130 Million Nigerians No Get Mobile Internet Access

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) remain di region wey get di lowest mobile Internet usage, with only 25% of di people dey use am and di biggest coverage gap at 10%. For other regions like North America, Europe and Central Asia, plus East Asia and Pacific, over three-quarter of di people dey access mobile Internet on top dia own devices. GSMA report for The-State-of-Mobile-Internet-Connectivity-2025 talk say mobile Internet adoption no too change for 2024 for most regions, except East Asia, Pacific, Latin America and Caribbean wey see small increase. Southeast Asia top for highest percentage increase. GSMA also yarn say Africa get di highest usage gap and Nigeria join top 20 countries wey get big usage gap, with 130 million Nigerians wey no connect. Other big countries wey get usage gap na India (690 million), China (240 million), Pakistan (130 million), Ethiopia (100 million), and others.

Di telecom advocacy body also talk say connectivity still dey suffer for least developed countries (LDCs), landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) and small island developing states (SIDS), compared to other low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). While 60% of people for other LMICs dey use mobile Internet, na only 25% for LDCs, 29% for LLDCs and 38% for SIDS. Rural-urban gap still dey but e dey reduce small, and women still dey use mobile Internet less than men by 14%. GSMA talk say for 2024, 4.4 billion people dey use smartphone to access mobile Internet, about 54% of global population. Over 80% dey use 4G or 5G, but 16% still dey use old 3G or feature phones, especially for SSA wey get 60%. Di big part of usage gap na those wey no get device at all, with 3.1 billion people wey get network but no dey subscribe, two billion of dem no get phone. Di device gap no too change for 2024.