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Factors inhibiting ICT (Cloud Computing) in Nigeria and Africa
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CLOUD COMPUTING IN AFRICA
Ogbeleje, Chidube- M00383325Okereke, Arnold Ikenna-
M00369489
WHAT IS CLOUD COMPUTING?
Cloud computing is an internet-based technology which provides virtual computation
services such as software, database access, manipulation and storage services
AFRICA’S CLOUD STATUS
In accordance to the most current statistics given by the World Economic Forum (2009), Africa has the least response of 1%.
Graphical survey and statistics of response of organisations and Geographical regions as seen in World Economic Forum (2009, fig. 1.2)
Broadband usage and penetration
IT Talent short fall
IT general(investments, hardware, software)
Electrical power generation
pricing
Infrastructure(roads e.t.c)
constraints
EVALUATING THE FACTORS INFLUENCING CLOUD COMPUTING
shell established its own data and communication network between Lagos, port Harcourt and Warri by leasing facilities from NITEL
Infrastructure(roads e.t.c)
INFRASTRUCTURE
pricing
poor infrastructure and power supply results in high price of user end products
PRICING
IT Talent short fall
Nigeria has a poor literacy level, looking at the ranking by the World Economic Forum(2011, 346)
IT TALENT SHORT FALL
IT general(investments, hardware, software)
Nigeria's poor ranking when it comes to ICT venture capitalists (World Economic Forum, 2011, pp.330)
IT GENERAL (INVESTMENTS, HARDWARE, SOFTWARE)
Electrical power generation
“Nigeria is still in search of solutions to her power sector challenges” as stated by Abiola and Adebayo (2011, pp. 1)
ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF HOW POWER GENERATION AFFECTS TECH INDEX
country kwh population Kwh per person tech index
USA 3,873,000,000,000 307,006,550 12615.36602 5.33
CHINA 3,438,000,000,000 1,338,299,500 2568.931693 5.3
JAPAN 858,500,000,000 127,450,460 6735.95058 4.95
GERMANY 547,300,000,000 81,702,329 6698.707451 5.14
CANADA 536,100,000,000 34,108,752 15717.37365 5.21
FRANCE 447,200,000,000 64,876,618 6893.084347 4.92
BRAZIL 402,200,000,000 194,946,470 2063.130458 3.9
UK 345,800,000,000 62,218,761 5557.809163 5.12
ITALY 315,000,000,000 60,483,521 5208.030134 3.97
SOUTH AFRICA 241,400,000,000 49,991,300 4828.840218 3.86
NIGERIA 19,210,000,000 158,423,180 121.2575079 3.32
GHANA 6,906,000,000 24,391,823 283.1276695 3.44
SOURCES: National master- www.nationmaster.com (accessed 2011)Net index- www.netindex.com ( accessed 2011)
World Economic Forum (2011)
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF HOW POWER GENERATION AFFECTS TECH INDEX
Broadband usage and penetration
Cloud computing requires real-time client-server interaction with high band width and stable connection, which is not yet achievable in Nigeria
BROADBAND USEAGE
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF HOW BROADBAND INTERNET SPEED AFFECTS TECH INDEX
country internet speed Mbps tech index
USA 12.37 5.33
CHINA 7.33 5.3
JAPAN 14.5 4.95
GERMANY 15.22 5.14
CANADA 12.29 5.21
FRANCE 13.15 4.92
BRAZIL 5.97 3.9
UK 11.71 5.12
ITALY 4.86 3.97
SOUTH AFRICA 3.09 3.86
NIGERIA 2.61 3.32
GHANA 9.69 3.44
SOURCES: National master- www.nationmaster.com (accessed 2011)Net index- www.netindex.com ( accessed 2011)
World Economic Forum (2011)
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF HOW BROADBAND INTERNET SPEED AFFECTS TECH INDEX
Broadband usage and penetration
IT Talent short fall
IT general(investments, hardware, software)
Electrical power generation
pricing
Infrastructure(roads e.t.c)
constraints
Nigeria has a poor literacy level, looking at the ranking by the World Economic Forum(2011, 346)
Nigeria's poor ranking when it comes to ICT venture capitalists (World Economic Forum, 2011, pp.330)
“Nigeria is still in search of solutions to her power sector challenges” as stated by Abiola and Adebayo (2011, pp. 1)
shell established its own data and communication network between Lagos, port Harcourt and Warri by leasing facilities from NITEL
poor infrastructure and power supply results in high price of user end products
Cloud computing requires real-time client-server interaction with high band width and stable connection, which is not yet achievable in Nigeria
CONCLUSION
Based upon analysis made above Africa has a poor ICT foundation and some factors inhibiting the growth of ICT. These factor should be taking
into consideration by any organization wanting to venture into ICT in Nigeria.
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