Internet development and connectivity in Nigeria

Adomi, Esharenana E.

doi:10.1108/00330330510610591

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“…for a digital entrepreneur, the most important things are office space, internet and power, and in that regard, iDEA has provided the three basic things needed (P5: iDEA tenant). It is clearly evident that despite the fact that office space, electrical power and internet are indispensable resources for any digital entrepreneur, the Nigerian entrepreneurial environment suffers severely from the lack of these basic amenities (Adomi, 2005;Mohammed et al, 2013;Okafor, 2008). The deficiency of these environmental conversion factors can impede the translation of entrepreneurial desire, skills and knowledge into the functioning of running a successful tech business.…”

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Beyond entrepreneurship education: business incubation and entrepreneurial capabilities

Ikebuaku

Dinbabo

2018

JEEE

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Purpose -As a way of dealing with Nigeria's macroeconomic challenge of unemployment and its concomitant socio-economic problems, the federal government, in 2006, made entrepreneurship study a compulsory course for all higher education students irrespective of their area of specialization. However, studies have shown that the programme is yet to achieve its goals as many Nigerian graduates still remain unemployed long after graduation. Using Sen's capability approach, this paper aims to investigate business incubation as an effective tool for enhancing entrepreneurial capabilities beyond entrepreneurship education. Design/methodology/approach -This study has engaged both quantitative (survey questionnaire) and qualitative methodologies (semi-structured interview). Findings -The result shows that through business incubation, budding entrepreneurs have increased access to infrastructures and resources necessary for entrepreneurial success, thereby enhancing their real opportunities (capabilities) for success. Practical implications -For greater effectiveness, business incubation should be integrated into the current entrepreneurship education programme in Nigeria. Originality/value -This study is a debut of research endeavours which theoretically assess entrepreneurship programmes via the capability approach lens. It has developed a conceptual model for assessing business incubation using the capability approach.

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Beyond entrepreneurship education: business incubation and entrepreneurial capabilities

Ikebuaku

Dinbabo

2018

JEEE

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“…As pointed out by Aguolu (1996), since independence in 1960, there has been an unrelenting upsurge in the establishment of educational institutions at all levels, especially university education. And, the World Wide Web (WWW) became available in Nigeria in 1996, while full Internet services became available in 1998, and the number of NCC (Nigerian Communications Commission) licensed Internet service Providers rose to over 150 by 2001 (Adomi 2005). The library Web site continues to evolve as a gateway for providing Web-based library services to the students and university staffs.…”

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Assessment of Nigerian University Library Web Sites/Web Pages

Kehinde

Tella

2012

New Review of Information Networking

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Academic libraries, the world over, have designed and developed Web sites to advertise their resources and services to the outside world. In line with this, many universities in Nigeria have provided their library with a Web site while more are developing Web sites for their library to meet the new information superhighway's challenges. However, in-depth studies on the assessment of these Web sites have not been undertaken and the studies have been especially neglected or ignored by the Nigeria researcher. The available existing study only focused on the rating of the Web sites on the basis of the number of hits. In view of this, there is a necessity to research the aspects of in-depth assessment of selected academic library Web sites in Nigeria, especially in view of the accelerating rate of university establishment in the country. This study is an attempt to fill this currently identified gap. Hence, the study assessed the university library Web sites in selected university libraries in Nigeria. The study uses content analysis as the research design. A total of 30 Nigerian university library Web sites were selected from the three categories to represent 110 universities in Nigeria using a purposely stratified sampling technique with a checklist as the research instrument. The criteria for the checklist were drawn on an assessment of library Web sites for Web 2.0 tools, access to electronic materials, and links to the National University Commission (NUC) virtual library. Four research questions were developed and answered and the result revealed low level of the integration of Web 2.0 in most of the universities' Web sites. The study concluded that the use of the current web development technologies for deploying mainstream web information services is not widespread as web information services are yet to take off widely in academic libraries Downloaded by [Northwestern University] at 23:09 25 December 2014 70 A. A. Kehinde and A. Tella as regards to web 2.0, electronic resources and links to NUC virtual library. The majority of university libraries are found to be working in the conventional library settings and the diffusion rate of web information services is relatively low. Based on the conclusions, the study recommends that Web 2.0 tools should be used as part of the accreditation criterion for university libraries and that the NUC should embark on a national university virtual campaign. Additionally, librarians need to adapt to the revolutionary changes in technology that lead to changes in scholarly communication. Further studies can be conducted as to the choice of libraries in integrating Web 2.0 tools.

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“…Their findings revealed that lack of an adequate ICT infrastructure and affordable online access, absence of in-depth ICT skills and information searching skills among library staff and users are barriers to the use of electronic resources. In the same vein, Ondari-Okenwa (2004), Ashcroft and Watts (2005), Adomi (2005) and Oduwole and Sowole (2006) identified problems in the adoption and usage of ICT and electronic resources in Nigeria to include lack of adequate ICT skills among staff and users, low basic information literacy levels in the Nigerian population and prohibitive cost in developing countries to gain access to the Internet. The findings were corroborated by those of Salaam and Adegbore (2010) who studied Internet access and use by the students of private universities in Ogun State, Nigeria.…”

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A study on the agricultural research scientists’ knowledge in the use of internet resources

Folitse¹,

Osei²,

Dzandu³

et al. 2017

IJRSC

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The study examined the Research scientists' knowledge in the use of Internet resources for research in the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Ghana. A quantitative research approach was adopted for the study, using a survey as research method. A random sampling technique was used to select 109 agricultural research scientists for the study. Data were collected through the use of a structured questionnaire. A total of 98 cases were analyzed which represented 89.9% of the total sample. The data were subjected to frequencies, percentages, means, standard deviation, Pearson's product-moment correlation (r) and multiple regression. The results showed that most researchers acquired computer knowledge without undergoing formal training in the use of the Internet. Mostly they learnt through self-development. The researchers used the Internet mostly for research purposes. The study therefore recommended that various institutes should acquire more bandwidth for their Internet connections to accommodate more computers and to improve the Internet speed. Internet networks must be active and continuously sustained in order to make this valued resource effective in all agricultural research institutes.

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Internet development and connectivity in Nigeria

Cited by 40 publications

References 5 publications

Beyond entrepreneurship education: business incubation and entrepreneurial capabilities

Beyond entrepreneurship education: business incubation and entrepreneurial capabilities

Assessment of Nigerian University Library Web Sites/Web Pages

A study on the agricultural research scientists’ knowledge in the use of internet resources

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