Digitising Nigeria

SHOKUNBI Opeyemi

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 Digital in Nigeria

There is 49% penetration in Nigeria meaning 1 out of 2 people have access to the internet.
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Mobile Users vs Mobile connections

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Financial Inclusion Factors

Only 44% of Nigerian have access to bank accounts.

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ICT Infrastructure Priorities
1. Broadband - To increase investment in national broadband, government should encourage a
diversity of investment models to attract private capital investment to improve broadband
coverage, speed and stability
2. Cloud and Data Center - Promote them as regional data center hubs to establish common data
sharing platforms for countries to enhance data access, transparency and insight generation
across industries as well as attract foreign investment to consolidate regional business. As more
traditional industries (e.g., manufacturing, healthcare and energy) go digital, cloud and data
centers will provide the computing power and storage they need to succeed.
3. IoT - : IoT devices should act as both sensors and effectors to carry out instructions of the
Intelligent Connectivity. Government should facilitate deployment of more IoT sensors and
actuators in wearables, homes, offices, factories and public places so individuals and companies
can introduce new products and services to grow the digital economy.

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ICT Infrastructure Priorities Cont’d
4. AI - Establish a special innovation taskforce within government ministries responsible for
ICT development. The taskforce should be responsible for evaluating, tracking, investing and
deploying technologies like deep learning, machine learning and smart robotics to optimize
government operations and service delivery. Introduce an open and broad regulatory
framework to support development and deployment of next-generation digital technology
and foster balanced competition.

5. Block chain – Development of block chain based application. Cryptocurrency seems to be

the most popular application but we have numerous opportunities where too much of
bottlenecks are created by government agencies and other third party intermediaries
applicable to Real Estate, Supply Chain processes, etc

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 Innovation Road Map

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 African Undersea Cables

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 Cloud Adoption in Nigeria
Nigeria's SME-dominant market is poised to overtake Kenya and South Africa in terms
of cloud adoption in 2018 says Adebayo Sanni, MD at Oracle Nigeria. Oracle believes by
2025, 80% of IT budgets will be spent on cloud services, all enterprise data will be
stored in the cloud and 100% of application development and testing will be conducted
in the cloud.

"Today, the Nigerian economy is bolstered by a thriving small to medium enterprise

(SME) community that makes up over 90% of the market, with many engaging in
business that can only be made possible through cloud technology.“ Adebayo Sanni

Enterprises are now opting for cloud which was different 5 – 10years ago.

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 Broadband Opportunities – Satellite TV
Services
With satellite TV services in most region in Nigeria, the use of
the services to carry data services(internet access) will be a
huge disruption that will enable the penetration of internet
into rural areas in Nigeria. Both private and government
agencies need to make use of this potential disruptive
offering.

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 Cloud Opportunity - Fintech
FinTech provides solutions across new frontiers such as next generation payments, P2P lending,
security and biometrics, Bank in a Box, blockchain,Robo-advisory and Financial Inclusion in Nigeria.

The past three years have been formative for the Nigerian FinTech sector and saw the emergence
of numerous FinTech start-ups, incubators and investments. Investment in Nigerian FinTechs over
the last 2 years exceeded the $200 million mark.

Techpoint base reported that the value of funding in Nigerian Tech startup in Q2 was $73,685,003
with Fintech having over 66% of the investment.
FinTechs focused on payments were the forerunners. In the next wave, we expect to see more
traction on lending, financial inclusion, blockchain and digital banks. WealthTech and InsurTech
are already emerging and we expect these FinTechs to question the status quo in the wealth
management and insurance sectors.

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 Public WiFi: A Big Opportunity to Connect the
Unconnected

>Courtesy: http://a4ai.org/affordability -
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report/report/2017/#public_wifi:_a_big_opportunity_to_connect_the_unconnected
 Challenges
Poor Strategy Formation and Implementation

We create documents without life and sustenance. Nigerian

ICT roadmap 2017-2020 was introduced and aims to ensure
the job creation through ICT of 2.5 million jobs and to ensure
broadband penetration to all parts of Nigeria particularly by
year 2020, to achieve a penetration level of about 30 per
cent. What progress have we made?

