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📶Nigeria’s Data Usage Jumps 35% to 13.2m

📶Nigeria’s Data Usage Jumps 35% to 13.2m

Plus: 🗼Fringe Launches Ikoyi Metro EDGE Data Center

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January 08, 2026

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Good Morning Valued Subscribers👋

One thing Nigerians are clearly doing more of without slowing down is using the internet. Whether it’s streaming, remote work, online businesses, social media, or simply staying connected, data has quietly become one of the country’s most consumed resources. It’s not just a slight increase; usage is climbing at a pace that says something bigger is happening beneath the surface.

As more people come online and existing users spend longer hours connected, the pressure on networks, infrastructure, and service quality continues to grow. It also raises important questions about affordability, coverage, and whether current systems can keep up with how fast digital habits are evolving across the country.

Data is no longer just a utility in the background; it is becoming the backbone of daily life and economic activity. As usage continues to climb, the real conversation moves beyond the numbers to whether infrastructure, pricing, and policy can keep pace with a country that is clearly not slowing down online.

Let’s dive in.👇

Today’s Menu ☕️

📶Nigeria’s Data Usage Jumps 35% to 13.2m TB in 2025
🛒Osusu Enables Flexible Layaway Payments for Food Purchases in Nigeria
📰Heirs Technologies Accredited by NRS
🗼Fringe Launches Ikoyi Metro EDGE Data Center
💵FitXpert Raises Seven-Figure Funding to Drive Regional Expansion
🤖Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $20bn to Scale Grok and AI Supercomputers

📶TELECOMS

Nigeria’s Data Usage Jumps 35% to 13.2m TB in 2025

Nigeria’s internet data consumption rose sharply by 35% in 2025 to 13.2 million terabytes, up from 9.76 million TB in 2024, according to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The surge reflects rapidly changing digital habits, with data traffic nearly doubling since early 2023 across mobile, broadband, and fixed networks.

The growth has been driven largely by video streaming and social media usage, expanding fintech and e-commerce activity, and increased broadband penetration, which crossed 50% in late 2025. Telecom operators also expanded infrastructure, adding thousands of new sites and widening 4G and 5G coverage...........….continue reading

🛒E-COMMERCE

Osusu Enables Flexible Layaway Payments for Food Purchases in Nigeria

Osusu, a Nigerian layaway platform developed by Pack’N’Pay International Limited, is enabling individuals, families, and businesses to plan food purchases throughout the year using flexible instalment payments and scheduled deliveries. The platform allows users to lock in food prices in advance, reducing the financial strain caused by rising food costs and bulk purchases.

Initially created as an internal tool, Osusu was launched as a standalone mobile app in April 2025 following growing customer adoption. Since then, it has completed over 300 deliveries across multiple Nigerian states, serving households, corporate organizations, and Nigerians in the diaspora.........….continue reading

📰NEWS

Heirs Technologies Accredited by NRS

Heirs Technologies has been accredited by the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS) as a System Integrator authorized to help businesses comply with the Federal Government’s mandatory e-Invoicing framework under the Merchant Buyer Solution (MBS). The approval allows the company to integrate enterprise invoicing and ERP systems directly with Nigeria’s national e-Invoicing platform for invoice validation, secure data exchange, and automated regulatory reporting.

The accreditation positions Heirs Technologies as a key player in Nigeria’s ongoing tax digitisation reforms, which aim to improve transparency, standardize invoicing processes, and strengthen revenue collection.................….continue reading

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🗼DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE

Fringe Launches Ikoyi Metro EDGE Data Center

Fringe Infrastructure Limited has launched its Ikoyi Metro EDGE Data Center on January 6, 2026, expanding Nigeria’s digital infrastructure with a facility focused on low-latency and resilient services. The data center is the first deployment under Fringe’s regional EDGE platform and is designed to bring computing, storage, and connectivity closer to end users and enterprises.

The company says the facility addresses key challenges such as network latency, power instability, and service reliability, which continue to affect digital service delivery in Nigeria. By supporting data-intensive and real-time applications, the Ikoyi EDGE site aims to meet rising demand from sectors including fintech, cloud services, media, e-commerce, and enterprise IT.................….continue reading

💵FUNDING

FitXpert Raises Seven-Figure Funding to Drive Regional Expansion

Egyptian fitness and wellness SaaS startup FitXpert has secured a seven-figure strategic investment from Foras Investment to support its next phase of growth and regional expansion. The funding, completed under the 0107 Invest initiative, reflects rising investor confidence in vertical SaaS platforms serving healthcare, wellness, and lifestyle sectors.

Founded by Salah Selim and Mostafa Mahmoud, FitXpert offers an all-in-one software platform for fitness trainers, nutrition centers, and clinics, replacing fragmented manual processes with a unified system for client management, program design, progress tracking, and follow-ups. The company positions its product as core operational infrastructure for a largely informal industry.................…continue reading

🤖ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $20bn to Scale Grok and AI Supercomputers

Elon Musk–founded artificial intelligence company xAI has raised $20 billion in a Series E funding round, surpassing its original $15 billion target and cementing its position among the world’s most heavily funded AI firms. The round drew major financial and strategic investors, including Valor Equity Partners, Fidelity, Qatar Investment Authority, NVIDIA, and Cisco, reflecting strong confidence in xAI’s long-term vision.

The funding will primarily support the expansion of xAI’s AI compute infrastructure and the continued development of its Grok models. The company now operates large-scale supercomputing facilities—Colossus I and II—with more than one million NVIDIA H100 GPU-equivalents powering its Grok 4 models. xAI has also rolled out Grok Voice and Grok Imagine, while Grok 5 is currently in training.................…continue reading