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These collaborations have helped shape policies to regulate the communications sector, expand access to technology, and foster innovation. [3] It responsibilities include scrutinizing proposed legislation, monitoring the implementation of government policies, and ensuring compliance with international standards.
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.
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]
The IDI is a standard tool that governments, operators, development agencies, researchers and others can use to measure the digital divide and compare ICT performance within and across countries. Having the role to analyze the level of development of the information and communication technology sector (ICT), the ICT Development Index (IDI) is a ...
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.
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.
Anambra State ICT Agency, established in 2019, is a parastatal under the Anambra State Government to drive ICT innovations for a digital state. The parastatal was established under the administration of the former Governor – Chief Willie Obiano . [ 1 ]
Electronic government (or e-government) essentially refers to "utilization of Information Technology (IT), Information and Communication Technologies (ICT s), and other web-based telecommunication technologies to improve and/or enhance on the efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery in the public sector". [5] E-government promotes and ...