Cheers as Nigeria is ranked 7th on global mobile phone usage

  • Nigeria is now ranked 7th in global mobile phone usage, and 11th for internet spread
  • Nigeria accounts for 82% of all telecom customers and 29% of all internet usage in Africa
  • The NCC therefore, calls for more investments and collaboration to enable Nigeria to harness the potential of emerging technologies

Nigeria is ranked seventh in the world for mobile phone usage and eleventh for internet reach, according to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)

At the “Emerging Technology Forum” for stakeholders in the telecommunications industry on Thursday, August 24, 2023, in Abuja, Umar Danbatta, the executive vice chairman of the commission, disclosed this information.