The introduction of the Local Vendor Policy in Nigeria is now helping in mitigating the influx and dominance of foreign software in the country. Nigeria was hitherto loosing huge amount of money to foreign countries through licensing fees of foreign software, but we have to change the narrative through the Local Vendor Policy. We have seen instances where locally developed software, perform better than foreign software. If for any reason any organisation prefers the use of foreign software to local software, then technical training of staff on the foreign software must be done in Nigeria. President, Association of Telecoms Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), Olusola Teniola, said: “Local software development needs government protection through policy formulation and implementation.

Source: The Guardian January 02, 2020 04:07 UTC