THE ROLE OF YOUTH IN ICT DEVELOPMENT
(Adapted from ‘ZAMFARA KOFA’ vol. 17may, Edition 2008)
The greatest asset to any nation is their youth, The present future and hope of a nation in her youth according to Erasmus the famous philosopher. The role of youth in ICT is a strategic one, though experience might not be on their side compared to the older ones but they are zealous, innovative, very agile, and have the gift of imagination. They are committed, adventous, and even a risk-taker, all these are qualities that form any society and place her in a right position. A recent survey carried out in Germany shows that in 20 years to come when the majority of the workers would have retired, finding a replacement will be very difficult for them.
The acronym “ICT” means Information Communication and Technology. Information is defined as processed data, it can be voice, image, numeric, characters or code or any message that is readable and has meaning of to the destination user, whether human or machine. By communication we means sharing of information and technology is the systematic way ways of doing things for the use of mankind.
There are lot of gains to enjoy for any developed ICT nation be it in terms of economy and social objective. We live in a computer age where every nation of the world wants to be heard or to be heard. It is absolutely true that the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, were years of invention and the 90’s was re-engineering but 20th century is all about speed and velocity. The researchers says that in the next 20-25 years the most sought after commodity by in the whole world will not be crude oil but the ICT skilled person. Chirms ICT is in the hands of their youth and they have the fastest growing Gross Domestic Product in the world.
It was in record that 60% of Indian earnings come from ICT. This has greatly improved the economy and the social well-being of her citizen. Who are those that are realm of these affairs? They are the Indian youths.
Going by the international telecommunicating union (ITU) report, one of the top priorities of ICT world is discovering new technology in conjunction with existing one. It is only people of ideas and very creative mind that can do this and they are YOUTH.
Software is a program that runs on computer and it is widely used in ICT world. The development of software is very crucial in developing new technologies. More than 85% of software developers are youths. Andy Robin (the robotic expert), who invented Andrind and Google search engine is a youth and is he also sitting down on top of a multimillion dollar company like Bill gate of Microsoft. For any nation to developed, the youth must be allowed to be part of those that formulate policy and ideas.
Oyeslove, Sojiwakeup & Cidersweet @ Kotorkoshi Mountain, Kotorkoshi, Zamfara State. Nigeria (Oct. 2008)
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Saturday, February 7, 2009
THE ROLE OF YOUTH IN ICT DEVELOPMENT
(Adapted from ‘ZAMFARA KOFA’ vol. 17may, Edition 2008)
The greatest asset to any nation is their youth, The present future and hope of a nation in her youth according to Erasmus the famous philosopher. The role of youth in ICT is a strategic one, though experience might not be on their side compared to the older ones but they are zealous, innovative, very agile, and have the gift of imagination. They are committed, adventous, and even a risk-taker, all these are qualities that form any society and place her in a right position. A recent survey carried out in Germany shows that in 20 years to come when the majority of the workers would have retired, finding a replacement will be very difficult for them.
The acronym “ICT” means Information Communication and Technology. Information is defined as processed data, it can be voice, image, numeric, characters or code or any message that is readable and has meaning of to the destination user, whether human or machine. By communication we means sharing of information and technology is the systematic way ways of doing things for the use of mankind.
There are lot of gains to enjoy for any developed ICT nation be it in terms of economy and social objective. We live in a computer age where every nation of the world wants to be heard or to be heard. It is absolutely true that the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, were years of invention and the 90’s was re-engineering but 20th century is all about speed and velocity. The researchers says that in the next 20-25 years the most sought after commodity by in the whole world will not be crude oil but the ICT skilled person. Chirms ICT is in the hands of their youth and they have the fastest growing Gross Domestic Product in the world.
It was in record that 60% of Indian earnings come from ICT. This has greatly improved the economy and the social well-being of her citizen. Who are those that are realm of these affairs? They are the Indian youths.
Going by the international telecommunicating union (ITU) report, one of the top priorities of ICT world is discovering new technology in conjunction with existing one. It is only people of ideas and very creative mind that can do this and they are YOUTH.
Software is a program that runs on computer and it is widely used in ICT world. The development of software is very crucial in developing new technologies. More than 85% of software developers are youths. Andy Robin (the robotic expert), who invented Andrind and Google search engine is a youth and is he also sitting down on top of a multimillion dollar company like Bill gate of Microsoft. For any nation to developed, the youth must be allowed to be part of those that formulate policy and ideas.
