Nigeria’s IT Ecosystemheld in High-Courtois by Microsoft

Microsoft is interested in Nigeria maintaining its
leading role in IT development, not only in Africa,
but in the global market, said Jean-Philippe
Courtois, president, Microsoft International on his
significant visit to the country.
Courtois said that with the expectations that in
the next five years 80-90% businesses in Nigeria
will depend on IT skills, Microsoft believes it’s
expedient to prepare the youths with pre-
requisite skills for the challenges ahead.
He said that the software company, now with proclivity for mobile devices, had specifically
rolled out programmes like 4Afrika and BizSpark initiatives targeted at software startups, not leaving behind the middle class developers.
The result, he maintained, electrified interests among the developers as Microsoft targets 100,000 employable youths to be equipped with skills through the process.