ICT
1. Government policies have helped the telecoms sector to grow exponentially.
2. The ICT sector is the fastest growing sector in the country.
3. The telecommunications industry currently contributes 8.53% to the GDP, compared to 0.62% in 2011.
4. Mobile phone/voice penetration has increased to 85.25% of the population, compared to 0.73% in 2001.
5. There are over 50 million mobile Internet subscriptions in Nigeria.
6. Government currently delivers more than 50 services online, including passport and driving licence application process compared to 30 at the end 2012.
7. 250 websites hosted on ".gov.ng" platform and 420 MDAs connected.
8. Nigerian e-commerce companies are some of the fastest growing companies in the world.
9. Two IT Development Entrepreneur Accelerators (idea hubs) have been launched in Yaba, Lagos and Tinapa, Cross River State.
10. 27 Federal Universities connected via 10GBps meshed trunk circuits, to form the Nigerian Research & Education Network (Ng REN) with connectivity to other international research networks.
11. National Broadband Plan approved in May 2013.
12. NigComSat-IR satellite was launched to provide more options for distributed access and rural connectivities.
13. The IT transformation has also led to online shopping in Nigeria, previously unheard of. Value of online shopping grew 25% to N62.4 billion in 2011 from N49.9 billion in 2010.
14. Nigeria has developed logically produced tablets, equivalent to the iPad.
15. Construction of 500km of fibre-optic cable to rural areas, with 3,000km more targeted for deployment in 2013/2014.
16. A total of 266 Public Access Venues were established in 2013; 156 Rural IT Centres, 110 Community Communication Centres.
17. Facilitation of the deployment of mobile communications base stations in rural areas of Nigeria. A total of 59 Base Stations have been installed thus far, with an additional 1,000 planned for 2014.
18. Provision of wholesale Internet bandwidth to Internet Service Providers, Cybercafes, and ICT centres like Community Communication Centres (CCC) in rural communities - connectivity to 12 out of 18 pilot sites completed.
19. Provision of computing facilities to 74 tertiary institutions and 218 public schools across the country.
20. Establishment of innovation centres to support entrepreneurs in the ICT sector and a Venture Capital fund of $15 million for ICT businesses.