SCHOOL ON RADIO USE FOR DIGITAL AND MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS. ICTP, TRIESTE, ITALY. 11TH FEBRUARY - 1ST MARCH, 2002. THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT OF INFORMATION.

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SCHOOL ON RADIO USE FOR DIGITAL AND MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS. ICTP, TRIESTE, ITALY. 11TH FEBRUARY - 1ST MARCH, THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ON OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY CAMPUS SOKUNBI, MOSES OLUFEMI INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATIONS UNIT OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY ILE-IFE NIGERIA

BRIEF HISTORY Before 1996, no digital connection at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, (OAUIFE), Nigeria. The intervention of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy in 1996 brought about the ICTP/OAUIFE Computer network, by dial-up, with 3 subnets. In 1999, OAUIFE acquired a VSAT symmetric connection with a 19.2 kbps with 8 subnets. In the year 2001, the bandwidth was increased to 64kbps uplink and 128kbps downlink, asymmetric connection. 2002, 7 new subnets to be added with 128kbps uplink, 512kbps downlink and many Cybercafes.

. THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT EDUCATION HEALTH JOB CREATION E-GOVERNANCE COMMUNICATIONS CAPACITY BUILDING E-COMMERCE CLOSING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE E-LIBRARY AGRICULTURE

1.2 EDUCATION Better quality of education. Students are more informed. Virtual learning HEALTH -Information on health related matters such as recently published medical journals. -The Village Chemist.

JOB CREATION Establishment of Cybercafes Good business atmosphere E-GOVERNANCE Easy governance of the institution. - dissemination of information about senate meetings, council meetings and general university administration. Transparency.

COMMUNICATIONS 7. Use of 8. Internet Telephony at very cheap cost. CAPACITY BUILDING 8.Staff Training. 9.Computer Assembying and Maintenance Team. 10.Information and Networking Workshops. 11.Consultancy

E-COMMERCE Advertisement are made on the network. Buying and Selling. CLOSING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE More people get access to the internet. Opportunity to contribute to global issues. Access to new ideas and technologies.

E-LIBRARY Remote access to the library. The faculty of Agriculture e-library AGRICULTURE Improvement in crop and animal Production. Harvested crops and livestock are advertised on the intranet and sold to members of the university community at very affordable prices.

CONCLUSION The benefits of Information Technology (IT) can not be easily exhausted. Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria is a force to be reckoned with in the field of IT in Nigeria. As a result of this, the government appointed the Pioneer Director of the Information Technology and Communications Unit in OAUIFE, Prof. G.O. Ajayi, as the Director of the newly established National Information Technology Development Agency in Nigeria.