Ministry of Communication Technology

MINISTERIAL PLATFORM
Presented By THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY MRS OMOBOLA JOHNSON
Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Creation of the Ministry Bifurcation of Ministry of Communications FMCT Information &

NCC

NITDA

NIPOST

GALAXY BACKBONE

NIGCOMSAT

The Ministry inherited three (3) agencies and two (2) Limited Liability Companies
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The Ministry Mandate To leverage Information and Communication Technology for national socio-economic development

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The Nigeria ICT Industry - a high growth industry

Nigerian ICT sector was the fastest growing sector of the Nigerian economy in 2010 and 2011, contributing 5.46% to GDP in 2011
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Source: NBS

The Nigeria ICT industry - a high growth industry

Contribution of ICT Industry to GDP
Converged Services (Data, voice & media) Transaction Services

~5.46%

Legend

High growth

Medium growth

Low growth

Infrastructure Service Providers

Device Assembly

Value Added Services

Training & Education Satellite Operators

Mobile Network Operators

Device Sales & Distribution

Access Provision

Device Maintenance & Repairs

Internet Service Providers

Research & Development Software Maintenance & Support Fixed Wire-line Operators Fixed Wireless Operators

Annual Maintenance & Support (servers & storage)

Call Center Operations

Equipment Sales & Distribution

Equipment Assembly Equipment Maintenance & Repairs

Software Installation & Customization

Software Sales & Distribution

Support Services

Infrastructure Services

Business Process Outsourcing

Software Development

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Nigeria ICT Industry Local Content

However, domestic value added/local participation in key areas is sub-optimal.
Uncompetitive playing field
Duties and taxes on finished and locally manufactured goods
NIGERIA COMPUTER MARKET SHARE 2011 (690,000 units)
Local Computer Manufacturers

30%
Foreign Computer Manufacturers

70%

Difficult environment manufacturing

Infrastructure Logistics skills

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SIM Card Production Outside the Country

100%

Consumer preference for global vs local brands

Over N59bn transferred out in purchase and maintenance of Software
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Mobile Phones Imported

100%
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Nigeria ICT Industry ICT Penetration

There is over 7.78Tb of Internet Capacity on the shores of Nigeria from four (4) main Undersea Fibre Optic cables 50,000km of fibre optic cable 18,000 base transceiver stations
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The Nigeria ICT Industry - ICT Penetration We are challenged in getting this capacity inland
58% mobile penetration, which when compared to other African countries reflect the need for growth Internet users are about 52 million Internet subscription is about 3.6% Internet penetration is 33% Broadband penetration is 6% Average internet download speed is 1.38Mbps

Source: World Bank

58%
Nigeria
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The Nigeria ICT Industry - Leveraging ICT for socio-economic development

Most Nigerians are excluded from the growth and development that can be aided by information and communication technology
Health Agriculture

Education

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The Nigerian ICT Industry Quality of Service

Quality of Service Audit Report for GSM Operators (March & April 2012)

Legend CSSR: Call Setup Success Rate CDR: Call Drop Rate HoSR: Handover Success Rate
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SDCCH: SD CCH Congestion Rate CCR: Call Completion Rate TCHCoNG: TCH (Assignment) Congestion Rate
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The Priorities of the Ministry are therefore

INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT JOB CREATION E-GOVERNMENT
Connecting Nigeria Speed and Quality of Service (QoS) Connecting Nigerians Bridging the Digital Divide Local Value Added
Domestic Participation in the New Economy

Transparency & Efficiency in Governance & Citizen Engagement

SUSTAINING A SOUND REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT

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Infrastructure:

Connecting Nigeria: Achievements

Creating an enabling environment for the accelerated roll-out of a robust reliable and cost effective ICT infrastructure to increase citizen access to ICTs

- Efficient Spectrum Allocation - Federal Right of Way approval - Site Approval for Base Stations

- State and Local Government Right of Way approvals

- Multiple and Illegal Levies and Taxes - Indiscriminate closure of base stations / willful damage to fiber optic cables - Interconnecting existing Fiber Optic Backbone - Critical National Infrastructure Build
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Infrastructure:

