How young people are engaging with ict in the commonwealth

Resolving The Crisis In The Future Now

Victor Okigbo

October 2013

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How Young People Are

Engaging With ICT In

The Commonwealth

IDEA NIGERIA

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This presentation contains preliminary information that may be changed substantially prior to final release of the associated paper. The information contained in this presentation represents the current personal view of Mr. Victor Okigbo on the issues discussed as of the date of the presentation.

or 28% of approx. 2bn people are between the ages of 16 and 30

in the commonwealth Most of them are in India and Africa – the majority are in country that do not have high

Youth Development Index scores

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High Youth Development Index scores in:

Australia

Canada

New Zealand

United Kingdom

Malta

Cyprus

Jamaica

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7 out of 54countries with high YDI scores

Australia

Canada

New Zealand

US

UK

Malta

Cyprus

Jamaica

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The Future?

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The Future?

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Education Business environment

Poverty levels

Peace/security

Governance Low correlation with per capita income = hope and opportunity for

the 87%

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Visualising the Solution: Work-streams

Commonwealth Plan of Action for Youth Empowerment

Vision: ICT in Youth Development

Investment Networking

Feedback

Positive networking, feedback and

investment

Role models

& Leaders Collaboration

between agencies

Targeted

content Strong

Networks Monitoring &

Evaluation

Positive experiences across ICT touch-points

Integrated best-of-breed approaches

Powerful learning

tools from youtube

to ebooks can

bring complex skill

sets within reach

in an engaging

manner

Additional training

and development of

specific groups like

women and the

young augur well for

the future

The role of Social

Media and global

networks can

accelerate access

to markets,

audiences and

peers

Focus Areas

Key information is presented to

the business owner in a safe and

learning conducive environment

Online study programs are curated and

presented to incubatees

Local and international

expert resources can

concentrate efforts on

incubation centers

Interface with external parties and a

broad network of advisers and

mentors

Critical dimensions for

selection include leap-frog

potential, span of benefits,

people-centricity and

innovation.

Example: IDEA-Nigeria is a highly focused on

software development as part of it’s defining

charter– other such hubs may focus on

content, media or other areas

The anticipated multiplied impact is that each successful business

will generate 10 to 50 times the developmental benefits of the initial

investment

Impact of Social Media and New networks

Impact of Social Media and New networks

Social Media: Impact

Individuals

• Create their own content

• Expose themselves to

online risks

• Build and sustain

positive friendships

• Have rapid access to

news and opinion

• Exposed to

opportunities to exploit

anonymity for fraud

Media • Traditional media losing

relevance with the younger

demographic

• Convergence between

media leading to hybrid

media (eg advertising in

online videogames)

IT Networks

• Local networks and

infrastructure strained to the

limit to deliver last-mile

connectivity

• Rapid ramp up of

broadband capability at the

back-end

The homogenisation of youth culture results in reduced

differentiation by culture and circumstance within the

demographic – with the resultant consumption and

generation of the same media using the same technology

tools (watching Game of Thrones on tablets and tweeting

about the season finale). Profound opportunities exist for

innovative adaptations of globally tested formulations.

All business progress is tracked

and logged by standarised

assessment and monitoring

tools

Correlation algorithms analyse

logs for patterns and escalate to

human security operatives

Youth entrepreneurship benefits

How to Grow Youth ICT Entrepreneurs

Youth Mainstreaming

Technology Launchpad + IDEA Nigeria

Accomplishments Till Date & Programme Status

Incubation till Commercialization Selection Process Program Planning

• Define Technology Innovation

Programme

• Define Programme Scope

• Define Topic/area of boundaries

• Identify and engage partners Skill partners

• Define eligibility criteria Aspiring businesses

Emerging businesses (existing/old

companies)

• Define success criteria

• Setup PMO and project

governance

• Set-up decision making and

monitoring processes

• Define and implement media

campaign strategy

• Define Funding strategy

• Establish Selection Committee

• Implement Media/communication

campaign and announcement of

the bid process Radio

Newspaper

Media briefing by the Minister

Social Media

• Submission of bids by Interested

candidates

• Review/shortlist bids by the

selection committee

• Further screening including

demo/face to face interviews to

lead to identification of finalists

• Prepare incubation centers for

selected individuals and Team

• Induct candidates into the

incubation centers

• Assign mentors to successful

candidates

• Mentoring of Finalists Fit for Purpose Solution by CIOs

Business management and

Entrepreneurship training by Fate

Foundation, etc.

Technical/Standards training

(including testing amongst others)*

by Digital Jewel, Accenture, etc.

• Solution Standardization for

Marketplace

• Presentation of solutions to

stakeholders.

• Company setup

We are here

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Industry:

Name of Application:

Key Personnel: Ayodeji Ogundiran Gabriel Ojomu Adetiwa Olufemi

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Improvement Plan:

Completion Time Frame: 6 – 12 months

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Total Automation

Category: Oil and Gas

Name of Application: Production Resource Planner (PRP)

Key Personnel: Paul Ugoji

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Is resolving

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HexGEAR Technologies

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Klein Devort

Category:

Name of Application: Sociopilot (changing to an unnamed Payroll application)

Key Personnel: Shola Akinlade Mayowa Okegbenle.

Brief description:

Business Issue Software: Is resolving

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i-SEC

Category: Financial Services

Name of Application:

Key Personnel: Kayode Disu Adebola Segun, Telema Synger

Brief description:

Business Issue Software:

Is Resolving

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Pawaak Technologies

Category: Financial Services

Name of Application: Microfinance Payment Processor (MPP)

Key Personnel: Felix Onyema Olawale Bakare &

Brief description:

Business Issue Software:

is Resolving

Application Platform:

Improvement Plan:

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Prowork Technology

Category:

Name of Application:

Key Personnel:

Brief description:

Business Issue Software:

is Resolving

Application Platform:

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Tedata

Category: Financial Services

Name of Application: EstocksMgr

Key Personnel: Ogunlade &

Brief description:

Business Issue Software : is Resolving

Application Platform:

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Completion Time Frame:

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ICT & Youth Engagement in Practice

Investment Networking

Feedback

Positive networking, feedback and

investment

Role models

& Leaders Collaboration

between agencies

Targeted

content Strong

Networks Monitoring &

Evaluation

Positive experiences across ICT touch-points

Multiplied positive impact on local population

Powerful

learning tools

and local

learning

content can

bring complex

skill sets within

reach in an

Business skills

training for

technology

entrepreneurs to

secure the future

through

sustainable

enterprise

Social Media to

extend the

reach and

borderlessness

of young

people’s

business

communities.

Focus Areas

Thank You Enterprise productivity and collaboration