Adoption of Information and Communication Technologies in Developing Countries: An Impact Analysis

Information Technology (IT) refers to several forms of information exchange between two or more computers through any of the several methods of interconnection, principally the Internet. These technologies provide speedy, inexpensive and convenient means of communication. The diffusion of these technologies in many countries by different sectors of the economy have been found to have direct positive impact on the organization’s efficiency and have led to more rapid acceleration of development in these countries. In developing countries Nigeria precisely, preliminary investigations show that only a few organizations in the economy have adopted the IT, but there has not been formal study to determine the level of diffusion and the factors affecting IT diffusion as well as impact on the efficiency of the organizations. This study, is therefore, designed to determine the level of diffusion in the Nigerian economy, and the impact on the operations of these organizations as well as investigating the factors responsible for the present level of diffusion of these technologies in the economy