_INTERNET-AFRICA-2

– Records 52% growth in 2014

Nigeria sustains its positive internet usage growth to record a 52 per cent increase in users in 2014 compared to an 11 per cent growth in 2013.

The country’s Minister of Communication Technology, Dr. Omobola Johnson announced this on Monday in Abuja as part of the media activity to mark the 2015 World Telecommunications and Information Society Day and the 150th anniversary of the International Telecommunications Union.



To go by the subscriber statistics of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Nigeria has 74 million Internet users, as at November 2014 which comfortably puts it in the lead ahead other Africa countries. Other major continental players are Egypt, Morrocco, Kenya, and South Africa.


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