Nigeria has been ranked number one in Africa and 8th in the world in terms of internet usage.

This was confirmed by the second edition of digitalfacts  – Nigeria, West & Central Africa; a publication produced by  digitXplus.

According to the publication, Nigeria has 63 million internet users while China with 632 million users is ranked number one in the world.

The publication revealed that Nigeria has continued to rise with the figures increasing to 42.8 million; 51.8m; 57.7m and 63.2m internet users in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015; respectively.

According to the publication, Nigeria’s telecommunications sector is driven by mobile telephony.

“Rapid expansion of the wireless networks and competition has driven down voice tariffs and made basic cellular services affordable, especially for the poorer rural consumers,”  digitalfacts  stated.

Digitalfacts puts the  total number of internet users worldwide at 3.2 billion as at December 2015.

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