A wide range of industries is expected to benefit from Nigeria’s 5G rollout scheduled for August 2022. For the most populous country in Africa, 5G will help deliver improvements in the fields of education, business, smart cities and entertainment.
Benefits Of 5G To Nigeria’s Economy
According to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the benefits of 5G wireless technology include offering Nigerians higher data speeds and improving reliability and availability among others. It connotes that Nigerians can connect smart devices in the home, including home security systems.
Meanwhile, The NCC recently disclosed that subscriptions to mobile broadband currently stand at the sum of 83.37 million in the country.
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On a broader scale, this network will also create smart cities, raising the prospect of driverless cars. This comes on the heels of the announcement of Nigeria’s first smart city project, Silicon Delta, in Port Harcourt. The project is expected to be a smart, green city with smart accommodation, and the targeted completion date is the year 2030.
Benefits Of 5G To Nigeria’s Entertainment Industry
5G is set to transform the entertainment industry in Nigeria, as it will enable excellent streaming of 4-8K video, enabling Nigerians to watch the latest Nollywood film releases on Netflix or follow live streams of sports matches from around the world.
The technology will also provide gamers with a stable, lag-free online gaming experience on consoles and PCs and the opportunity to stream live on sites such as Twitch and YouTube. This technology will enable Nigerians to benefit from the latest developments in iGaming, such as live casinos, for which many new UK slot sites have dedicated pages within their sites for traditional casino games such as roulette, and blackjack and poker with live dealers. 5G is essential in the field of live streaming in order to enable users to enjoy optimum service.
Across Nigeria, the fifth-generation network will also benefit the education sector as 5G will enable virtual learning in Nigerian schools, greatly reduce download speeds for documentaries to be shown in classrooms and create the opportunity for hologram technology to provide virtual guest speakers in schools.
The fifth-generation mobile network will enable Nigeria to participate in what is known as the Internet of Things, which enables the worldwide collection, transmission and sharing of data on the internet via smart devices.
In business, this means companies will be able to optimise supply chain management and enable more efficient manufacturing.
The result will be that being able to participate actively in the Internet of Things (IoT) will allow businesses to reduce costs, create efficiency and increase profits. 5G is an essential prerequisite in order to access the Internet of Things. It will provide a wide array of other benefits to Nigeria, which will be felt across a range of industries.
Nigerian businesses will reap the rewards of 5G as it provides access to the IoT, while the online entertainment industry will be able to provide improved video streaming experiences to Nigerians, which will benefit online gaming and live streams. It is hoped that 5G technology will create a wealth of opportunities for Nigerians.