Nigeria: E-Business And the New Economy – AllAfrica.com

Unfortunately many, including policy makers, aren’t aware of the linkage between ICT and productivity – how ICT can make individuals and organizations more productive. Lack of education and understanding of e-business are in fact the greatest barriers to be overcome if a country must participate meaningfully in the knowledge economy and engage successfully in e-business. Is ICT and e-business regarded as a priority by the vast majority in the rural areas, the unemployed and the small businesses that dominate the private sector landscape or is demand only from the "usual suspects" – the large corporate organizations, working professionals and the urban rich? It is about closing societal gaps and divides – gender, digital, rural / urban, poor / rich, formal / informal sector, first world / third world, etc. There are challenges but it is your level of awareness, quality of skills and most importantly your thinking that will determine the quality of response to the challenges of the knowledge-based economy. In Nigeria, in addition to addressing the low level of e-business awareness, there is a need to encourage the massive development and growth of education and training in e-business and ICT. read more

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