ICT HARDWARE DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA: NASENI EXPERIENCE

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ICT HARDWARE DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA NASENI
EXPERIENCE

• BY
• FRANK C. OBI, Ph.D
• CENTRE FOR ADAPTATION OF TECHNOLOGY (CAT)
• NATIONAL AGENCY FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
  INFRASTRUCTURE (NASENI)
• FEDERAL MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
• NIGERIA

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INTRODUCTION

• NEED FOR ICT HARDWARE DEVELOPMENT
• Hardware development should go hand in hand with
  software development
• The software is the soul and should be housed in
  a body which is the hardware
• National Agency for Science and Engineering
  Infrastructure (NASENI) is to develop appropriate
  technologies and their manufacturing systems and
  cede to private sector industries.

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NASENI MANDATE

• NASENI operates through Development Centres
• Scientific Equipment Development Centres (SEDI)
  in Enugu and Minna develop and produce
  scientific equipment, then transfer these
  technologies to private sector satellite
  industries.
• Centre for Adaptation of Technology (CAT), Awka
  develop and produce electronic devices and
  assemblies, computer technologies and their
  production systems, then transfer these
  technologies to private sector satellite
  industries.
• Hydraulic Equipment Development Centre (HEDI),
  Kano - develop and produce hydraulic and
  pneumatic machinery, fittings and their
  production systems, then transfer these
  technologies to private sector satellite
  industries.
• Engineering Materials Development Centre (EMDI),
  Akure - develop and produce engineering materials
  and their production systems, then transfer these
  technologies to private sector satellite
  industries.
• National Engineering Design Development Centre
  (NEDDEC), Nnewi develop engineering design
  capacity and transfer to SMEs with a view to
  ensuring that made-in-Nigeria products attain
  standard specifications, global competitiveness
  and acceptability.

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ICT HARDWARE DEVELOMENT

• ICT hardware development goes beyond computer
  assembly.
• Some indigenous private computer companies have
  been licensed to manufacture computers. E.g
  Zinox, Omatek, Unitech, etc.
• ICT equipment include GSM handsets, telephones,
  VSAT, Broadcast equipment, etc.
• Embedded systems and embedded programming/firmware

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NASENI EXPERIENCE

• In the process of developing ICT hardware, there
  is an interplay of many engineering processes.
• an example of ICT hardware is the printed circuit
  board (PCB)
• PCB consists of electronic components copper
  clad boards, resistors, capacitors,
  semi-conductor devices including microprocessors
  and memory chips.
• these components are made of engineering
  materials.
• to add value, the entire system should be
  designed and produced putting into consideration
  standardization, aesthetics, ergonomics, etc.
• technological empowerment of SMEs for quality
  engineering practices
• provide manpower development.

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Pcb (solar inverter)
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PCB (Automatic Voltage Regulator)
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NASENI EXPERIENCE (contd)

• CAT, AWKA
• Electronic Design Automation(EDA) of PCB
  production
• use of Virtual Electronic Laboratory for design
  simulation
• development of Artificial Intelligence Systems
• photovoltaic applications
• EMDI, AKURE
• synthesis of amorphous and nano-crystalline
  semiconductor materials.
• NEDDEC, NNEWI
• developing engineering designs for ICT equipment
• design of moulds, punches and dies
• use of Virtual Manufacturing (design, modeling
  and simulation)
• NASENI HQ
• production of Solar panels.

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Rotary Furnace
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Automatic Voltage Regulator (AVR)
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Automatic Voltage Regulator
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Pcb (private automatic branching exchange-PABX)
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CONCLUSION/RECOMENDATIONS

• The software is not useful outside the hardware
• ICT is generally addressing technologies that
  enable acquisition, storage, retrieval,
  processing, distribution and utilization of
  information, as well as transmission and
  reception of the processed information
• Africa cannot be competitive in the global
  information economy without a developed ICT
  industry
• CODI should encourage and promote ICT hardware
  development.
• CODI and indeed Africa should equally consider
  and apply embedded programming, embedded systems
  and firmware development as a vital tool for
  economic development
• Africa should leverage on its abundance of solar
  energy to develop photovoltaic applications for
  advancement of ICT capabilities in the rural
  communities.
• NASENI has the capacity to develop ICT hardware
  and welcome collaboration from any other
  stakeholders.

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NASENI ADDRESSES

• Headquarters
• NASENI
• Idu Industrial Area
• P.M.B. 391, Garki,
• Abuja Nigeria
• oadewoye_at_yahoo.co.uk
• Tel [phone]
• fax [phone]
• CAT, AWKA
• 16 Igweze Street
• P.M.B 5099
• Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria
• cat_awka_at_yahoo.com www.catawka.com
• Tel [phone]
• Tel/fax [phone]
• EMDI, Akure
• Km 4 Ondo Road

• NEDDEC Nnewi
• 150 Igwe Orizu Road
• P.M.B. 5082
• Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria
• stevmomoh_at_yahoo.com
• Tel/Fax [phone]
• 234-46-308066
• SEDI Enugu, Nigeria
• SEDI, Minna, Nigeria
• HEDI, Kano, Nigeria