Low Connectivity Could Be Boosted By Focus On Increased Mobile Penetration And Literacy

Last place on the 2009 Connectivity Scorecard is held by Nigeria.  While consumer infrastructure and usage scores compare well with other low-ranking countries in the sample, Nigeria’s overall scores highlight significant room for improvement across the board.  Literacy rates are below the median for the countries surveyed and business metrics are also near the bottom of the scale.  Rates of enrolment to secondary education are very low as are all other rankings in this sphere.  The Nigerian government’s availability of online services is good but usage of these services by citizens is unsurprisingly limited.

Nigeria’s weak economy and lack of fixed-line infrastructure pose serious problems to the growth of the country’s ICT sector.  Concentrating on increasing mobile penetration and literacy should be short term goals.

Nigeria Connectivity Performance by Scorecard Component