INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
Information and communication technologies (ICT) allude to the form of Information exchange between at least two Computers through several strategies for interconnection. These technologies give quick, modest and helpful methods for correspondence.The adoption of these technologies in many countries by different sectors of the economy have been found to have direct positive impact on the organization’s efficiency and have led to more rapid acceleration of development in these countries. In Nigeria, in any case, preliminary investigations demonstrate that lone a couple of organizations in the economy have adopted the ICTs, but there has not been formal study to determine the level of adoption and impact on the efficiency of the organizations and the consequent effect on the nation’s economy. This study, is consequently, intended to determine the level of adoption in the Nigerian organizations, and the impact on the operations of these organizations as well as investigating the factors responsible for the present level of adoption of these technologies in the organizations.
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND TO STUDY
The revolution in IT as of late, relevantly caught by the foundation and access to a worldwide network administration of Information frameworks, has emphatically affected time and space in the sending and recovering of Information, both inside and crosswise over various organizations and furthermore among diverse countries and areas. This advancement has achieved extreme changes in the manner by which choices are come to and approaches executed in those organizations. Countries that have electronic correspondence systems, emerging from advancements in Information innovation, have made practicable on-line access to an assortment of specialized and non-specialized Information, and have transformed the world into a virtual working environment. In encouraging the move towards a more open and comprehensive worldwide framework, the worldwide dissemination and use of advancements in IT, have no uncertainty influenced commitments to the worldwide scan for productive and viable answers for squeezing to and regularly mind boggling, neighborhood, provincial and worldwide issues.
The diffusion of IT innovations, embodied in a vastly improved computing and telecommunications capacity, has generally been weak in Africa, especially in the sub-Saharan African countries. However, a strong interest in its adoption to provide information services, has emerged in recent years in the continent for two main reasons. First, the revolution in IT has resulted in computer hardware becoming cheaper and more widely available. Secondly, the substantial utility (value added) of IT in the provision of, and access to information services for improved planning and management, has become more widely recognized.
Technology diffusion in the recipient country is a multi-stage process which commences with acquisition of the technology and finally, the installation, utilization and assimilation of the technology. The assimilation process is the most crucial, because it involves adaptation to the local environment. In the past several decades, the failure experienced by many developing countries, including Nigeria, which have imported foreign technology worth billions of dollars, has been traceable to failure in the assimilation process. Hence, our framework is premised on the prevailing environment in Nigerian organizations and how the technology of electronic networking can be successfully adapted for the effective and efficient management of these organizations.
1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
Nigeria is looked with huge issues of Information access. These issues, particularly that of low level phone infiltration and uneven access, give off an impression of being difficult. The entrance rate in Nigeria in the Twentieth Century was short of what one line for every 1000 populace. Inspite of endeavors made by progressive governments in Nigeria to enhance the entrance rate, the country had kept on nosing jump because of new difficulties as far as building Information and communication innovation (ICT) related administration and correspondence foundation. This has brought about relatively negative advantage, both to the economy and the general public all in all.
It is quite evident that Nigeria at present lacks innovation, capacities and capabilities in information technology (IT) management and hardware maintenance. This notwithstanding, the country has been and will continue to import and use a wide range of durable consumer electronics, computers and telecommunication equipment. It must therefore begin to accumulate the capabilities to repair and maintain these vintages. Indeed, if Africa is not to be left behind in global trade and development, it must be able to master certain basic capabilities in ICT. In addition, the rate of technical obsolescence is likely to be much faster with ICT, compared with the natural technologies (such as steel, textiles and petrochemicals). The technological followers in Africa may therefore face the difficulty of sourcing for parts, components and peripherals, unless they begin to accumulate the capacity for component manufacture.
Accessible innovation is to a great extent outdated — electro-mechanical exchanging framework. presently, a few countries are occupied with huge modernization endeavors; Nigeria for example, has at present, around 500,000 lines with around 160,000 lines just included through the going digitalization program. Innovation ingestion and authority takes more than importation of innovation; realizing which requests unequivocal venture is an essential for building the specialized and administrative abilities.
1.3 Study objectives
The general objective of the study is to examine the effect and impact of the ICTs on Economic growth of Nigeria using the operations of selected manufacturing and services organizations in Nigeria as case study. The study emphasis will be on computers, other information and communication technologies and selected peripherals.
The specific objectives not necessarily in order of priority are:
- to review the literature on the emerging ICT at the global and regional levels and to highlight their implications for Africa in general and especially, Nigeria.
- to assess the nature of technologies driving ICT, required technological capabilities and capabilities available to operate, maintain and adapt systems.
- to assess the status of ICT and the necessary technological infrastructure in Nigeria.
- to generate systematic data on the effect and impact of ICT on manufacturing and services sectors.
1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
The research questions for thesis study are:
- what are the implications of emerging ICT in Nigeria.
- What are the nature of technologies driving ICT, required technological capabilities and capabilities available to operate, maintain and adapt systems?
- What is the status of ICT and the necessary technological infrastructure in Nigeria?
- What is the effect and impact of ICT on manufacturing and services sectors?
1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDY
The following are the significance of this study:
The results of this study will be useful to the government of Nigeria and the general public on ways by which ICT can be used as a tool for economic development in Nigeria. It will also reveal the trends of ICT development in Nigeria while considering the factors that is limiting the process of its development in Nigeria.
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