Nigeria’s Information and Communication Technology sector contributed 11.18 percent to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product in the second quarter of 2025, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. The sector also posted a year-on-year real growth rate of 6.61 percent, higher than the 4.38 percent recorded in the same quarter of 2024. This performance highlights the sector’s growing role as a key driver of Nigeria’s economic diversification agenda.

The ICT sector covers telecommunications, information services, publishing, motion pictures, music production, sound recording, and broadcasting. In nominal terms, the sector recorded significant growth, nearly doubling its contribution when compared with the second quarter of last year, though slightly lower than the performance in the first quarter of 2025.

Overall, the non-oil sector, with ICT as a major component, contributed 95.95 percent to Nigeria’s real GDP in the period under review. Analysts noted that this reinforces the importance of digital infrastructure and innovation in reducing reliance on oil revenue and positioning Nigeria for long-term economic sustainability.