Nigeria Ranks 18 in 2016 ICT/Telecom Index in Africa

The Global Telecommunication Union (GTU) recently published a report entitled Measuring the information society 2016 which reveals that in terms of ICT and telecom’s growth around the world (175 countries listed), Mauritius comes first in Africa and 73^rd worldwide.

The Island is followed in Africa by Seychelles, South Africa, while Niger and Chad came last in the ranking, both in Africa and in the world. The two nations must muster more efforts to improve access to telecom services for their populations and work toward adopting digital economy.

The GTU used eleven criteria to conduct its study and assess the global development level in terms of ICT and telecom. These criteria are the level of access of to ICT and telecom, their usage and ICT skills in each of the countries listed.

Ranking for African Nations

Africa		2016	2015
1	Mauritius	73	73
2	Seychelles	86	88
3	South Africa	88	86
4	Tunisia	95	95
5	Morocco	96	98
6	Cape Verde	97	99
7	Egypt	100	97
8	Algeria	103	112
9	Botswana	108	109
10	Ghana	112	111
11	Namibia	120	121
12	Gabon	124	126
13	Kenya	129	129
14	Côte d’Ivoire	132	139
15	Zimbabwe	133	132
16	Lesotho	134	138
17	Swaziland	136	136
18	Nigeria	137	137
19	Sudan	139	134
20	Senegal	141	140
21	Gambia	143	141
22	Zambia	147	148
23	Cameroon	148	146
24	Mali	149	149
25	Rwanda	150	158
26	Mauritania	151	154
27	Angola	154	152
28	Liberia	156	161
29	Uganda	157	155
30	Benin	158	156
31	Togo	159	159
32	Equatorial Guinea	160	157
33	Djibouti	161	160
34	Burkina Faso	162	163
35	Mozambique	163	164
36	Guinea	165	166
37	Madagascar	166	165
38	Tanzania	167	167
39	Malawi	168	168
40	Ethiopia	169	172
41	RD Congo	170	169
42	Burundi	171	173
43	South Sudan	172	170
44	Guinea Bissau	173	171
45	Chad	174	175
46	Niger	175	174