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NIGERIA REPORT

NIGERIA REPORT. Presented at World Bank South-South Learning Visit to India. Friday February 20, 2009. STRATEGIC AGENDA. To use IT/ITES to address issues affecting our country in: job creation, employment generation, wealth creation, and poverty reduction.

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NIGERIA REPORT

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  1. NIGERIA REPORT Presented at World Bank South-South Learning Visit to India Friday February 20, 2009

  2. STRATEGIC AGENDA • To use IT/ITES to address issues affecting our country in: • job creation, • employment generation, • wealth creation, and • poverty reduction.

  3. Value Proposition of Nigeria • Absorptive capacity of the Nigerian economy that is currently very strong in oil & gas, banking industry and telecommunications • Largest market in sub-Saharan Africa • Enormous educated and trainable English speaking workforce • Large Diaspora population in America and Europe

  4. Focus Area: • Capacity Building: • Skills development • Support public sector policy making and implementation • Infrastructure: • Connectivity (Bandwidth, access lines, …) • ICT Parks (Smart building, ...) • Sensitization: Promotion & awareness building • Legal & Regulatory environment

  5. GOALS • To engineer the social and economic transformation of Nigeria through • Infrastructure Buildup, • Employable Skills Development, • Employment Generation, • Wealth Creation, • Good Governance, and • Provision of Citizen Services

  6. WHAT IT WILL TAKE • Utilizing Public Private Partnerships with support from international multi-national organizations • Needs assessment leading to the implementation of action plans • Strategic framework for IT backbone & skills development • Networking for implementation of our action plan • Knowledge and capacity building • Skills development for IT/ITES, which may leverage on existing projects • IT/ITES knowledge and Information sharing • Links to international standards and certification • Africa-Africa partnership or collaboration in IT/ITES

  7. KEY ACTION ITEMS • Immediate (0 – 3 months) • Industry association support • WB support for establishing ODIN as the focal point • Skills Assessment Study for Nigeria • Support for public sector policy making and implementation • Assessment of the Legal/Regulatory Requirements • Capacity Building - Human Capacity Development • Curriculum Review and Enhancement • Public & Private sectors sensitization strategy • Identify and finalized all processes required for medium and long term projects including GEMS projects • Broadband Access and Bandwidth cost reduction strategy

  8. Medium Term (6 – 12 months) • Commencement of GEMS projects • Commence the development of the Centre for Skills Development in IT/ITES • Collaborative effort on skills development • Skills certification • Content localization • Execute World Bank supported POC • Develop and commence implementation of government citizen contact centre.

  9. Long Term ( > 12 months) • Provide affordable fibre for key economic • Second submarine cable • Deployment of National Broadband Fibre

  10. RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS • Financial • Financial support for the industry association and other projects • For short term projects: 75% support from World Bank and 25% other sources • For Medium & Long terms project: 50% support from World Bank and 50% other sources • Human • High level resources to support policy making and implementation • Infrastructure • Infrastructure covered in the projects

  11. POSSIBLE FUNDING SOURCES • Internal government resources - FGN through its MDAs, Govt. owned company and govt. intervention funds • Private Industry ; Privately owned company and investors • External- Multi-lateral development organisations, Country to country Bi-lateral agreement

  12. BUSINESS MODEL • Three way partnership - PPP, Govt, WB • Cost Structure – TBD on project by project basis based on participating organisations principles – WB, ODIN, FGN-MDAs and Coys – Galaxy, DBI, NUC etc

  13. COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIPS •  Key Partnership - WB, ODIN, FGN-MDAs • Potential role for World Bank - Funding, capacity building, vision and awareness building and participation on country to country partnerships • Potential partnership and /or collaboration – Bi-lateral partnership between Govt & institutions in India and Nigeria’s equivalent e.g. IIIT, ISB, DGE & T

  14. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR IMPLIMENTATION • Direct ownership by beneficiaries with guild lines and support from World Bank and other institutions

  15. CAPACITY BUILDING REQUIREMENTS • Advisory resource from WB for Presidency, SGF • Develop a Centre for Skills Development in IT/ITES • Education and Training in key areas of BPO specialization • Need for National curriculum review • Instructional methods (more practical and research-based approaches) • Curricula content and depth • Diversity of ICT-related programs • Entrepreneurial skills • Vocational skills recognition

  16. RISKS • Poor infrastructural base • High energy costs • High and multiple taxation rates • High cost of bandwidth and connectivity • Inadequate legal/regulatory framework to support BPO • Shortage of skilled labor • Poor work ethic – lack of motivation • Bureaucracy

  17. IMPLEMENTATION MONITORING ARRANGEMENTS • Implementation of effective project management tools • Auditing and periodic reviews

  18. TIMELINE • Projects are broken up into short term, medium term and long term as follows; • Short Term (0 – 6 mounts) • Medium Term (6 – 12 mounts) • Long Term ( > 12 mounts)

  19. CONCLUSION • Progress has been made in Nigeria • As a nation, we are poised to progressed to a higher level • As we have learned from SSLV, there are still many things to be done to enable us bridge the gap • We believe that this visit to India is the step in the right direction that will facilitate more progress • Nigeria will fully collaborate with World Bank as well as countries like India, South Korea, Malaysia, African countries and others Thank you

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