The ultimate beneficiary of the telecoms number portability campaign is the media.
Nigeria’s telecommunications sector saw data consumption surge past 13.2 million terabytes in 2025, even as growth in mobile subscriptions slowed, signalling a shift in Africa’s largest telecom market from rapid user expansion to heavier data usage by existing subscribers.
Industry data for D
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Royal Ibeh
Royal Ibeh is a senior journalist with years of experience reporting on Nigeria’s technology and health sectors. She currently covers the Technology and Health beats for BusinessDay newspaper, where she writes in-depth stories on digital innovation, telecom infrastructure, healthcare systems, and public health policies.
