Android Phones of 50k in Nigeria and Their Prices (2026)

We went through the phone listings on Jumia Nigeria, brand by brand. Under ₦50,000, every new phone was a button phone except the itel it9320, which has a keypad, a small touchscreen and Android. The cheapest new phone with a full touchscreen from a brand you would know was ₦77,500.

When this page was first written in 2018 it listed seven Android phones, among them a Nokia 3 at ₦48,000 and a Xiaomi Redmi 5A at ₦37,099. We searched Jumia for all seven and found none in stock.

The exchange rate explains most of it. On the Central Bank’s own figures a dollar cost about ₦306 then and costs about ₦1,330 today. Phones are imported, so ₦50,000 has gone from about $163 of phone to about $38.

Phones under ₦50,000 on Jumia and their prices

These are the new phones we found inside the budget, with the lowest price a seller was asking for each. Only the first one runs Android.

Prices for the same phone differ a lot between sellers, so sort by price and open a few listings. Jumia marks some sellers with an Official Store badge, and when two prices are close that is the one to take. The Tecno T528 was ₦23,000 from an Official Store against ₦21,000 from the cheapest seller.

Which one to pick

If you need WhatsApp: itel it9320

It is the only choice. Airtel sells the same phone as the Airtel Smarta Phone, and its page lists Android Go, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of storage, a 2.8-inch touchscreen, a 3,000mAh battery, 4G and a Wi-Fi hotspot. WhatsApp, TikTok, YouTube and Facebook Lite come installed.

It will feel small and slow next to a full smartphone, but nothing else at this price runs those apps at all.

Read the listing before you pay. Some sellers state that their unit is locked to Airtel and takes no other SIM. A buyer’s comment under one of those listings says the Airtel SIM has to go in the first slot, with another network in the second. If Airtel is weak where you live, ask the seller which version you are getting. Here are the it9320 listings on Jumia, cheapest first.

If you want a hotspot for a laptop: Tecno T902

The T902 is ₦33,000, and its listing gives 4G, a Wi-Fi hotspot and a 2,500mAh battery. The same listing says in capitals that the phone is not Android, which is at least honest.

The itel Neo R60+ does the same job with a bigger 3.0-inch screen. It costs ₦8,750 more and has a smaller battery, so we would not pay the difference.

Before you buy either, look again at the it9320. It is about ₦5,500 more than the T902, and it has a hotspot too, plus a bigger battery and Android. The T902 only makes sense if the Airtel lock rules the itel out.

If calls are all you need: Tecno T528 or T353

Do not spend 50k on this. The T528 has a 2.8-inch screen, a camera with a flash and Opera Mini for ₦21,000. The T353 has a smaller screen and a 3,000mAh battery for ₦18,500. Either one leaves about ₦30,000 in your pocket. We compare more phones at that level in phones of 30k in Nigeria.

If you are away from power for days: Tecno T485

It has a 4,000mAh battery and costs ₦31,700. The screen is the same size as the T528’s and the price is ₦10,700 higher, so buy it for the battery or not at all.

The one to skip: itel 6360

One listing calls it “Semi Android” and another “Smart Touch”. The feature list gives Java, Opera Mini and a touch keypad, and neither description says anything about Android apps. At ₦44,100 it costs ₦5,600 more than the it9320, which does run Android.

None of the button phones in the table is listed with WhatsApp. WhatsApp’s help centre also says the app is no longer available on KaiOS, the system behind an older generation of “smart” button phones.

The cheapest smartphones above 50k

If it has to be a full touchscreen phone, this is how far the budget has to stretch. These were the lowest prices for new phones on Jumia when we checked.

The MKTEL is from a brand we cannot vouch for. Its listing claims a 4.5-inch screen, a 2,000mAh battery and Android 10, which is an old version.

The itel A18 is the first name you will know, and it is ₦27,500 over the budget. Its listing gives a 5.0-inch screen, Android 12 Go edition and 3G only, so no 4G.

