More than six in 10 adult women have remained excluded from the mobile internet boom despite Nigeria’s 172.67 million mobile subscriptions. Only 35 percent of adult women in the country use mobile internet, compared to 52 percent of adult men, according to the Mobile Gender Gap Report 2025 by GSMA, the global industry body for mobile operators. GSMA highlighted that women are still unlikely to own smartphones and come online compared to men. Only 39 percent of adult women in the country, compared to 50 percent of men, owned smartphones in
More than six in 10 adult women have remained excluded from the mobile internet boom despite Nigeria’s 172.67 million mobile subscriptions. Only 35 percent of adult women in the country use mobile internet, compared to 52 percent of adult men, according to the Mobile Gender Gap Report 2025 by GSMA, the global industry body for mobile operators. GSMA highlighted that women are still unlikely to own smartphones and come online compared to men. Only 39 percent of adult women in the country, compared to 50 percent of men, owned smartphones in