Information and communication technologies in Nigeria
Subtitle: prospects and challenges for development
By: Patience Idaraesit Akpan-Obong.
Series: Society and politics in Africa -- v. 19
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9781433103100
Subjects: Information technology -- Nigeria; Information technology -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
Description: "In recent years, information and communication technologies (ICTs) have been linked with socioeconomic development with the assumption that they can be harnessed for economic growth in developing countries and facilitate integration into the global information society. Information and Communication Technologies in Nigeria: Prospects and Challenges for Development is an account of the development of ICTs in Nigeria. It examines the ICT policy framework and the societal context within which application of the technologies emerged and highlights the potentials of ICTs in socioeconomic development. However, this book also demonstrates, through interviews and case studies, that ICTs are not the panacea to underdevelopment; constraining factors in different countries can limit their capacity to succeed."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Information and communication technologies and theories of development; title: Evolution of Nigerian development; title: A journey to the future : the policy framework; title: All in a day's work : usage & diffusion in the public sector; title: Use IT : patterns of usage in the societal context; title: Potholes on the information superhighway and detours; title: African giant meets Africa : ICTs beyond borders.