Notify me of follow-up comments by email. SHARES. Your email address will not be published. We have our eyes focused on ways to expand infrastructure. In fact, the concept of technology itself as well as the individual and social capabilities required for its development ca now be studied at a much more fine-grained level leading to potential contributions that may impact higher education, job creation and economic growth. This means that the SMEs can enjoy the same capabilities as the large enterprises we have invested hugely in. Required fields are marked *. When you take a look at secondary schools as an example, we offer some CSR initiatives where we facilitate robotics competition programmes. The objective is to develop in undergraduate students the habit of contributing to national and global issues, as well as providing policymakers with an accessible perspective.
Technological advancement of a country minimizes cost, increases production … Supporting small and medium enterprises, who are mainly start-up, is dear to us. We believe businesses that are sustainable financially but aren’t addressing society’s biggest challenges will find themselves in an atmosphere of chaos eventually. 0. Its fast-growing youth population presents exciting opportunities for economic growth and sustainable development. The internet, computers, smart phones and such other technological tools have already revolutionised the global economy. Technological innovation and Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) represent a way for developing world nations to foster economic development, improve levels of education and training, as well as address gender issues within society. When you talk about Vodacom, you need to consider that the brand is a digital company that is working towards connecting and transforming the Nigerian society. Chinenye Anuforo. They are recognitions for our contributions to the ICT industry in the last financial year. All entries will be judged on originality, creativity, and appropriateness to the theme and context. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Technology has become a yardstick for a country’s socio-economic development. Today each country considers it is the basic tool of economic development. Africa is now the world’s second fastest-growing continent. We should establish high-tech labs where our IT experts should innovate and experiment. Role of Technology in Accelerating Economic Growth and Development. Technology’s role in economic growth. The driving idea is to help build businesses that shape the growth of the Nigerian society.
We perfected that and allowed it to expand as we continued to evolve. VIEWS. We teach them tech skills and robotics design that they become comfortable with these things. We have three segmented markets when you take a look at our history. Contrastingly, we have young people who are in their teens who are actually doing a lot with technology and winning awards globally at the moment. Moreover, internet has connected the whole business communities throughout the world. There are a lot of disruptions in the life of customers. This is a society where the speed of connection exceeds one gigabyte. We strongly believe in creating shared value in the society through social engagement and social innovation. IoT is one of the ways that we have adopted to drive digital transformation as well as impact society from top to bottom. We speak with the regulators and explain to them how new and existing technologies can be re-appropriated to solve society’s challenges using IoT. We equally re-appropriate existing core capabilities, existing strengths and we use them to address society’s biggest challenges. In the process, we found that SMEs were incapacitated in terms of spending at the level of the large enterprises. This honour is very big because it gives us presence in the circle of elite in the industry. Across those touch points, we recognise those changing preferences and we use that to recalibrate and make ourselves relevant for the future. From an expectation point of view, we have a net promoter score index where we measure the pulse of our customers. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. When we identify new use cases for technology, specifically in the IoT space. We can give you access to information and teach you precision farming techniques on the best range of farming approaches that you should use. We believe that we need to catch them young. Joe Effiong, Uyo The recent mayhem following #EndSARS bloody protest in Akwa Ibom State has adversely affected... © 2019 The Sun Nigeria - Managed by Netsera. Therefore, we need to make all our systems, institutes ranging from government to social, economic, schools and universities integrated with digital learning. Evidence in the economic literature indicates that science, technology and innovation play a significant role in economic growth.
Your email address will not be published. As an example, we can help them with security consulting services, penetration testing, and vulnerability assessments. First, the lead of the pack is the award for the hall of fame for being the Enterprise Solutions Provider of the Year for the ninth consecutive time, which really is an award that recognises our efforts over the last couple of years. Technology spending, gross margins and economic growth have a strong relationship when measured by productivity and GDP. That’s not a sustainable environment for you and your business. Published in Daily Times, April 27th 2018. Landmark Centre to hold FABWA, WAAS and BWA soon – BtoB Events, Every young vibrant Nigerian has been harassed by SARS – Lordmansa, Verraki Partners urges indigenous coys to innovate, create solutions, Airtel wins award for contributions to economy, job creation, 9mobile offers cheaper rates with Hajj roaming plan, Shun cultism, exams malpractice or risk expulsion – Provost tells new students, Nation-building: Nigeria needs to be re-created – Fayemi, NAWOJ Presidency: Lucy woos female journalists ahead 2020 convention, Ogun worries over cultism in schools, vows to tackle menace, Alaafin of Oyo, Oluwo synergize on Yoruba unity, progress, ENDSERS protests: Plateau youths demands pardon on those convicted or resume protests, #EndSARS violence influences voter apathy in A’Ibom council polls. It is no gainsaying that Africa needs to embrace technology to realize the African Union’s 2063 Transformation Agenda and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The world’s stock exchanges are being merged and combined. In comparison, Pakistan is lagging behind in terms of technology. In fact, the last time we spoke with industry players and regulators, the ambition over the next five years is to take broadband penetration to 70 per cent, which is the target of the new national broadband plan.