Despite facing many challenges in 2016, the Nigerian telecoms market continues to grow and offers significant potential for investment. With a population of 189m, this substantial consumer base offers a variety of opportunities for mobile operators, broadband companies and content providers. Furthermore, the government’s intention to use telecoms and ICT not only for economic development, but...
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With Africa’s largest economy and its biggest population, Nigeria is the continent’s heavyweight. The country has been blessed with resource-rich lands, areas of great agricultural fertility and favourable demographics, but it has also had its fair share of challenges.
Nigeria’s start-up scene is expanding rapidly, securing the most seed funding of any country in Africa and attracting increased international support.
Interviews & Viewpoints | Issam Darwish, Executive Vice-Chairman and Group CEO, IHS Towers: Interview from The Report: Nigeria 2016
To what extent do right of way issues stifle operators’ investment in laying fibre-optic cables?
Articles & Analysis | Nigeria sees improving quality of service in telecoms provision as a priority from The Report: Nigeria 2016
Since Nigeria’s mobile telecoms sector was liberalised in 2001, call quality has improved dramatically, primarily on the back of some $32bn in telecoms-directed investments made by the nation’s four leading mobile operators. This high level of spending has helped turn the 184m-person country into the largest mobile telecoms market in Africa,...
Articles & Analysis | Nigeria's 4G LTE has potential to rejuvinate sector performance from The Report: Nigeria 2016
In 2015 and the first half of 2016 mobile data moved to the front and centre of Nigeria’s telecoms sector. In recent years the country’s four established mobile operators – namely the local firm Globacom, the UAE’s Etisalat, South Africa’s MTN and India’s Airtel – have ramped up investment in the development of high-bandwidth mobile data...