Nigeria Places 90th Of 115 Countries In It Ratings

pascal (et al),

In my opinion, there is nothing we, as individual citizens can do.  I tell you what though - the government has a big time part to play. From providing basic infrastructure, to security, to providing funds for training, etc.  Only then will companies (and even those of us in the diaspora) be encouraged to come there to do biz.

It is only then that our ranking will increase to maybe even #1 in Africa.

That's my 2 cents

Absolutely Hunter! The basic infrastructure first needs to exist. If you look at the African countries that are above us, they all have the basic infrastructure in place. Even Ghana's electricity is more stable than Nigeria's. The talent pool is there in Nigeria, but without the help of the government getting involved with training, funding, etc., we will always be near the bottom looking up.

With or without I.T, too much of brains and knowledge can become a problem.

Its like this: in a class of students, there is always the most-intelligent-student and the least-intelligent-student.

The least-intelligent-student, who doesnt have "it" naturally upstairs can excell through dedication and hardwork. He might later become one-of-the-intelligent-students.

The most-intelligent-student who has "it" upstairs naturally, but who feels he knows it all might end up in the trash can. He soon finds he can't organize his thoughts and actions into something meaningful anymore,  this is the problem of Nigeria.

We have everything in abundance, and its becoming a problem to us now,
- too much of geographical power, its people love to fight, we are even thinking of dividing the land
- too much of natural resources, each one wants his own share of the national cake,
- too much of ingenuity and brainpower, Nigeria is first on the list of ehtnic groups whose citizens, on an average have an extra university degree beside their first degree in Europe and America, yet, we have resolved to yahoo and 419.
- no natural disasters like volcanoes, hurricanes to destroy our buildings and kill people, so nigerian people have become natural disasters. Thats why most of us, in a save-my-neck motive, like to travel abroad with that other passport and even return to Nigeria with that other passport other than the green.
- too much of oil resource, we would rather destroy the pipes, let them waste, or rather set fire on them and let them burn.

can i continue?  i believe you get the picture

Nigeria is like an over-fed child who is now vomitting, messing itself up and becoming a nuisance.

Is this meant to be surprising?

well well, we used to be ranked last or were not even on the rankings some few years back (pre gsm era), so cheer up guys we are indeed moving up. With the provision of the basic infrastructures to back the existing, we will be among the first ten countries.We got the brains, don't forget that. [font=Lucida Sans Unicode]