Connecting Nigeria: Achievements

To complement the Fiber connectivity and provide more bandwidth for the nation, the Ministry successfully launched NigComSat-1R satellite on 19th December 2011. NIGCOMSAT-1R is a hybrid satellite for Broadcast, Telecommunications & navigational services with footprints in over thirty-five African countries, parts of Europe, parts of Asia. The Satellite would be used to accelerate broadband penetration in difficult-to-reach areas. 2012. Federal Ministry of Communication Technology

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Inclusive Development: Bridging the Digital Divide: Achievements

Extending the benefits of ICTs to all Nigerians regardless of demographic or socio-economic status
School Connect Programme
School Access Programme (SAP) for Secondary Schools
Deployed PCs and Internet access to 766 secondary schools

Tertiary Institution Access Programme (TIAP)

Deployed PCs and Internet access to 193 tertiary institutions

Public Access Venues

Deployed IT centres in 240 locations across all the six geo-political zones 146 Community Communications Centres deployed across the country

Post Offices
Collaboration with CBN to drive digital inclusion and financial inclusion using the post office infrastructure
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Inclusive Development: Bridging the Digital Divide: Achievements

Nigeria Research & Education Network (NREN) In partnership with National University Commission (NUC), World Bank and the TetFund, a 10Gbs fibre optic based network to connect Nigerian Universities to the wider reseach and education universe
Project Phases Q2 2013 - Phase 1: Connect 36 Federal Universities, 28 OffCampus sites and 12 Medical Colleges Phase 2: State Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education Funding Tetfund Universal Service Provision Fund World bank (STEP B Fund) 2012. Federal Ministry of Communication Technology 15

Job Creation & Domestic Value Added:

Domestic Value Added: Achievements

Policy interventions and programmes that will grow the domestic ICT industry, create jobs and increase the contribution of ICT to GDP.

Federal Government ICT Procurement (2012):

Personal Computers below certain configurations (4Gb Memory, 512Gb Hard disk) must be purchased through Local OEMs Software and services to be procured only from local firms, multi-nationals with established local presence, local firms with offshore international partners with a demonstrable skills and knowledge transfer process.

Computer Ownership Programme (to be launched in July 2012)

Partnership between Intel, NUC, NYSC and Ministry
N50,000 N80,000 a unit Discounted Internet service Affordable payback rate (N2,500 N3,000 a month over 18 24 months) 1.5m units per annum by 2014 At least 50% supplied by local OEMs

ICT Local Content Guidelines

Finalising local content guidelines and policy intervention that will level the competitive field and increase patronage of indigenous companies
Customs duty and other charges Raw materials vs Finished goods To be launched Q1 2013
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Job Creation & Domestic Value Added:

Domestic Value Added: Achievements

Capacity Building
Telecoms Engineering Centres of Excellence
Train and certify 5,000 Nigerians in Telecom Engineering, IC and related Electronics over a period of 3 Years. This collaboration will Replace expatriate expertise with highly skilled Nigerians Increase supply of local highly skilled talent to a fast growing sector Enhance ICT Industry employment opportunities First Centre to be up and running Q4 2012

In Country Cisco Academy for highest certification CCIE (Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert)
Eliminate exorbitant cost of pursuing CCIE certification overseas Replace expatriate expertise with highly skilled Nigerians

Scholarship Scheme for Masters and PhD students in ICT related sector
111 scholarships awarded for MSc students 12 awarded to PhD students
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Job Creation & Domestic Value Added:

Domestic Value Added: Achievements

ICT Enterpreneurship
Framework for National ICT Incubation centres completed. Incubation Centres will deliver to the incubates:
Business and advisory services Research and technology development services Office Space Enterprise counseling Network services

Two pilot locations to be delivered in Q3 2012 Private sector managed

Calabar (Tinapa Knowledge City) Lagos

MOU with Nokia Corporation to establish an mlab in Nigeria to support the domestic mobile software industry
Venture Capital Fund for ICT Industry
Seed Capital of N500m secured Sourcing matching capital from private sector(local and foreign)
Local enterpreneurs Silicon Valley and other international funds

Fund will be launched Q3 2012

Additional jobs projected

250,000 direct jobs 750,000 indirect jobs
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E-GOVERNMENT:

Achievements
Established a robust approach to deploying technology in government (egovernment)
Co-ordinated ICT Budgeting process Professional advisory services during project conceptualisation ICT Cadre IT Shared Services Emphasis on project delivery and programme management
1. Connected Government 2. Informed Citizenry

