According to a recent report released by SAP Africa, which is titled ‘Africa’s Tech Skills Scarcity Revealed’, about 80% of Nigerian companies are experiencing a technology skills gap this year due to a brain drain that is being experienced among Nigeria’s huge workforce.

The reports detail the specific challenges and opportunities for African organisation seeking greater tech skills availability.
The reports also noted that only 53% of Kenyan organisations are expected to experience a skills gap in 2024 which is lesser compared to the 80% of Nigerian companies and 73% of South African organisations.

The survey carried out on Nigerian companies revealed that the companies suffered a negative impact due to the lack of tech skills, compared to 60% in Kenya and 78% in South Africa. Organisations in Kenya and Nigeria indicated that attracting new skilled recruits was the highest tech skill challenge they faced in 2023.

Cathy Smith, the Managing Director of SAP Africa, said that there is a need for urgent investment in skills development and training to ensure that Africa capitalizes on its increasing youth population.

“More than half of the world’s population growth between now and 2050 will take place in Africa, where 1.3-billion people are expected to be born by mid-century. With the correct investment in skills development, Africa’s economy could transition away from its reliance on natural resources to build the world’s future tech workforce, bringing untold economic and social benefit to the continent and its citizens.” She said

Smith added that the study also revealed that African organisations are still facing difficulties with attracting, retaining, and upskilling suitably skilled tech workers.

The research which was conducted among organisations in Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa for the fourth quarter of 2022, disclosed that a lack of vital tech skills is having a negative effect on the continent’s digital transformation efforts. Four in five organisations that were surveyed all reported some negative effects from lack of tech skills, in which 41% of the employees reported leaving due to pressures of understaffing.
While other consequences face by the organisation includes not being able to meet client needs which was reported by 46% of the organisations, reduced capacity for innovation (53 per cent), and losing customers to competitors (60 per cent).

69% of organisations also reporteed that they expect to experience skills gap in the year ahead and according to the data, recruiting skilled new recruits, was the major challenge faced by African organisations, although the retention of skilled employees is better compared to attracting skilled recruits.

Organisation are repsonding to the tech skill challenge by ensuring they employ the ccorect tech skills needed in the orgaisation, 41% reported that upskilling existing employees would be a top priority in 2023, while 40% said they would be reskilling employees.

Cathy Smith also added that Companies are also adopting technology tools and flexible work practices to ensure they can attract, retain and mobilize the correct mix of tech skills,”

She also noted that “Seven in ten organisations currently use a human capital management or employee experience tool, while nearly half (45 per cent) of companies were open to remote work, although most want employees to be in the office at least some of the time. This new workplace dynamic will require leaders to co-create new models for work, with constant collaboration with employees to ensure alignment with company objectives and culture,”.

The study also uncovered that the most in-demand skills by organisations were cybersecurity and data analytics, developer and industry skills, and digital transformation skills. While 69% cited technical skills as an important attribute when recruiting and 66% said industry-specific skills were a top priority for them.

SOURCE:https://brandspurng.com/2023/03/11/80-of-nigerian-companies-lack-sufficient-it-skills-report/

The question is how many Nigeria company has good plan for their employees.

Use and dump is the order of the day

Not completely true..

It's actually 90%

Most naija companies don't pay for IT services.
I was living in kubwa, Abuja, I got a job in suleja, as a digital marketer, pay was 30k. After spending 110k to learn digital marketing in few days, I was also paying 30k monthly to my company for working on projects for them so I can gather enough experience.

Company come dey offer me 30k

Just imagine that? So how IT wan function well or assist?

2017

You don't need a prophet to tell you the next gold mine 2050 - 2023 = 27 years.

We the young parents of this age should point our children towards this career path not all this Mass Com. and Philosophy crap folks are wasting 4years on in the university these days.

Ok

Ok....you wonder why most banks don't have network huh? Most of these IT guys don Japa.....

Where are these companies. We dey

BrandSpurNG:

According to a recent report released by SAP Africa, which is titled ‘Africa’s Tech Skills Scarcity Revealed’, about 80% of Nigerian companies are experiencing a technology skills gap this year due to a brain drain that is being experienced among Nigeria’s huge workforce.

The reports detail the specific challenges and opportunities for African organisation seeking greater tech skills availability.
The reports also noted that only 53% of Kenyan organisations are expected to experience a skills gap in 2024 which is lesser compared to the 80% of Nigerian companies and 73% of South African organisations.

