Nigeria Digital Economy Diagnostic Report

As the biggest economy in Africa with one of the largest youth populations in the world, Nigeria is well-positioned to develop a strong digital economy. This would have a transformational impact on the country. In order to reap the benefits, Nigeri...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/387871574812599817/Nigeria-Digital-Economy-Diagnostic-Report
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spelling okr-10986-327432021-09-16T15:05:43Z Nigeria Digital Economy Diagnostic Report World Bank Group FINANCIAL SERVICES DIGITAL FINANCIAL SERVICES DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ACCESS TO BASIC SERVICES DIGITAL SKILLS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT As the biggest economy in Africa with one of the largest youth populations in the world, Nigeria is well-positioned to develop a strong digital economy. This would have a transformational impact on the country. In order to reap the benefits, Nigeria needs to focus on accelerating improvements in five fundamental pillars of a digital economy: digital infrastructure, digital platforms, digital financial services, digital entrepreneurship and digital skills. The Nigeria Digital Economy Diagnostic report identifies key challenges and opportunities of leveraging the digital economy for diversified and sustained growth. It provides an assessment of the state of Nigeria’s digital economy around the five foundational pillars. The report also offers specific, actionable recommendations to the government and private sector stakeholders to further Nigeria’s development of each pillar. The report was produced in the context of the Digital Economy (DE4A) initiative, an African Union initiative supported by the World Bank Group, which aims to digitally connect every person, business, and government in Africa by 2030. 2019-12-02T17:52:53Z 2019-12-02T17:52:53Z 2019-12-01 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/387871574812599817/Nigeria-Digital-Economy-Diagnostic-Report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32743 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Infrastructure Study Africa Nigeria
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topic FINANCIAL SERVICES
DIGITAL FINANCIAL SERVICES
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION
ACCESS TO BASIC SERVICES
DIGITAL SKILLS
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
spellingShingle FINANCIAL SERVICES
DIGITAL FINANCIAL SERVICES
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION
ACCESS TO BASIC SERVICES
DIGITAL SKILLS
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
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Nigeria Digital Economy Diagnostic Report
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description As the biggest economy in Africa with one of the largest youth populations in the world, Nigeria is well-positioned to develop a strong digital economy. This would have a transformational impact on the country. In order to reap the benefits, Nigeria needs to focus on accelerating improvements in five fundamental pillars of a digital economy: digital infrastructure, digital platforms, digital financial services, digital entrepreneurship and digital skills. The Nigeria Digital Economy Diagnostic report identifies key challenges and opportunities of leveraging the digital economy for diversified and sustained growth. It provides an assessment of the state of Nigeria’s digital economy around the five foundational pillars. The report also offers specific, actionable recommendations to the government and private sector stakeholders to further Nigeria’s development of each pillar. The report was produced in the context of the Digital Economy (DE4A) initiative, an African Union initiative supported by the World Bank Group, which aims to digitally connect every person, business, and government in Africa by 2030.
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