FULL LIST: Nigeria Ranks 9th Country With Fastest Mobile Network, 23rd With Fastest Broadband In Africa
Nigeria has been ranked the 9th country with the fastest mobile network and the 23rd country with the fastest broadband network in Africa.
This was seen in a recent Speedtest Global Index by Ookla, detailing records and figures captured for January 2024.
According to the report, Egypt is ranked the best country in Africa with the fastest broadband speed network while South Africa is the country with the fastest internet connections on mobile in the continent.
Nigeria is ranked as the 93rd country with the fastest mobile network and 142nd country with the fastest mobile network in the world.
The Speedtest Global Index compares internet speed data from around the world monthly.
Meanwhile, the number of Nigerian active internet users reached over 163 million in the last three months of 2023, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.
This was stated in a report released by the agency on Friday, saying that the figures show a 2.29% increment from what was recorded in the third quarter of 2023 and a 5.81% increment from the figure for the fourth quarter of 2022.
The report added that the figure of voice subscribers in the country had also increased by 1.32% on a quarter-on-quarter basis in the last three months of 2023.
Here is a list of countries in Africa with the fastest internet (Broadband):
1. Egypt
2. Côte d’Ivoire
3. Mauritius
4. South Africa
5. Congo
6. Burkina Faso
7. DR Congo
8. Ghana
9. Gabon
10. Madagascar
11. Togo
12. Seychelles
13. Lesotho
14. Rwanda
15. Morocco
16. Benin
17. Angola
18. Djibouti
19. Mauritania
20. Senegal
21. Zambia
22. Sierra Leone
23. Nigeria
24. Mali
25. Tanzania
26. Malawi
27. Somalia
28. Mozambique
29. Uganda
30. Zimbabwe
31. Cape Verde
32. Namibia
33. Algeria
34. Swaziland
35. Kenya
36. Guinea
37. Libya
38. Cameroon
39. Tunisia
40. Ethiopia
41. Sudan
42. Liberia
43. Botswana
44. Burundi
45. The Gambia
46. Niger
