Ict and economic development in nigeria pdf file

The role and prospect of information and communication. Objectives of the study the main thrust of this paper is to investigate the impact of information technology it on. To identify ways by which ict can contribute to economic growth and development. Over the past decade, new applications of ict have improved service delivery.

Ict can significantly and positively impact the educational and economic landscape of nigeria if deployed. With roughly twothird of the world economy based on services, and the rise of india, philippines, and other nations as global it players, many developing countries have accepted ict as a national mission. Prospects of ict for digital growth and national development in nigeria article pdf available august 2019 with 38 reads how we measure reads. The impact of information and communication technology on youth and its. For instance in nigeria, and in most african countries, the rate of diffusion of in formation communication technology ict is on the increase. Prior studies have xrayed the potentials and impetus for development that can be resultant from a full scale adoption of ict in africa particularly in nigeria. Pdf economic growth theories predict that economic growth is driven by investments in information and communication technology ict.

Impacts of information and communication technology in. American university of nigeria community engagement initiative is used as a case study to. Ict development in nigeria focused mainly on print and electronic media. The outcome of this study will be a useful guide to the government of nigeria, policy makers and the general public on how. Pdf an empirical analysis of ict and economic growth in nigeria. Impact of information and communication technology on. Abstract many countries including nigeria regard the use of information and communication technology ict as a driver of economic development. Information and communication technology use and economic.

Pdf nigeria has witnessed a great change in information and communication technology ict as a result of the liberalisation of the. Ict in socioeconomic development ict is one platform technology amongst a range of technologies that has redefined human activities in phenomenal ways. The analysis of the contributions of information and. Using a primary data sourced through a structured questionnaire administered to selected banks in southwest nigeria.

Economic growth with ict investment boom in nigeria. The policy empowers nitda to enter into strategic alliances. While there are improvements in ict oriented services, nigeria as a country, and africa at large is still behind in terms of emerging technologies genetics, nanotechnology, robotics. In the lay mans parlance, the trick is to see how ict can make nigeria the economic hub in africa. Nafisat afolake adedokunshittu 1 abdul jaleel kehinde shittu2 abstract. Resources, con ict, and economic development in africa achyuta adhvaryuy james fenskez gaurav khannax anant nyshadhamapril 2017 abstract natural resources have driven both growth and con ict in modern africa. Augustines college of education akoka, lagos,nigeria. Moreover, ict a central force in economic and social shifts that has technology skill critical to future employment of todays. Ict and economic growth comparing developing, emerging and developed countries thomas niebel. Ict for development ict4d as a means of bridging the digital divide.

This chapter explores ict interventions, the role of universities in socioeconomic development, knowledge creation and dissemination literature before taking a look at a university intervention in ict for development in a small rural community in yola, northeastern nigeria. Internationally, the united nations actively promote ict for development ict4d as a means of bridging the digital divide. To examine the impact of ict on the nigerian economic growth and development. This article reports the impacts of technology integration on teaching and learning from a study that examines the impact of ict deployment in teaching and learning at a university in nigeria. We then present some stylized facts on ict and financial inclusion followed by the presentation of our. In 2014, with the rebasing of the countrys gdp has set to transform nigeria into the continents most important economy measured in terms of gdp size, with an estimated. Ict policies nigeria started implementing its ict policy in april 2001 after the federal executive council approved it by establishing the national information technology development agency nitda,8 the implementing body. Icts are used for economic development in africa and the role of higher education institutions heis in this regard. Economic growth with ict investment boom in nigeria 31. The impact of information and communication technology. The paper summarises secondary data on eight countries, namely ghana, nigeria, uganda, kenya, tanzania, mozambique, madagascar and south. When wrongly applied, ict can hinder national development and economic prosperity, deepen existing inequalities between developed and developing nations, between high, medium. Pdf on dec 29, 2016, dominic udochi and others published economic development dynamics in nigeria.

The impacts positive and negative of ict on education in nigeria israel b. Ict has not contributed to nigerian economic growth and development. The study proffers recommendations that the federal government of nigeria can adopt to enhance ict in nigeria for its economic growth which include enhanced funding and the development of an ict. Pdf prospects of ict for digital growth and national. Project muse information and communication technology in. Resources, con ict, and economic development in africa. Pdf the effect of ict on economic growth in nigeria. The fifth plenary session of the fifteenth congress of the communist party of nigeria recently. The impact of ict on the nigerian economic growth and development, free undergraduate project topics, research materials, education project topics, economics project topics, computer science project topics, hire a data analyst. Evaluating the impact of technology integration in teaching and learning. Published by european centre for research training and development uk. Evidence from 1914 2014 find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Impact of information and communication technology on economic growth in selected islamic countries mohammad ali moradi ph. Alleviating poverty through ict as a means of sustainable.

