OVERVIEW
Mobile phones are the most accessible information and communication technology today, and they serve as the gateway to high-speed internet for large populations in developing economies. However, despite the progress, there remains a persistent disparity in mobile phone usage among users, and between users and non-users, in developing countries. This course focuses on both expanding mobile broadband coverage and on accelerating mobile internet adoption, which is the biggest challenge we face in addressing the digital divide.
OBJECTIVES
At the end of this course participants will:
- Understand how to set policy priorities, targets and budgets based on data-driven assessments of the barriers to mobile internet adoption and use
- Understand innovative data pricing strategies and pricing flexibility in competitive markets.
OUTLINE
- Overview of addressing the digital divide through mobile networks and adoption
- Digital transformation, digital divide(s) and digital inclusion
- Examples of the Digital Divide in the Modern Day
- Performance of digital Infrastructure Technologies
- Industry & Business Environment
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- ICTs and the Environment
- Receipt, sorting and preparation of the documents to digitize
- Digitization of the records and the dematerialised records structure
- New digital economy and markets
- Mobile Services and Smartphone Adoption
- The determinant factors of the digital divide
- Choices of policies for bridging the digital divide
- Security best practices in a digital world
- Free flow and Protection of data
- Using Gaming to Bridge the Digital Divide
- Transition to a digital economy
COURSE DETAILS:
Venue and Date
Lagos: 17th – 21st February, 24th – 28th February, 11th – 15th August, 24th – 28th November
Abuja: 17th – 21st March, 5th – 9th May
Kaduna: 14th – 18th April, 16th – 20th June
Enugu: 15th – 19th September, 10th – 14th November
Kano: 29th Sept. – 3rd October
Course Fee: N700,000
Duration: 1 Week