Final Year Project Topics, please.

What areas of computer science are you most comfortable with; that is Networking, Programming, Databases, algorithms etc?

This will help in recommending a suitable project for you

Thank You my2cents i think we have to develop a custom payment solutions
Actually i was working on that before but the issue is this will our banks allow you to interface with their databases?

That is were INTERSWITCH comes to play during my enguiry a friend told that is only interswitch that have such access and are on a project like that but i have waited for months yet have not heard any goods news from them.
i think a way forward is for us to build the service either for interswitch or by interswitch since they already have the banks database interfacing system.

if there is still need for us to get together on the project i will really want to be part of that team

ihesiepeter@yahoo.com

It's not only Nigeria that is facing this problem, we have the same issue here in Ghana and other African Countries. The banks aint helping and the way it works with the phone companies is that you now have to buy enough credits if you want to purchase anything with the online payment system.

In my view - I think we should have something like value card, interface with value-card dbase to make transactions. Or come up with a system similar to value-card that interface with the online payment system.

That is still the major problem being faced presently, the need for an online payment solution, as International companies won't even ship here, no thanks to fraudsters. They won't even touch our shores with a long pole. Same goes for most other African countries.

So how do we tackle that ? How do we build on the fact that we are loosing so much  from lack of internet presence?
Anyone thinking of building an online payment system has to ask questions. The issue of pricing, intellectual property, second and third party distributors, time it takes to transfer money on the web, getting people to pay subscription rates, getting people to follow through with payments is even trickier.e.t.c .

A lot of research, time and feasibility study, alot of questions that needs answers. 
A lot has to happen before any results can come out of it all.

We have the market in Nigeria, we have the resources. Why can't we create our own paypal or ebay and forget about the West?

All well said. what is next line of action?   

This is what makes a difference between them and US.

can those really interested organise for a meeting? at least get something started.  I am in for it.

I personally don't c y, if pitched to a bank, they wdnt take it up.  In the end, it would benefit them.  But of course, where all else fails, opensource is another way to go

naijafan,

Thanks for the insight, however - you mention only shopforless.com, are there other nigerian sites we could buy from using an open acceptable system like the way credit or debit cards are used in the US or Europe?

- possible final year projects: explore designing and implementing a suitable algorithm for Traffic light systems in Nigerian cities. Implement your algorithm with any language of interest.

or
 (client/server) network programming  for sending data packets over the network eg TFTP. This will give you some good programming experience. You can do some research on google to learn more


My2Cent--

Good thinking

however, you will need cooperation from banks to implement a suitable solution. But i suppose that if anyone can come up with a convincing prototype of a reliable, secure electronic payment solution, HOPEFULLY most banks might be willing to support.

I do have a little experience with electronic payment solution. I am interested in patnering in a project to effect an ePayment solution in Nigeria.

With the help of web services,xml, web appl (.net or jee) etc we can come up with a good solution

Any interested enthusiast out there should PM me at cashrolls2@yahoo.com

hi guys
            didnt know we still av intectuals like this here,last threads i read on this topic was really discouraging ,our own guys asking 4 money to help wit final year projects. just want 2 say i appreciate u guys. as pa the e- payment,please never forget d security aspect,its d most crucial n i think its possible,if we are bent on doin it.i know a bit bout security ,am on my ccsp,am game if u guys are still keen on it.