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Katsina State records fastest growth in mobile internet subscribers in Nigeria

Nigeria has a total of 136.2 million mobile internet subscribers as at 2020 Q1.


Katsina State recorded a massive 41.46% jump in the number of mobile internet subscribers the fastest growth by any state in the country. This is according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics. The data focus on mobile internet subscribers via GSM phones.

Katsina state recorded 3.679 million internet subscribers in the first quarter of 2020 compared to 3.17 million and 2.6 million subscribers in the 4th quarter and 1st quarter of 2019 respectively. This represents a 15.8% jump quarter on quarter and 41.5% jump year on year. No other state comes close.

Edo State was however second year on year recording a growth of 36.8% to 4.3 million internet subscribers. Katsina was also recorded the fastest growth quarter on quarter followed by Sokoto State.

According to the data from the NBS, the total number of internet subscribers in Nigeria as at the first quarter of 2020 is 136, 203, 231. This compares to 126, 078, 999 in the 4th quarter of 2019 and 116, 310, 154 in the first quarter of 2019. This represents a QoQ growth of 8.03% and year on year growth of 17.1%.

Nigeria’s commercial cities of Lagos, Rivers State, FCT and Kano also recorded growth in internet subscribers year on year.

Lagos State

Subscribers – 17.02 million

YoY Growth – 7.16%

Rivers State

Subscribers – 5.12 million

YoY Growth – 9.77%

Kano

Subscribers – 8.33 million

YoY Growth – 33.19%

FCT

Subscribers – 6.13 million

YoY Growth – 13.3%

Growth by Geopolitical Zones

We also observed the North West still retains the number one position in terms of internet subscribers per geopolitical zone with 46.9 million subscribers out of a total of 136.2 million in the country. The North-Eastern part of the country recorded the fastest growth of 23.3%.

Internet Subscribers by GSM Companies
MTN continues to lead with 57.2 million subscribers. They also grew the fastest YoY by 23%

MTN – 57,282,123
GLO – 33,871,456
AIRTEL – 36,827,677
9MOBILE – 7,762,068
Others – 459,907
Total – 136,203,231

Upshots: Internet subscriber’s growth in Nigeria continues to record double-digit growth and one of the fastest in the world. The competition for mobile data subscription is intense and could end up being a winner take all activity. As GSM companies move in search of growth, the North seems the area with the most potential for double-digit subscriber growth.

Chai!

I don't understand.

Please what happened to Lagos

mehn north they use Internet ooo. south na noisemakers full am. south East worst pass chai.

OP arrange your news nah,

okeyglm:
mehn north they use Internet ooo. south na noisemakers full am. south East worst pass chai.

They will tell you nah Igbo guys in sw and as make it more than SE

Sammy07:
They will tell you nah Igbo guys in sw and as make it more than SE

sw and se are all noise makers. na mouth una get. see statistics. only nw pass all southern state.

okeyglm:
sw and se are all noise makers. na mouth una get. see statistics. only nw pass all southern state.

Them plenty pass SW and SE nah
Tho not an excuse sha.

Check 2016 own

okeyglm:
sw and se are all noise makers. na mouth una get. see statistics. only nw pass all southern state.

keep quiet, check the stats again, Katsina recorded he highest growth, this means katsina had more new internet users than other states (perhaps bandits were given mobile phones, Lol)

Lagos
Kano
Ogun
Oyo
FCT

are the top five, now tell me how NW beat Southern states.

Sammy07:
Them plenty pass SW and SE nah
Tho not an excuse sha.

Check 2016 own

The Op is talking crap. You should endeavour to verify what you read here before gulping it like Akpu. Here are the real figures from NBS which shows the SW still leads in both active voice and data subscription. You can download the complete report below:


https://www.nigerianstat.gov.ng/download/1122

Lagos
Kano
Ogun
Oyo
Kaduna
FCT

lead the pack. 3 SW states.

OkutaNla:
The Op is talking crap. You should endeavour to verify what you read here before gulping it like Akpu. Here are the real figures from NBS which shows the SW still leads in both active voice and data subscription. You can download the complete report below:


https://www.nigerianstat.gov.ng/download/1122

Lagos
Kano
Ogun
Oyo
Kaduna
FCT

lead the pack. 3 SW states.

Seen bro.

OP head is turning

Oga lagos is the highest.
When yahoo boys full lagos.
Wetin aboki dey browse wey u dey talk say kastina is the highest. Assuming u even say abuja, i for believe small.

Anambra representing the east well

All the total internet subscribers in Katstina state are not more than 1 million

Them try, I can not come and kill myself. Lagos unkor?

okeyglm:
sw and se are all noise makers. na mouth una get. see statistics. only nw pass all southern state.

You forgot that the south east and south south indigenes reside over there

okeyglm:
mehn north they use Internet ooo. south na noisemakers full am. south East worst pass chai.

What exactly are you saying?

A highly populated society is expected to use more services than a lesser populated area..

OkutaNla:
The Op is talking crap. You should endeavour to verify what you read here before gulping it like Akpu. Here are the real figures from NBS which shows the SW still leads in both active voice and data subscription. You can download the complete report below:


https://www.nigerianstat.gov.ng/download/1122

Lagos
Kano
Ogun
Oyo
Kaduna
FCT

lead the pack. 3 SW states.

I weak for the OP too o!