E-GOVERNMENT

3. Online Service Delivery 4. Open Government

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E-GOVERNMENT:

A Connected Government: Achievements

A more comprehensive and integrated use of information and communications technology (ICT) in government to provide better response to citizens demands, improve service delivery and make administration more efficient.
382 MDAs connected in Abuja and other parts of the country Over 86,089 email addresses deployed for Government on .gov.ng domain names, with 250 websites hosted on .gov.ng platform Hosts around 200 Servers for more than 94 MDAs (NAN, Nigerian Army, PENCOM) Attained ISO 27001 certification in Information Security Management System Q4 2011/ Q1 2012 Extension of Government Wide Messaging and Collaboration (GWMC) Technology Platform to provide email services to an additional 70,000 civil servants Q4 2012 - Create a single, redundant network between Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) and MDAs for connecting to Government Integrated Financial Management Information System (GIFMIS) and Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) to facilitate the deployment of robust financial systems to all MDAs to improve transparency
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E-GOVERNMENT:

Informed Citizenry: Achievements

Establishing a National Government Portal (nigeria.gov.ng)

One-stop single window for Web standard, dissemination of government information, for collaboration and tools for driving civic engagement. To enable citizens and other stakeholders to have easy access to information and services being provided by various Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) through technology channels Q4 2012 Deploy National Government Portal to provide one-stop shop for information and services about MDAs, signposting existing MDA Websites Q4 2013 Phase Two: Establish all MDAs on the Internet
Current Government Web Institutional Presence
Ministries with interactive services only 5.56%

Ministries with interactive and transactional services only - 2.78%

Ministries Without Online Presence 41.6% Ministries with Information Only Services - 50%

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E-GOVERNMENT:

Informed Citizenry
Government Contact Centre
Q4 2012 Phase 1: Establish a single site of 250 seat Government Contact Centre to render technology-enabled multi channel assistance to citizens on government services, processes and information. Services to render in the Contact Centre will include:
Telephone Services (in major languages in Nigeria) Web and Live Chat Services SMS Services Email Services Interactive Voice Response Social Media Response Ability to signpost citizens to another services and/or process owners within MDAs

2013 to 2015: Establish additional sites throughout the federation

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E-GOVERNMENT:

Online delivery of government services

Increase the number of government services that are available online to drive efficiency
Q4 2012: To automate 20 select citizen-facing government processes on National Government Portal Q4 2013: Integrate most of the local and foreign payment engines to the portal to facilitate online payment for the select government processes and services 2014 and beyond: Bring additional services online
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E-GOVERNMENT:

Open Government Partnership (OGP)

A multilateral global initiative to make governments better, transparent, effective and accountable, to empower citizens and be responsive to their aspirations.
To facilitate the operationalization and mainstreaming of the Freedom of Information Act by providing non-sensitive and non-classified datasets online in a pro-active manner Confirmed Nigerias eligibilty to join Open Government Partnership Q3 2012: Signify intent to join Open Government Partnership (OGP) with countries like US, UK, Kenya, South Africa who currently embrace the initiative as evident at data.gov, data.gov.uk, opendata.go.ke Q4 2012: Undertake the broad public consultation to inform the government's OGP commitments Q2 2013: Develop an OGP country plan with concrete commitments Q4 2012: Become member of OGP

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ICT Policy Direction and framework

Draft of the National ICT policy released for public consultation on January 9 2012 Adopted a multi-stakeholder approach to finalising the Policy incorporating the views of stakeholders in the ICT Sector as well as users of ICTs for socio-economic development Inauguration of the National Council of Information Communication Technology to foster State input and contribution in the implementation of the ICT Policy
Policy Focus Area
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Research, development and innovation Safety and national security Software development and hardware production Local content and manufacturing Local manufacturing Outsourcing Capacity building ICT infrastructure 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Broadband Management of scarce resources Investment and funding Regional/International Cooperation and Collaboration Transition from Analogue to Digital Broadcasting Legal Framework ICT and the environment Universal access and service
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Conclusion: A Virtuous Cycle

Infrastructure

Job Creation

Connectivity

Better Governance

New Economy

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Ministry of Communication Technology

MINISTERIAL PLATFORM
Presented By THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY MRS OMOBOLA JOHNSON
On Day, May 22, 2012