National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Director-General, Kashifu Inuwa has declared Nigeria as the most viable Information Technology
The DG stated that the country ticks all the boxes in terms of size, population, youth demography, government support, and legal and regulatory framework.
“The average age in Nigeria is 19. We have the demographic advantage to become the global IT talent factory”, the NITDA chief stressed. He cited Mo Ibrahim who founded a mobile phone company in Sudan but was advised against it since the people were poor. “Nigeria has 15 percent of the continent’s 1.4 billion population and a significant percentage of its GDP.
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