“In his remarks, Association of Telecommunication Company in Nigeria (ATCON) President, Lanre Ajayi, condemned the slow rate of broadband penetration saying the industry is not happy with the situation. “Nigerians yearn for Internet…Ghana, Kenya, South Africa and Egypt has achieved 30 per cent. Why is Nigeria left behind?” Representative of MTN Nigeria, Salami Olusegun, a Senior Manager, described one of the major challenges of achieving ubiquitous broadband penetration as the refusal of state governments to grant access to lay fibre optic cable system across the country.”
The Guardian: http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/09/concerns-over-nigerias-slow-broadband-penetration-drive/
I find it hard to believe that Nigeria would be so far behind other African countries in broadband penetration - even if it is the most populous. Are these numbers an exaggeration? Also, are state governments that reluctant to grant fiber rights or is that a convenient excuse from the MTN official? My experience in Kenya is that it’s always more complicated than that. 