In Nigeria, we are currently in what i can call the "web-era", what i mean is that most
of the programmers today do more of web applications(not joomla and drupal installers) but i think in a few years from now most Nigerian developers will move to something else(am not saying everybody will abandon the web). So i'll like to know what you think the future holds for us. I think we will move to an Era
of programming Enterprise Applications(although i may be wrong). so here is a list of what i think the future may hold. You can include yours if i didn't include it

1, Enterprise Applications with J2EE and .NET Technologies
2, Desktop Applications
3, Mobile Applications
4, Embeded devices such as smart cards, SIMs, TV's, Printers
We will remain in the "Web-Era"
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With the look of things I think mobile web (that is mobile capable websites) will be the zing thing and Mobile application.

114 hits and just 4 votes...c'mon guys you can do better...

[i][/i][color=#000099][/color] I'm nt saying we ar nt to be optimistic nor antisipate more of modern stufs. But I must say that Nigerians hv gat the brains that can do even better in the current software industry. Meanwhile the future can be any any date. We can be more specific by saying say twenty years from nw were would Nigeria be in the Global Software Market. The Answer to me is nt just what we can do it is what we can recreate. We all knw what the Government here looks like and cant compare ourselves wt the rest of the Developed environments. Imagine in 1999 a first Class Electronic Engineering graduate from the University Nigeria Nsukka is currently one of the senior enginering staff of a well knwn Electronics company in the USA. The low stardard of living here makes one not to be self reliant in a particular domesticalised industry. Even now we can do more of the things being done in industralized areas. Bt we are nt in the rite environment.

you can always simulate the right enviroment... Its easy: ignore all forms of bullshit and focus..

Embedded , thats the future.

We may be looking at mobiles.

Nigeria has a huge market esp in d mobile industry.Also considering the fast pace in smartphones and mobile technology, I d say mobile apps seem to pull much interest.they are relatively easier to build thereby attracting beginners.
Mobile apps it is.

Software development through out the world is presently tending towards mobility, data centric and cloud.