The most populous country and arguably the largest economy on the continent, Nigeria is widely regarded as an African powerhouse.
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A new mobile operator, ntel, commenced 4G LTE services in Lagos and Abuja in early April, increasing competition in the 170m-person telecoms market.
Economic update | ICT adoption accelerates in Nigeria
30 Sep 2015
Online activity is on the rise in Nigeria, with internet subscriber numbers growing and digital transactions increasing, though uptake risks being slowed by gaps in infrastructure.
Articles & Analysis | Outsourcing services in Nigeria's IT sector from The Report: Nigeria 2015
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) held Nigeria’s first National Outsourcing Conference in August 2011. The event marked a major push by Nigeria to carve out space in the business processing outsourcing (BPO) sector. The rationale behind this is clear. BPO firms are major employers in markets like India and the Philippines – a key...
Articles & Analysis | A handful of mobile operators dominate Nigeria's rapidly expanding telecoms sector from The Report: Nigeria 2015
Over the past decade Nigeria has become the largest telecoms market in Africa and the Middle East, with more than 140m active telecoms subscribers in 2015, according to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the federal telecoms regulator. As is the case elsewhere in frontier and emerging markets, mobile subscribers accounted for over 99% of this total, with...
Articles & Analysis | Efforts to ensure Nigeria's technology and IT industries live up to their potential from The Report: Nigeria 2015
In the past five years Nigeria has grown into one of Africa’s largest and most vibrant markets for ICT products and services, with an ecosystem that ranges from software start-ups to infrastructure firms. According to the Federal Ministry of Communication Technology (FMCT), the federal oversight body, the nation accounts for 29% of all internet usage on the continent, and this...