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Nigeria Software Industry: Challenges and Potentials for Sustainable Growth

by Bassey Asuquo Ekanem, Emmanuel Asuquo Peter
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 175 - Number 17
Year of Publication: 2020
Authors: Bassey Asuquo Ekanem, Emmanuel Asuquo Peter
10.5120/ijca2020920682

Bassey Asuquo Ekanem, Emmanuel Asuquo Peter . Nigeria Software Industry: Challenges and Potentials for Sustainable Growth. International Journal of Computer Applications. 175, 17 ( Sep 2020), 24-31. DOI=10.5120/ijca2020920682

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author = { Bassey Asuquo Ekanem, Emmanuel Asuquo Peter },
title = { Nigeria Software Industry: Challenges and Potentials for Sustainable Growth },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { Sep 2020 },
volume = { 175 },
number = { 17 },
month = { Sep },
year = { 2020 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 24-31 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume175/number17/31545-2020920682/ },
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address = {New York, USA}
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Abstract

The challenges of the Nigeria software industry and its potentials for sustainable growth were investigated in this research. Findings revealed three major challenges of the software industry as low patronage of locally developed software by government and private organizations; poor government policies to encourage sustainable growth of the industry and low innovative index of locally developed software as affirmed respectively by 79%, 78% and 81% of respondents via questionnaire. Research findings also revealed that developers’ skillsets have greatly improved over the years through trainings and international certification programs which have impacted positively on the quality of developed software following increased adoption of quality assurance practices by most developers. However, 81% of the respondents reported that most locally developed software are not innovative – that is, lacking novelty values and not developed to address modern ecosystem challenges rather they have functions similar to software already deployed in public and private sectors, hence not patronized. It’s important that developers focus more on international certification and development of qualitative and innovative software like the well celebrated Remita, eGOS and others to enhance sustainable growth. Furthermore, national strategy and government policies are urgently needed to encourage patronage of qualitative and innovative software.

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Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Nigeria software industry locally developed software innovative Software products Mentorship and Advisory services

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