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 Based on the timeline of the roadmap, the delivery of activities is as listed be

Activities Status
May 2017 – Establishment of Digital Literacy Council Done - November, 2017
August 2017 – Establishment of Project Management Office in the Federal
Ministry of Communications (FMoC) Not Done - No record available from FMoC

September 2017 – Review and update national ICT policy Not Done - Available version June 2012 & August 2012

October 2017 – Establishment of Innovation Hubs around the country Not Done

November 2017 – Baseline audit of all departments and agencies under FMoC Not Done - No record

April 2018 – Review and revamp national broadband plan Not Done - Last update September, 2012
May 2018 – Broadcast of high-quality audio and video content using the Direct to
Home (DTH) platform Not Done - No record

July 2018 – National dashboard for Project Monitoring and Tracking Not Done

October 2018 – Upgrade Digital Bridge Institute to a specialised ICT University Not due
April 2019 – Complete repositioning of NIPOST Not due

December 2019 – Achieve improved revenue generation from ICT Not due

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 Opportunity – Human Capital Development
The Andela Model
Investing in young talents will make Africa the
hub for tech development across the globe.

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 Big Data Opportunities - Digitizing Agriculture
Aerial images from satellites or drones, weather forecasts, and soil
sensors are making it possible to manage crop growth in real time.
Automated systems provide early warnings if there are deviations from
normal growth or other factors. Zenvus, a Nigerian precision farming
startup, measures and analyzes soil data like temperature, nutrients,
and vegetative health to help farmers apply the right fertilizer and
optimally irrigate their farms. The process improves farm productivity
and reduces input waste by using analytics to facilitate data-driven
farming practices for small-scale farmers.

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 Cloud Opportunity - Inclusive Governance

This is where citizens hold their leaders

accountable by tracking all the allocated funds
in tandems with the implementation of the
budget.

BudgiT provides Nigerian budget and public

data, making it accessible to the general
public to aid participatory governance. She
has been a blessing in providing real data on
government across Federal, State and Local
constituent manages their income and
expenditure. Relevant data available
from2013 till date.

Image courtesy budgiT.com

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 Cloud Opportunity - Engaging Internal Security

Security is the 4th major challenge in Africa after food, shelter and clothing. In the case of Nigeria, It
is top 3 of the challenges facing the country along side visionary leadership and corruption.

With the major security related challenges like kidnapping, rape, armed robbery, etc. The tech space
have the opportunity to solve this unique and precarious problem using technology.

An example is solution developed by a Nigeria startup called Seclot. Seclot is a distress management
platform that sends distress notifications to friends, families and security agencies when one is in a
distress. The Geo-location of the victim will be sent to the ICE(In Case of Emergency) contact setup
on the app, the ICE can chose to be the first responder or escalate to security agencies closest to the
victim.

However, we need more of this solutions to enhance safety of life, properties and image of the
country.

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 Costs remain highest in Africa, with 1GB costing 9.3% of a citizen’s average income

Courtesy: http: //a4ai.org/broadband- pricing- data- 2017/

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 Learning from Asia
– Philippines

Strong national planning has helped drive this

growth. Manila has declared a Cloud First Policy,
which highlights its commitment to reduce the cost
of government ICT by eliminating duplication and
fragmentation. With this policy, the government has
upped its cloud adoption

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 Learning from Asia
– China
Deployment of key enabling technologies is key to China’s advancement. Huge
investments in 4G technology have helped increase coverage from 7% of the
population in 2014 to 69% in 2017. Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) coverage reached 64%
in 2017, up from 18% in 2014. The growing coverage of both fixed and mobile
broadband across China continues to drive e-Commerce, and has equipped
entrepreneurs with a solid digital platform for launching small-scale Internet
businesses.

Most notable in the past year was China’s announcement of the New Generation AI
Development Plan, which sets high investment goals in a bid to become an AI leader
by 2030. Beyond AI, China has made strong investments in data centers, cloud
services, big data analytics and IoT to lay the foundations for its smart city initiatives,
which account for nearly 50% of smart cities in the world.
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