Why many Nigerians spend more on phone repairs than buying new phones

By Miracle Onyemuwa
The rising cost of smartphones in Nigeria is forcing more consumers to repair damaged devices rather than replace them with new ones.
This is more so, as inflation and the depreciation of the naira continue to push phone prices higher.
At Computer Village, Ikeja, phone repair shops are seeing increasing numbers of customers bringing in devices with cracked screens, damaged charging ports and faulty batteries.
At a repair centre, Kornerstone Technology, one of the engineers who spoke to TechXtra, said screen replacements currently account for about 80 per cent of the shop’s jobs.
He said: “Eighty per cent of our jobs this month are screen replacements. Today’s...