Nigeria With 63 million internet users in Nigeria, the country has been
ranked number one in Africa and eight in the world in terms of internet
usage.
This was contained in the second edition of digitalfacts – Nigeria,
West & Central Africa; a publication produced by digitXplus. The book stated that the following fifteen countries have the highest
number of internet users in the world: China (632 million); USA (269
m); India (198m); Japan (110m); Brazil (105m); Russia (87m); Indonesia
(83m); and Germany (68m). Others are: Nigeria (63m); UK (57m); France
(54m); Mexico (52m); Iran (49m); Egypt (43m) and South Korea (42m).The publication revealed that since 2011, Nigeria has maintained a
steady upward trend in the number of internet users. It stated that from
35.7 million, the figure increased to 42.8 million; 51.8m; 57.7m and
63.2m internet users in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015; respectively Digitalfacts puts the total number of internet users worldwide
at 3.2 billion as at December 2015; representing a whopping increase of
8.9% over 2.9 billion internet users recorded at the end of 2014.Based on the regional statistics contained in the publication,
Asia-Pacific had 1.6 billion internet users as at December 2015; while
North America, Latin America, Western Europe, Central/Eastern Europe and
Middle East/Africa boasted of 288 million; 325 million; 310 million;
238 million; and 429 million; in that order. The book further made public that the Nigerian telecom sector, one of
the largest in Africa, is driven almost completely by mobile telephony.“Rapid expansion of the wireless networks and competition has driven
down voice tariffs and made basic cellular services affordable,
especially for the poorer rural consumers,” digitalfacts stated.
This was contained in the second edition of digitalfacts – Nigeria,
West & Central Africa; a publication produced by digitXplus. The book stated that the following fifteen countries have the highest
number of internet users in the world: China (632 million); USA (269
m); India (198m); Japan (110m); Brazil (105m); Russia (87m); Indonesia
(83m); and Germany (68m). Others are: Nigeria (63m); UK (57m); France
(54m); Mexico (52m); Iran (49m); Egypt (43m) and South Korea (42m).The publication revealed that since 2011, Nigeria has maintained a
steady upward trend in the number of internet users. It stated that from
35.7 million, the figure increased to 42.8 million; 51.8m; 57.7m and
63.2m internet users in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015; respectively Digitalfacts puts the total number of internet users worldwide
at 3.2 billion as at December 2015; representing a whopping increase of
8.9% over 2.9 billion internet users recorded at the end of 2014.Based on the regional statistics contained in the publication,
Asia-Pacific had 1.6 billion internet users as at December 2015; while
North America, Latin America, Western Europe, Central/Eastern Europe and
Middle East/Africa boasted of 288 million; 325 million; 310 million;
238 million; and 429 million; in that order. The book further made public that the Nigerian telecom sector, one of
the largest in Africa, is driven almost completely by mobile telephony.“Rapid expansion of the wireless networks and competition has driven
down voice tariffs and made basic cellular services affordable,
especially for the poorer rural consumers,” digitalfacts stated.
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