This was a 6.18 per cent year-on-year increase in the number of mobile Internet subscriptions from the 149.78 million subscriptions recorded in May 2022.
During the period under review, MTN had the highest mobile Internet subscriptions with 67.97 million, Globacom had 43.70 million, Airtel had 43.25 million, and 9mobile had 4.12 million.
The growth in Internet usage is being fuelled by an increase in smartphone penetration in the country. Commenting on the development, the global telco association, said, “As the primary way most people access the internet in Sub-Saharan Africa, mobile is driving digital inclusion. “Although this figure is a marked increase from the 35 per cent at the start of the pandemic, it still lags behind the global average of 70 per cent by a considerable margin.”
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