Every phone in the table down to the itel A50 has 2GB of RAM, and a phone with that little memory will feel slow early. The first one we would point a friend to is the Honor X5b. It has 4GB of RAM for ₦110,000, which is ₦7,500 more than the A50. Only one seller had it at that price.

Several of these lowest prices were one seller’s last few units, so look at the next price up as well.

Between ₦75,000 and ₦100,000 Jumia also has Android phones from AGM, redbeat, Villaon and Oale. We can tell you what their listings claim and nothing more, so read them closely. The AGM Note N2 at ₦79,843 is titled as a 6GB phone, and further down the same page that turns into 3GB of RAM plus 3GB of “virtual RAM”.

Tecno and Infinix do not start until about ₦155,000. We went through both in Tecno phones of 50k in Nigeria and Infinix phones of 50,000 naira.

Renewed and used phones

Jumia sells refurbished phones under the name Renewed. They do not fit the budget either. The cheapest was a Huawei Y5P with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage at ₦55,500, followed by an Oppo A83 at ₦62,105.

These are old models with old software. The A83’s listing gives Android 7.1. The Y5P’s listing offers a one-year warranty through the seller’s own shop in Ikeja, so the promise is only as good as that seller. Jumia’s product pages offer free returns within 7 days on eligible items. Test everything in that first week.

A used phone is the other route. On Jiji, the used smartphones advertised between ₦25,000 and ₦50,000 when we looked were mostly very old: a Samsung Galaxy S5 and an iPhone 6 at ₦35,000 each, and an LG Nexus 5X at ₦40,500. There was also a Samsung Galaxy J3 at ₦35,000. A Galaxy J3 was on this page in 2018 at ₦37,000, new.

A used Oppo A57 and a Vivo Y55s were ₦40,000 each, and newer phones like those are the ones worth chasing.

Age matters because apps stop supporting old software. WhatsApp’s help centre says it needs Android 6.0 or newer, or iOS 15.1 or newer on an iPhone. Apple’s list of phones that can run iOS 15 goes back no further than the iPhone 6s. So that ₦35,000 iPhone 6 cannot run WhatsApp.

Before you pay for any used phone:

• Open Settings, then About phone, and read the Android version. Below 6.0, leave it.
• Type *#06# on the dial pad. The IMEI that appears should be the one printed on the box or the receipt.
• Slot your own SIM into each tray, call someone and have them call you back. Listen through the earpiece and the loudspeaker, then plug in a charger and watch it charge.
• Ask for a factory reset while you stand there. A phone that restarts asking for somebody else’s Google account or Apple ID is locked to that person. Do not buy it.
• Fill the screen with white, then with black. Lines, dark patches or a yellow tint mean a damaged screen.
• Note the battery percentage when you start and when you finish. Several per cent gone in ten minutes means a worn battery.
• Buy where you can walk back in next week, and take a receipt with the IMEI written on it.
• Be more careful, not less, when a price is far below the others.

Quick answers

Which Android phone is 50k in Nigeria?

The itel it9320, from about ₦38,500 on Jumia. It was the only new Android phone we found under ₦50,000, and it has a keypad with a 2.8-inch touchscreen.

What is the cheapest Android phone in Nigeria?

On Jumia, the same itel it9320. The cheapest with a full touchscreen from a familiar brand was the itel A18 at ₦77,500.

Is there a phone of 50k to 60k?

One new touchscreen phone: the MKTEL A19 Pro Mini at ₦56,853, from a brand we cannot vouch for. Jumia’s cheapest Renewed phone, a Huawei Y5P, was ₦55,500.

Is there a 4GB or 6GB RAM phone under 50k?

Not a new one. Listings that claim 4GB or more start at about ₦80,000 from brands and sellers we cannot vouch for, and at ₦110,000 from Honor.

Jumia prices move quickly, so confirm on the product page before you pay.