The World Bank has said that less than 20 per cent of households in Nigeria have a computer. The World Bank revealed this in its 177-page report, titled: ‘Digital Progress and Trends’, where it shed light on the digital divide between low and high-income countries and its impact on the economy, business and income. The report stated that the cost of broadband subscriptions across high and middle-income countries has been stable since 2020 but has risen significantly in low-income countries.
According to the global bank, in low-income countries, the median price of a fixed broadband plan was 50 per cent higher than in high-income countries as of 2022. While expressing worries about the noticeable gap in the country’s digital transformation, the report observed that the rising cost of smartphones is a huge barrier to bridging the digital divide across geographical populations and income groups. Among the lowest income groups, the cheapest smartphones cost around 14 per cent of their yearly income for persons under $2 per da
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