Oyeslove, Sojiwakeup & Cidersweet @ Kotorkoshi Mountain, Kotorkoshi, Zamfara State. Nigeria (Oct. 2008)
(Adapted from ‘ZAMFARA KOFA’ vol. 17may, Edition 2008)
The greatest asset to any nation is their youth, The present future and hope of a nation in her youth according to Erasmus the famous philosopher. The role of youth in ICT is a strategic one, though experience might not be on their side compared to the older ones but they are zealous, innovative, very agile, and have the gift of imagination. They are committed, adventous, and even a risk-taker, all these are qualities that form any society and place her in a right position. A recent survey carried out in Germany shows that in 20 years to come when the majority of the workers would have retired, finding a replacement will be very difficult for them.
The acronym “ICT” means Information Communication and Technology. Information is defined as processed data, it can be voice, image, numeric, characters or code or any message that is readable and has meaning of to the destination user, whether human or machine. By communication we means sharing of information and technology is the systematic way ways of doing things for the use of mankind.
There are lot of gains to enjoy for any developed ICT nation be it in terms of economy and social objective. We live in a computer age where every nation of the world wants to be heard or to be heard. It is absolutely true that the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, were years of invention and the 90’s was re-engineering but 20th century is all about speed and velocity. The researchers says that in the next 20-25 years the most sought after commodity by in the whole world will not be crude oil but the ICT skilled person. Chirms ICT is in the hands of their youth and they have the fastest growing Gross Domestic Product in the world.
It was in record that 60% of Indian earnings come from ICT. This has greatly improved the economy and the social well-being of her citizen. Who are those that are realm of these affairs? They are the Indian youths.
Going by the international telecommunicating union (ITU) report, one of the top priorities of ICT world is discovering new technology in conjunction with existing one. It is only people of ideas and very creative mind that can do this and they are YOUTH.
Software is a program that runs on computer and it is widely used in ICT world. The development of software is very crucial in developing new technologies. More than 85% of software developers are youths. Andy Robin (the robotic expert), who invented Andrind and Google search engine is a youth and is he also sitting down on top of a multimillion dollar company like Bill gate of Microsoft. For any nation to developed, the youth must be allowed to be part of those that formulate policy and ideas.
Oyeslove, Sojiwakeup & Cidersweet @ Kotorkoshi Mountain, Kotorkoshi, Zamfara State. Nigeria (Oct. 2008)
Monday, January 26, 2009
THE EVILS OF MATERIALISM IN OUR SOCIETY
The desire to get rich quick, greed, insatiable love for materialism, power tussle and social malaise have almost caught up with everybody in the society. That is to say the love for money is the root of all evils. Man and woman, young and old have new dimension of corrupt indulgence on daily basis.
The main causes of corrupt practices are greed and insatiable love for materialism. Everybody wants to own and ride exotic cars of all cost. Every citizen wants to own as many houses as possible. These endless desires lead to different forms of moral decadence in our society. Bribery and corruption have eaten deep into the marrow of our society, who doesn’t the high rate of corruption on offices and public places? The dimension and language attached to it are SETTLEMENT; SEE ME and EGUNJE which are popularly used. The practise is now integrated into the normal way of life and is regarded as FASTNESS. This evil of materialism brought about the fast declining state of our economy and limited opportunity for the poor masses.
However, to alleviate the problem of social hills all hands must be on deck. There most be total overhauling from those at the top i.e. the leader must learn to lead by example. Secondly if we have the fear of God, honesty, hardwork and the love our society we shall succeed. Above all, we must all discipline ourselves to live within our means and not to allow the frenzy to be rich to overwhelm us. – Wakeup (jan.2009)
The desire to get rich quick, greed, insatiable love for materialism, power tussle and social malaise have almost caught up with everybody in the society. That is to say the love for money is the root of all evils. Man and woman, young and old have new dimension of corrupt indulgence on daily basis.
The main causes of corrupt practices are greed and insatiable love for materialism. Everybody wants to own and ride exotic cars of all cost. Every citizen wants to own as many houses as possible. These endless desires lead to different forms of moral decadence in our society. Bribery and corruption have eaten deep into the marrow of our society, who doesn’t the high rate of corruption on offices and public places? The dimension and language attached to it are SETTLEMENT; SEE ME and EGUNJE which are popularly used. The practise is now integrated into the normal way of life and is regarded as FASTNESS. This evil of materialism brought about the fast declining state of our economy and limited opportunity for the poor masses.
However, to alleviate the problem of social hills all hands must be on deck. There most be total overhauling from those at the top i.e. the leader must learn to lead by example. Secondly if we have the fear of God, honesty, hardwork and the love our society we shall succeed. Above all, we must all discipline ourselves to live within our means and not to allow the frenzy to be rich to overwhelm us. – Wakeup (jan.2009)
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