The International Telecoms Union (ITU) has ranked Nigeria as the largest online audience on the African continent and the 10th largest in the world. In a recent statistic by the telecom body, 39.6 per cent of all internet traffic from Africa is from Nigeria, about 29.8 per cent of the population accesses the Internet while 43.9 million Nigerians access the Internet, making Nigerians the largest online audience in Africa and 10th largest in the world.

Nigeria has a very active internet community, especially on social networking sites. Notably, Nigeria’s population on Facebook hit over 1.2 million mark in March 2010 leading to the official launch of the popular networking site in Nigeria on April 30, 2010 in Lagos.

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