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dc.contributor.authorMuganda, Nixon O
dc.contributor.authorBankole, Felix
dc.date.accessioned2015-06-15T13:43:20Z
dc.date.available2015-06-15T13:43:20Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationSocial Science Research Network 2012en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2126937
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11295/84840
dc.description.abstractThis paper focuses on the role of government in the development of the Internet, as a representative artifact of a National Information Infrastructure (NII) of a country. We consider Nigeria, a developing country that has been attempting to enhance the role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in various sectors of her economy over the years. A longitudinal analysis of Internet diffusion, as a representative NII technology was undertaken using the Global Diffusion of the Internet (GDI) framework. As is the typical practice with studies employing the GDI framework, empirical data was gathered from a variety of documentary sources including government/regulatory bodies reports and policies, websites, newspapers and research articles. The analysis reveals that there has been a determined focus on the development of the NII infrastructure in Nigeria. What comes to the fore is the important role that government is playing in ensuring that the Internet contributes to the economic rejuvenation of the country. We pinpoint that the federal government has been ineffective in indirectly facilitating the sector in the roles of strategist, guider and integrator. It is hoped that current and future policy initiatives in the telecommunications industry will change the negative determinants of NII development.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectNigeriaen_US
dc.subjectInternet diffusionen_US
dc.subjectAfricaen_US
dc.subjectTelecommunications policyen_US
dc.subjectGDIen_US
dc.titleLinking the Role of Government to Internet Diffusion in Nigeria: Is the 'Giant'of Africa Awakening?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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