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Nigeria is Africa's largest ICT market, accounting for 82% of the continent's telecoms subscribers and 29% of internet usage. [1] Globally, [2] [3] [4] Nigeria ranks 11th in the absolute number of internet users and 7th in the absolute number of mobile phones.
The digital divide is a term used to describe the disadvantage in access to information which people without access to ICT suffer. [1] Nigeria's digital divide refers to the inequality of Nigerian individuals, groups, or organizations with regard to access to Information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure or to the internet for daily activities. [2]
Ensuring the impact of R&D results in the Nigerian economy through the promotion of indigenous research capacity to facilitate technology transfer. The Computers for All Nigerians Initiative (CANI) program is focused on enhancing Nigeria's economic and social foundation by supplying access to personal computers (PCs) and internet to its citizens.
The agency's main objective is to provide ICT as a tool in tertiary institution to drive the mechanism of education sector in the country. Its creation has caused establishment of state ICT agencies in other states of Federation such as the Plateau State Information And Communication Technology Development Agency.
To utilize modern technology for the effective management of Government business, particularly in the areas of operational activities, revenue generation and electronic information dissemination. [3] To utilize Science and Technology to improve the lot of citizens of the State. [3]
The government and the private sector have been investing in internet infrastructure to improve the connectivity and speed of the internet in Nigeria, especially in rural areas. [4] One of the indicators of the progress is the increase in broadband penetration, which reached 41.6 percent in January 2022, meaning that more than 40 percent of the ...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is the independent regulatory authority for the telecommunications industry in Nigeria. The NCC was created under Decree number 75 by the Federal Military Government of Ibrahim Babangida in Nigeria on 24 November 1992.
A February 2008 report by the BBC revealed that the Nigerian government assumed the transnational corporation did not improve performance of NITEL and therefore stopped privatization in favour of Transcorp. [citation needed] In 2015, the government eventually finalized a transaction that saw NITEL and Mtel's assets handed over to NATCOM. [2]