Nigeria’s ambition to become Africa’s leading digital economy is facing a major obstacle, with industry experts revealing that about 80 percent of websites using the country’s .ng domain are hosted outside its borders.
The disclosure was made during the BGP Peering Workshop 2026 organised by the Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) and TeleAfrica Communications Limited in Abuja, where stakeholders warned that the country’s heavy reliance on foreign hosting infrastructure poses significant risks to its digital sovereignty, economic growth and cybersecurity.
Data presented at the workshop showed that Nigeria hosts only 22 percent of its top 1,000 most-accessed websites locally, far below the African average of 34 percent. The figures underscore the country’s continued dependence on overseas data centres despite its status as one of Africa’s largest digital markets.
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Speaking at the event, Muhammed Rudman, managing director of IXPN,
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