• Seychelles leads Africa with a near-perfect AIDI score of 99.77.
• Egypt and Libya follow with strong performances of 91.43 and 85.84, respectively.
• Tunisia ranks 6th with a score of 74.18, showing consistent infrastructure growth.
• Morocco and Algeria, despite being major economies, scored below 75.
• Botswana rounds out the top 10 with a score of 42.13, nearly double Nigeria’s score.
• Nigeria, despite its economic size, scored just 25.70, far below the continental leaders, highlighting major infrastructure gaps.

• Seychelles' AIDI score more than doubled between 2003 (47.43) and 2024 (99.77).
• The score crossed the 70-point mark in 2009 and jumped past 90 in 2013.
• Between 2012 and 2024, the country maintained an AIDI score above 89, showing long-term infrastructure strength.
• From 2003 to 2008, the score rose steadily each year, averaging more than 2 points annually.
• The last five years (2020–2024) showed minimal fluctuation, with scores above 98 every year.
• This performance positioned Seychelles as Africa’s most infrastructure-ready nation in 2024.

• Goodluck Jonathan's era (2010–2015) delivered the highest AIDI growth, with a CAGR of 6.84%, more than double that of his successor.
• Muhammadu Buhari’s administration saw steady but slower growth, with a CAGR of 2.63%, increasing the score from 20.60 in 2016 to 25.70 in 2024.
• Musa Yar’Adua’s brief tenure (2007–2010) still managed a solid CAGR of 4.26%, indicating promising momentum that was cut short.
• Nigeria's AIDI score rose from 8.61 in 2003 to 25.70 in 2024, nearly tripling in two decades.
• Obasanjo’s tenure saw the slowest growth, with only a 2.59% CAGR, suggesting limited infrastructure expansion in the early 2000s.
• The fastest absolute annual increase occurred between 2010 and 2014, when scores jumped by over 2 points per year.
• Despite steady growth, Nigeria's 2024 score of 25.70 still places it far from top performers in Africa, showing that significant infrastructure gaps remain.

• Sub-Saharan Africa has the lowest mobile data usage globally, at 6.7 GB/month, which is less than one-third of the global average.
• India, Nepal, and Bhutan top the global chart with the highest data consumption at 36 GB/month, signalling deep mobile integration in daily life.
• Gulf Cooperation Council countries follow closely with 31.9 GB/month.
• Western Europe and North America share the same high usage rate of 25.8 GB/month, indicating mature digital economies with consistent connectivity.
• Latin America also lags, though still more than twice ahead of Sub-Saharan Africa at 15.2 GB/month.
• The Middle East and North Africa surpass the global average too, at 22.7 GB/month, further highlighting the unique lag of Sub-Saharan Africa in mobile data use.

• Alimosho leads by far with 1,120,776 households—more than 400,000 households ahead of second-placed Oshodi Isolo (639,866).
• Oshodi Isolo, Ikeja, and Ojo each have over 390,000 households, positioning them as Lagos’ other major residential hubs.
• Lagos Island, despite its popularity and commercial relevance, has the fewest households at just 27,199.
• Ibeju-Lekki, often seen as a fast-developing area, currently has only 71,496 households, highlighting its future potential.
• Mushin, Surulere, and Ifako Ijaiye all have over 280,000 households each, forming a mid-tier residential cluster worth noting for service providers and real estate developers.
• Coastal and outer LGAs like Badagry and Epe still reflect moderate household numbers, potentially constrained by infrastructure and distance from central business districts.
• The gap between top and bottom LGAs is wide, showing Lagos’ uneven urban spread and pointing to both opportunities and challenges in housing development, planning, and equitable service delivery.

• Pius IX served the longest papacy from the 15th century to 2025, with 11,465 days, over three decades.
• John Paul II comes in second with 9,658 days, guiding the Church through some of the most politically charged eras of the 20th century.
• Leo XIII is third, serving 9,275 days, during a time of major global industrial and philosophical shifts.
• Only three popes have served more than 9,000 days.
• Modern popes like Francis I and Paul VI managed to serve over 4,700 and 5,500 days, respectively, reflecting continued longevity in the modern Church.
• The 17th and 18th centuries saw multiple popes—Urban VIII, Clement XI, and Pius VI—with pontificates exceeding 7,000 days.

