COUNTRY FOCUS: NIGERIA
Adebayo Sanni, Managing
Director, Oracle Nigeria,
outlines the trends and
challenges affecting the ICT
landscape and the future
of digital transformation
within the region.
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Nigeria 2018:
The state of
cloud adoption
O
ver the past few years Nigeria has
undergone rapid and significant
growth and much of this has
been in the technology arena, built on the
foundations of innovation and change
and pushed by the challenges of economic
volatility and market instability.
The challenge that every country faces
right now, not just Nigeria, is in creating a
cloud-based infrastructure that’s capable
of capturing the potential of technologies
such as the Internet of Things (IoT),
automation and robotics. In a recent
report released by PwC on IoT, the benefits
include: real time analytics for improved
decisions and cost reductions, enhanced
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NIGERIA IS
DEFINITELY
CLOUD READY,
BUT THERE ARE
STILL SOME
CHALLENGES
THAT NEED TO BE
OVERCOME.
productivity, better customer service,
effective communications, and new revenue
streams. Without access to the backbone of
IoT – cloud – and its central nervous system
– connectivity – the enterprise and country
loses ground to those that do.
Business and government have to remain
relevant and competitive if they wish to
participate on the global stage, and the
adoption of cloud and the technologies that
surround it are instrumental. As an example,
the Nigerian government has prioritised the
need for transparency in both public and
private sectors, and one of the technologies
set to address these issues is very likely to be
blockchain. Blockchain-based solutions can
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