The survey carried out on Nigerian companies revealed that the companies suffered a negative impact due to the lack of tech skills, compared to 60% in Kenya and 78% in South Africa. Organisations in Kenya and Nigeria indicated that attracting new skilled recruits was the highest tech skill challenge they faced in 2023.

Cathy Smith, the Managing Director of SAP Africa, said that there is a need for urgent investment in skills development and training to ensure that Africa capitalizes on its increasing youth population.

“More than half of the world’s population growth between now and 2050 will take place in Africa, where 1.3-billion people are expected to be born by mid-century. With the correct investment in skills development, Africa’s economy could transition away from its reliance on natural resources to build the world’s future tech workforce, bringing untold economic and social benefit to the continent and its citizens.” She said

Smith added that the study also revealed that African organisations are still facing difficulties with attracting, retaining, and upskilling suitably skilled tech workers.

The research which was conducted among organisations in Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa for the fourth quarter of 2022, disclosed that a lack of vital tech skills is having a negative effect on the continent’s digital transformation efforts. Four in five organisations that were surveyed all reported some negative effects from lack of tech skills, in which 41% of the employees reported leaving due to pressures of understaffing.
While other consequences face by the organisation includes not being able to meet client needs which was reported by 46% of the organisations, reduced capacity for innovation (53 per cent), and losing customers to competitors (60 per cent).

69% of organisations also reporteed that they expect to experience skills gap in the year ahead and according to the data, recruiting skilled new recruits, was the major challenge faced by African organisations, although the retention of skilled employees is better compared to attracting skilled recruits.

Organisation are repsonding to the tech skill challenge by ensuring they employ the ccorect tech skills needed in the orgaisation, 41% reported that upskilling existing employees would be a top priority in 2023, while 40% said they would be reskilling employees.

Cathy Smith also added that Companies are also adopting technology tools and flexible work practices to ensure they can attract, retain and mobilize the correct mix of tech skills,”

She also noted that “Seven in ten organisations currently use a human capital management or employee experience tool, while nearly half (45 per cent) of companies were open to remote work, although most want employees to be in the office at least some of the time. This new workplace dynamic will require leaders to co-create new models for work, with constant collaboration with employees to ensure alignment with company objectives and culture,”.

The study also uncovered that the most in-demand skills by organisations were cybersecurity and data analytics, developer and industry skills, and digital transformation skills. While 69% cited technical skills as an important attribute when recruiting and 66% said industry-specific skills were a top priority for them.

SOURCE:https://brandspurng.com/2023/03/11/80-of-nigerian-companies-lack-sufficient-it-skills-report/

The question begging for answer is , how many is sufficient

Why won't there be brain drain when we have useless incompetent idiots in government and the civil service. When we still have a good number of youths who still support and worship their oppressors.

The question is, why are they not employing? Internship, etc.

And don't tell me there is a lack of skills...

Is it not the Nigerian job boards that before you see posts may take 3 to 4 months...whereas those of the Western countries are every day.

We have a substantial number of Nigerians now freelancing, coding, and doing remote work with IT companies overseas...these companies too should adapt...

When you are being stingy and not ready to pay my worth, won't I go somewhere else I am appreciated?

I've said it over time. The choice is ours

There is no lie in this as most of the said company don't even know how to create different department under IT ,

The only thing they do is just to mop them together and called it IT DEPARTMENT without proper definition of there job function.

Same the department is doing IT ENGINEERING and also incharge of debugging etc.

Pls where in Nigeria can I acquire an employable skill in cyber security

Its time to enter IT. Make I go learn one IT skill. Be like say work boku b dat

colestephan86:

The question begging for answer is , how many is sufficient

You'll know, when you can compete with any professional anywhere in the world in your chosen IT Field

Nairaland is impacting the spirit of bitterness and hatred through tribalistic and bigoted statements which is not good for a healthy soul, the management of this forum should do the needful to make it a positive environment for both news, education and entertainment, thanks....
there's power in words

No lies here

Fact! Most Nigeria companies lack IT skills, they re mostly ignorant on the use of customer relationship Manager (CRM) apps to run their Day to day activities

Greedy employers would rather have their companies perform abysmally poorly than employ competent IT professionals. Zenith Bank na their Oga patapata

Japa levels.

99%

It's a pure Lie !!! Nonsense
No be Naija Pipu Sabi Yahoo Yahoo pass
E get IT skill wey pass Yaht Yahoo

But Nigeria is #1 with the same IT USED FOR WORLD-WIDE FRAUD?