Nigeria rated fourth African country with fastest Internet speed

Nigeria ranked seventh among Sub-Saharan African countries for the fastest internet speed, behind Réunion, South Africa, Eswatini, Rwanda, Mauritius, and Botswana. This ranking comes from the 2024 Worldwide Broadband Speed Report released on Tuesday by Cable.co.uk.

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The report indicated that Nigeria has an average download speed of 27.62 megabits per second. In global rankings, Nigeria moved up from 133rd in 2023 to 132nd in 2024 out of 220 countries tested.

In Africa, Réunion leads Sub-Saharan Africa with an average internet speed of 63.29 Mbps, while South Africa follows with 42.42 Mbps. Conversely, Sudan (4.02 Mbps, 223rd), the Central African Republic (4.08 Mbps, 222nd), and Ethiopia (4.45 Mbps, 221st) are among the ten countries with the slowest average network speeds worldwide.

The report highlighted that the average internet speed in Africa is 14.99 Mbps, making it the region with the second-lowest internet speed globally. The Sub-Saharan African region, comprising 50 countries, averaged 14.99 Mbps in download speed, with nearly all countries in the bottom half of the global rankings. Exceptions included Réunion (63.29 Mbps, 75th), South Africa (42.42 Mbps, 114th), and Eswatini (37.23 Mbps, 120th).

This development occurs as Nigeria works towards its National Broadband Plan (NBP) 2020-2025, led by the Nigerian Communications Commission. While aiming for 70% broadband penetration by 2025, Nigeria had reached only 43.7% by December 2023.