• Burkina Faso's AIDI score increased by over 10 points between 2003 (11.36) and 2024 (22.11).
• The country experienced notable improvements between 2010 and 2012, with scores rising from 12.72 to 14.25.
• The period between 2018 and 2024 showed the most consistent yearly growth, climbing from 17.51 to 22.11.
• Between 2007 and 2008, Burkina Faso saw one of its smallest improvements, with only a 0.38-point increase.
• The country's AIDI score crossed the 15-point mark in 2013 and has not dropped below it since then.
• Between 2019 and 2024 alone, Burkina Faso added nearly 5 points to its score, showing accelerated development efforts.
• Despite positive growth, the 22.11 score in 2024 still reflects major infrastructure deficits when compared to an ideal score of 100.

• Wizkid's Morayo leads the pack with 12.12 million first-day streams—30% more than the runner-up, 5ive (9.29M).
• The top three singles (Morayo, 5ive, Lungu Boy) together account for 27.29M streams, or 45% of the combined 46.75M total.
• Streams fall nearly 50% between 3rd (5.88M) and 4th place (Timeless, 4.91M), highlighting a sharp mid-chart taper.
• Even #10 (S2) amassed over 2M first-day spins, showing strong baseline engagement across diverse artists.

Key Takeaways: 

• The US' trade deficit with Nigeria narrowed significantly, shifting from a $5.14 billion deficit in 2017 to a $1.69 billion surplus in 2024.
• US goods exports to Nigeria reached $4.2 billion in 2024, representing a 92% increase from the $2.2 billion recorded in 2017.
• US goods imports from Nigeria totalled $5.9 billion in 2024, a 20% decrease from the $7.3 billion recorded in 2017.
• The COVID-19 pandemic severely disrupted bilateral trade in 2020, but both imports and exports began recovering steadily from 2021 onwards.
• By 2024, trade had rebounded substantially, with US imports from Nigeria reaching $5.87 billion and exports to Nigeria reaching $4.17 billion.
• Despite experiencing persistent trade deficits from 2017 through most of the period, the US achieved trade surpluses with Nigeria in 2020 and 2021.
• Total goods trade between the US and Nigeria ranged from $4 billion to approximately $10 billion.

Key takeaways:

• Zenith Bank Plc led the profitability ranking with a Profit After Tax (PAT) of ₦1.03 trillion.
• Guaranty Trust Holding Company followed closely with ₦1.02 trillion in PAT.
• Each of the top six banks recorded profits exceeding ₦600 billion.
• The total PAT for the top ten banks rose by 53%, from ₦3.39 trillion in 2023 to ₦5.54 trillion in 2024.
• FCMB Group Plc was the only bank among the top ten to record a year-on-year decline in PAT.
• Ecobank, First Holdco, Fidelity Bank, and Wema Bank each recorded over 100% growth in PAT compared to 2023.

Key takeaways:

• Ecobank Transnational Incorporated ranks first with total assets of ₦43.3 trillion, marking a 67% increase from 2023.
• Access Holdings Plc ranked the second-largest bank in 2024, as against the first in 2023.
• The combined assets of the top five banks amount to ₦171.6 trillion, a 55% increase from 2023.
• These five institutions represent the largest players in Nigeria’s banking sector by total assets as of 2023 and 2024.
• The increase in total assets of the top ten banks ranges from 34% to 67% year on year.
• The assets of the top ten listed public banks rose by 54% in 2024.

• Video apps consumed 75.86% of the total global mobile data, making them by far the largest data users.
• Social networking apps accounted for 7.84% of the total data usage, translating to 11.52 exabytes.
• The "Others" category, which includes smaller app groups, made up 10.48% of global mobile data usage.
• Software updates consumed 2.73% of the global mobile data volume, equivalent to 4.01 exabytes.
• Web browsing took up 1.42% of mobile data use globally, accounting for 2.09 exabytes.
• Audio apps like streaming music services accounted for 1.20% of the total mobile data usage.
• File sharing applications consumed just 0.47% of the mobile data globally, indicating a relatively small share compared to other categories.