The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) announced that only 38% of the population was connected in 2024, despite significant investments in Nigeria and other parts of Africa.

The latest ITU report on the state of digital development in Africa paints an alarming picture of the continent's digital divide, despite a growing appetite for Internet connectivity. This means that 62% of Africa's 1.54 billion people currently don't have access to the Internet. According to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), there were 138.7 million mobile connections in December 2024 in Nigeria. The country has one of the largest mobile connectivity networks on the continent. The broadband penetration rate in the country was 44.43% during the same period.

In 2024, the median price of an entry-level mobile plan (2 GB per month) was 4.2% of gross national income (GNI) per capita, down slightly from 4.6% in 2023. Despite this drop, it is still more than double the 2% accessibility target set by the United Nations Commission on style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style”, serif">broadband, and the highest of all regions. from ITU. L' UIT warned that digital transformation cannot succeed without solid digital governance and called for better coordination on digital identity, digital skills and cross-sectoral policies, as well as greater efforts in cybersecurity and data protection.