The Nigerian Telecommunications Commission on Thursday revealed that Nigeria is rated 11th in terms of Internet penetration and 7th in terms of mobile phone usage worldwide.
Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, said this at the opening ceremony of the two days Emerging Technology Forum for the Telecommunications Industry in Abuja.
Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta also spoke through the Head, Spectrum Database Management, NCC, Abraham Oshadami, stating that the worldwide data gathered by the NRI team demonstrated that digital transformation was a global need in order to optimise the social and economic effects of the digital stage
He added that the NRI examined the performance of 131 economies across four categories: technology, governance, people, and effect
He said, “Nigeria is a telecommunications powerhouse, accounting for 82 per cent of the continent’s telecom subscribers and 29 per cent of the continent’s internet consumption
“Our country ranks eleventh in the world for Internet penetration and seventh in mobile phone usage.
