Nigeria’s Info and Communication Expertise (ICT) sector expanded by 6.61% in actual phrases year-on-year within the second quarter (Q2) of 2025.
The Nationwide Bureau of Statistics (NBS) information exhibits the sector’s progress price was 2.23 proportion factors larger than the 4.38% recorded in Q2 2024, whereas quarter-on-quarter, the sector superior by 9.58% in actual phrases.
In nominal phrases, ICT recorded progress of 21.39% year-on-year, a pointy rise from 10.21% in Q2 2024, although decrease than the previous quarter’s 31.64%. Quarter-on-quarter nominal progress stood at 4.05%.
The sector’s contribution to Nigeria’s GDP remained sturdy. In nominal phrases, ICT accounted for 10.00% of complete GDP in Q2 2025, in contrast with 9.82% in the identical quarter of 2024 and 10.29% in Q1 2025.
In actual phrases, the sector contributed 11.18% of complete GDP, larger than the ten.93% recorded in Q2 2024 and the ten.59% in Q1 2025.
The ICT sector consists of 4 key actions: Telecommunications and Info Providers; Publishing; Movement Image, Sound Recording and Music Manufacturing; and Broadcasting.
The info highlights the sector’s resilience and rising significance in Nigeria’s financial system, notably because it continues to ship constant double-digit contributions to GDP and appeal to funding in digital infrastructure, telecoms, and content material creation.
