Nigeria accounts for 140m mobile internet usage gap — Report

Nigeria accounted for an estimated 140 million people in the mobile internet usage gap in 2025, according to the GSM Association (GSMA). The GSMA disclosed this in its State of Mobile Internet Connectivity 2026 report, which examined barriers preventing people from adopting and using mobile internet services. The figure represents Nigerians who lived within the footprint of mobile broadband networks but did not use mobile internet services, highlighting the scale of the country's connectivity challenge despite network availability. The GSMA defines the mobile internet usage gap as people who live within the footprint of a mobile broadband network but do not use mobile internet services.

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