07 May 2024

In Niger, the geographic coverage rate of mobile telephone services is 38.2% as of 31 December 2023 and 78% of the population is covered by mobile services, according to the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Communications and Posts (ARCEP).

According to ARCEP, Niger Telecom has a geographic coverage rate of 51.8% for 59.9% of the population. The Moov Africa network covers 29.1% of the territory and 57% of the population. Zamani reaches 86.8% of the Nigerien population while its network only covers 29% of the national territory. Airtel covers 43% of the territory and 84% of the population.

With this coverage rate, Niger had 17.2 million mobile phone subscriptions at the end of 2023, for a penetration rate of 65% on a population of 26.2 million. However, ARCEP has not indicated whether this is the number of people using the services, or the number of SIM cards having access to the services. The number of internet service subscriptions was 8.2 million, or 32% of the population.