Zoho Survey Reveals Productivity Loss in Nigerian Businesses Due to Lack of Unified Collaboration Platforms

📍 Lagos, 29 January 2025 — A recent survey by Zoho has uncovered a major challenge facing Nigerian businesses—the lack of unified collaboration platforms, leading to productivity loss and inefficient communication. The study, “The State of Productivity and Collaboration in Nigeria, 2024”, surveyed 500+ organizations across Nigeria, revealing data silos, excessive app usage, and digital fatigue as key barriers to productivity.

💡 Key Findings: ✅ Fragmented Apps Slow Productivity – 51% of employees use 1–5 apps daily, while 14% juggle more than 10 apps, with C-suite executives (81%) facing the highest app overload. ✅ Work Models in Nigeria – 55% of businesses are fully on-site, 31% hybrid, and 14% fully remote, with hybrid workers struggling the most with communication. ✅ Top Productivity Barriers – Poor WiFi/data connectivity (80%), digital fatigue (54%), and information scattered across too many apps (45%). ✅ AI and Unification Needed – 78% of employees want quick access to information across apps, while 72% believe AI adoption will boost productivity. ✅ Economic Challenges & Tech Adoption – Companies that adopted new technology rated their competitiveness higher (4/5) than those that didn’t (3/5). The slow adoption of AI (46%) and low digital tool adoption (45%) are key disadvantages.

🔹 Zoho Workplace: A Solution for Nigerian Businesses Zoho Workplace offers a unified platform for email, chat, meetings, office suite, file storage, and intranet, reducing app overload and enhancing collaboration.

Zoho’s Country Head, Kehinde Ogundare, emphasized: "Nigerian businesses are recognizing the need for integrated platforms to eliminate silos, streamline communication, and drive efficiency. The adoption of Zoho Workplace reflects this trend, as it enables users to focus on what truly matters."