ICT • Government policies have helped the telecoms sector to grow exponentially • The ICT sector is the fastest growing sector in the country • The telecommunications industry currently contributes 8.53% to the GDP, compared to 0.62% in 2001 • Mobile phone/voice penetration has increased to 85.25% of the population, compared to 0.73% in 2001 • There are over 50 million mobile internet subscriptions in Nigeria • Government currently delivers more than 50 services online, including passport and driving licence application process compared to 30 at the end of 2012 • 250 websites hosted on “.gov.ng” platform and 420 MDAs connected • Nigerian e-commerce companies are some of the fastest growing companies in the world • Two IT Development Entrepreneur Accelerators (iDEA hubs) have been launched in Yaba, Lagos and Tinapa, Cross River State • 27 Federal Universities connected via 10GBps meshed trunk circuits, to form the Nigerian Research & Education Network (Ng REN) with connectivity to other international research networks • National Broadband Plan approved in May 2013 • NigComSat-1R satellite was launched to provide more options for distributed access and rural connectivity • The IT transformation has also led to online shopping in Nigeria, previously unheard of. Value of online shopping grew 25% to N62.4 billion in 2011 from N49.9 billion in 2010 • Nigeria has developed locally produced tablets, equivalent to the iPad • Construction of 500km of fibre-optic cable to rural areas, with 3,000km more targeted for deployment in 2013/2014 • A total of 266 Public Access Venues were established in 2013: 156 Rural IT Centres, 110 Community Communication Centres • Facilitation of the deployment of mobile communications base stations in rural areas of Nigeria. A total of 59 Base Stations have been installed thus far, with an additional 1,000 planned for 2014 • Provision of wholesale internet bandwidth to Internet Service Providers, Cybercafes, and ICT centres like Community Communication Centres (CCC) in rural communities – connectivity to 12 out of 18 pilot sites completed • Provision of computing facilities to 74 tertiary institutions and 218 public schools across the country • Establishment of innovation centres to support entrepreneurs in the ICT sector and a Venture Capital fund of $15 million for ICT businesses
Posted on: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 08:15:25 +0000
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