Truecaller, the global caller identification and spam-blocking platform, has expanded the rollout of its lightweight mobile application, Truecaller Lite, in Nigeria, targeting millions of users of entry-level Android smartphones amid rising concerns over phone scams and unwanted calls.
The company said Nigeria was among the first countries globally to receive the new application earlier this year, with feedback from local users helping shape its wider expansion into 11 additional markets across Africa, Asia and Latin America.
The move comes as fraud and spam calls continue to increase across Nigeria, where low-cost Android devices remain the dominant gateway to internet access for millions of people.
According to Truecaller, Nigeria was Africa’s most spammed country in 2025, with 51 percent of all unknown calls received by users on its platform identified as either spam or fraudulent. The figure implies that more than one out of every two unknown calls received by Nigerians
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