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CWG wants MSME to adopt Nigerian domain name

Okere in his address as the Chairman of the 2014 Nigeria Internet Governance Forum (NIGF) held in Lagos said the enrolment on this national resource by stakeholders within the MSME sub-sector of the economy will spur digital explosion in Nigeria.According to him, a framework for the Internet governance is urgently needed to achieve this objective.The […]

CWG wants MSME to adopt Nigerian domain name
CWG wants MSME to adopt Nigerian domain name

Okere in his address as the Chairman of the 2014 Nigeria Internet Governance Forum (NIGF) held in Lagos said the enrolment on this national resource by stakeholders within the MSME sub-sector of the economy will spur digital explosion in Nigeria.
According to him, a framework for the Internet governance is urgently needed to achieve this objective.
The CWG boss who expressed deep honoured to chair the gathering with the theme: Harnessing Multi-Stakeholders’ Framework for Internet Governance & Economic Growth noted that MSME are in excess of 17.7million  in Nigeria are likely to see more benefit with the adoption of .ng domain name.
Okere noted that inclusive growth and modern wave of Internet has taken Africa by storm and Nigeria is no exception.
He pointed out that recent World Bank study showed that 32.9 per cent of Nigerians depend on technologies of this age like high speed Internet data, broadband and Long Term Evolution (LTE)-Broadband among others.
Nigeria, he said, ranked 8th out of a total of 212 member countries of United Nations in terms of number of Internet users and only occupies 128th spots in terms of Internet penetration.
He quoted the World Economic Forum recently held in Nigeria as indicating that out of every 100 urban Nigerians, 50 accesses the internet monthly, 58 have internet capable mobile phones and 21 have smart phones.
He said CWG plc leveraged on the abundance of broadband capacity to launch an ambitious programme of empowering MSME’s which she tags CWG 2.0; to work with banks and government agencies such as SMEDAN and the Federal Ministry of Trade and Investment to provide affordable technology to help MSME’s to build capacity and attract credit to grow their businesses.

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