Information and communication technologies in the nigerian. The new policy is expected to reduce high levels of ict imports, with rapid currency depreciation offering the country a new opportunity to foster domestic ict. The experts are yet to determine how ict should be used to foster growth in order to contribute more to nigeria s economic and social development. Ict for good governance and socioeconomic development in. This is approved for students in accountancy business computer science economics engineering arts. The experts are yet to determine how ict should be used to foster growth in order to contribute more to nigerias economic and social development. This paper examines the impact of information and communication technology ict use on economic growth using the generalized method of moments gmm estimator within the framework of a dynamic panel data approach and applies it to 159 countries over the period 2000 to 2009. Nigerias future brighter with ict the guardian nigeria. Framework for technological entrepreneurship development. Economic development nigeria product, growth, economic.

Get free research paper on impact of information communications technology on the nigerian economic growth and development project topics and materials in nigeria. Resources, con ict, and economic development in africa achyuta adhvaryuy james fenskez gaurav khannax anant nyshadhamseptember 2016 abstract natural resources have driven both growth and con ict in modern africa. It is our hope that this publication will contribute to that end. Ict and economic growth comparing developing, emerging. Information and communication technology policy and legal. Information and communication technology policy and legal issues for central asia guide for ict policymakers. The paper concludes that development of ict will provide employment opportunities to the youths thereby securing the nation both socially. Since the early 1980s, information and communication technology ict has permitted people to participate in a world in which school, work, and other activities have been increasingly enhanced by access to.

The importance, how to, effect causes relationship, comparison, history, role, solutions are discussed. In this paper, we attempt to further clarify how ict is conceptualized in development and its impact on the economy of the nation. Historical development of ict in nigeria in nigeria, the ict sector in times past was characterised by the following. The impact of information technology on nigerian economy. Alleviating poverty through ict as a means of sustainable socioeconomic growth in nigeria icts are usually understood to refer to computers and the internet, but many consider this view to be limited, as it excludes the more traditional and usually more common. Despite its potential, ict can introduce new ways for fraudulent practices and corruption to occur. Technological entrepreneurship is the platform that accelerates the diffusion of successful technological innovation in an economy. Ict and development information and communications technology ict is viewed as both a means and an end for development. We model the interaction of parties engaged in potential con ict over such resources. Appraising the role of information communication technology ict as a change agent for higher. Pdf economic drivers of most developed and developing nations are believed to be anchored on their population growth, gdp per capita.

Nevertheless, the niger delta development commission nddc was created to coordinate economic and social development in the oilproducing region. Role of ict in nigerias economic development news in africa. A study of the educational sector in lagos state ayoola r. Ict has contributed to nigerian economic growth and development. The development of information and communication technologies in nigerian libraries abstract the development and use of information and communications technologies ict in the libraries of nigeria has been a slowly emerging process involving many successes and failures over the past decades. The general objective of this study is to analyze the impact of ict on the nigerian economic growth and development and the following are the specific objectives. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Nigeria ict oxford business group economic research. This was attributed to the lack of emphasis on ict development in the existing policy, that is, the full awareness of the potentials of icts to liberate the country from the shackle of poverty was totally absent. Ict, imperative for sustainable development in nigeria. Evaluating the impact of technology 1 integration in. But nigeria, like other nations, faces the inevitability of the technical, content, economic, institutional and regulatory convergence in a. This paper explores how ict supported education reforms can have the effect of increasing. Silvia lambaise, country editor nigeria, the business year an internationally renowned economic journal noted, based on research, that it is estimated that ict has contributed to one quarter.

Information communication technology ict to optimize products and services delivery is the most important element in the development of nigeria as a nation. D department of political science, benue state university, makurdi abstract the paper examines rural or community development in nigeria with emphasis on the institutions, agencies, policies and strategies employed to bring about the much needed. Role of ict in nigerias economic development news in. Pdf ict and its impact on national development in nigeria a. Department of computer science federal polytechnic bali, taraba state, pmb 05, nigeria 2. Olaore, phd senior lecturer, babcock university, nigeria abstract during the last decades, considerable resources have been invested in hardware, software, connections, training and support actions under the scope of improving the quality of teaching and learning. In an effort to boost nonoil growth and job creation, the government of nigeria rolled out a new threeyear ict development agenda emphasising domestic industry and local content. Some services sectors are also considered to be the backbone of economic activity and have a bearing on social development. 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. The african center for ict innovation and training, an american university of nigeria. In particular, infrastructure services encompassing transport, telecommunications, water, energy and financial services are of critical importance to economic development and could. Ict information and communication technology ipr intellectual property rights.