’s “fix errors” option, or a call to MultiChoice, usually sorts it.
Before you pay for a year
A pricing committee including the Ministry and the NCA now monitors subscription prices, and future changes have to go through it. Prices may still move, so check the app before paying far ahead.
Cheap "DStv" boxes and apps
Boxes and apps sold in markets and on social media that promise every channel for a one-off fee are pirated. They stop working without warning, and the money is not coming back.