Nigeria ICT

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The future structure of information and communications technology (ICT) in Nigeria is taking shape. Following national elections in 2011, a new minister, Omobola Johnson was selected to lead the Ministry of Communications Technology (MCT), the main government body overseeing the sector. The emergence of a draft national policy on ICT in the wake of...

Even a small fraction of a dynamic market of some 101.8m SIM cards, according to May 2012 data from the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC), can lead to large scale profits. Thus while smartphones account for a mere 5% of the market – over 5m users – intense competition for a share of the mobile app segment is spreading to Nigeria and users’...

Chapter | IT & Telecoms from The Report: Nigeria 2012

Transforming Nigeria into a knowledge-based economy is the central goal of the government’s policy on ICT. Mobile use is the main means of access, with around 92m users, and numbers could grow significantly as other devices become available. While there are a number of opportunities to develop the Nigerian IT sector, the field is not without some challenges, including those arising from the lack...
The Nigerian government has launched a series of initiatives to bolster its information and communications technology (ICT) sector. These efforts take the form of major investment programmes and partnerships to help the sector address some of the challenges that have been stifling its growth.
A new draft National Information and Communications Technology ICT Policy, released in January, aims to bring together all of Nigeria’s related technology policy under a single statute, overhauling outdated regulations to better manage the country’s dramatic growth in computer and internet usage over the past decade.
Two new submarine fibre-optic cables have gone on-line in Nigeria in the past two years, with a third set to land in June. While this should eventually improve the nation’s spotty internet access, customers are still waiting to reap the benefits of increased bandwidth and lower prices. Nonetheless telecoms operators are switching over to the fourth generation (4G) platform to accommodate future expected demand for data services.

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