Author: Punch Newspapers

There is every reason to be concerned about last week’s internet outage, which mainly affected some of Africa’s major trading blocs: Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Liberia, and Côte d’Ivoire. The Internet blackout is suspicious: It’s an attack on democracy, trade, and the continent’s independence.

Globacom said it had invested heavily in infrastructure to improve internet speed as more optic fibre cables are being laid nationwide.

Lagos, Ogun, Kano, Oyo, and the Federal Capital Territory were the top five states with mobile Internet subscriptions in Nigeria in 2022.

Internet Service Providers are crucial to improving Internet penetration in the country, tech experts have said.

The Federal Government, on Wednesday, approved the sum of N24.20bn for the provision of broadband internet connection in at least 20 airports, 43 schools and six marketplaces nationwide.

Broadband penetration is set to hit 50 per cent before the end of 2023, expanding fast Internet access to Nigerians.

Broadband penetration is set to hit 50 per cent before the end of 2023, expanding fast Internet access to Nigerians.

Internet availability has helped with job creation and the reduction of poverty in African countries like Nigeria, the World Bank has disclosed.