THE STATE OF INTERNET IN NIGERIA

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THE STATE OF INTERNET IN NIGERIA

• By
• NIGERIA INTERNET GROUP
• Presented by
• Lanre Ajayi
• Managing Director, PINET Informatics
• Secretary, NIGERIA INTERNET GROUP

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THE LANDWEBER CONNECTIVITY MAP

• A Map earlier used to indicate the state of
  connectivity of each country to the Internet.
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• Nigeria appeared continuously on the map has
  having UUCP connection to the Internet until 1996
  when the first IP connection to the Internet was
  setup in the country.
• Landwebber Map was discontinued when almost all
  countries got IP link to the Internet.

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Mosaic Group Internet Diffusion Framework

• 1.) Geographical Dispersion.
• 2.) Sectoral Absorption
• 3.) Connectivity Infrastructure.
• 4.) Organisational Infrastructure.
• 5.) Sophistication of Use.
• 6.) Pervasiveness

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GEOGRAPHIC DISPERSION

• The concentration of the Internet within a
  nation from a single city to nationwide
  availability.
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• Internet Points of Presence now available in
  Lagos, Abuja, Kaduna, Port Harcourt, Bauchi, Kano
  and Ibadan
• Dial up users available in most cities and towns.
• NIPOST is providing email services in 13 states
• Cybercafes are springing up on daily basis and
  available in most cities.

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SECTORAL ABSORPTION

• The degree of utilization of the Internet in
  various sectors of the economy such as
  education, business, health care and public
  sectors.
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• Almost all sectors have at least one
  establishment having access to the Internet.
  Mostly by dial up. Few of them have set up their
  website.
• Projects NUNet, POLYnet, TEACHnet, Healthnet
• Only 402 domains registered under the .ng TLD

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CONNECTIVITY INFRASTRUCTURE

• A measure based on the International and
  Intra-national backbone bandwidth, exchange point
  and last mile access methods
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• International Backbone 6.5 mbps
• National Backbone 2 mbps Built by NITEL
• Exchange Point None
• Last mile ADSL, Wireless (ISM band and MMDS)

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ORGANISATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE

• A measure based on state of the ISP industry
  and market conditions.
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• 136 ISP licensed, 30 operating
• Nigeria Internet Group
• Internet Service Provider Association (ISPAN)
• Internet Society (ISOC)

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SOPHISTICATION OF USE

• A measure characterising usage from
  conventional to highly sophisticated and driving
  innovation.
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• Usage generally limited to convectional use like
  email, web browsing. Websites are generally
  static except for a few sites like The Guardian
  site (www.ngrguardiannews.com), www.ncc.gov.ng
• Sophisticated usage like real audio, webcast,
  e-commerce yet to be a common practice.

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SUMMARY

• There is a great improvement in Internet
  diffusion within the last one year
• The Policy environment is getting better.
• NITEL is becoming more cooperative. E1 is now
  being approved for ISPs.
• Awareness is growing.
• Licensing for cybercafe by NCC is no more
  required.
• Enthusiasm about Internet is growing and Nigeria
  is poised to take its rightful place on the
  Internet.

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THE END

• Thank you for your attention.